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Angola: Health Professionals Distribution UnequalANGOP has learnt that 90 per cent of health professionals, mainly physicians, are working in central hospitals in Luanda City, which shows their unequal distribution.
Source : AllAfrica | 15-Oct-2008 16:39
Africa: Time for Joint Action on HIV/Aids and Violence
The war against HIV/AIDS, it is emerging, will not be won unless sexual and gender-based violence is tackled.
Source : AllAfrica | 15-Oct-2008 16:24
Nigeria: Doctors Withdraw Services
Association of Resident Doctors (ARD), Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH), Idi-Araba, has asked members to withdraw their services from the Adult and Pediatrics Emergency units with immediate effect until further notice.
Source : AllAfrica | 15-Oct-2008 14:30
Kenya: Three Feared Dead, Thousands Homeless After Mandera Floods
Three people are feared dead after floods swept across Mandera town on Tuesday night, leaving at least 10,000 people homeless.
Source : AllAfrica | 15-Oct-2008 14:28
Uganda: Preventable Eye Conditions Prevalent in North
A lack of access to expensive treatment as well as a shortage of eye doctors in northern Uganda is contributing to the spread of preventable conditions that lead to blindness, a senior health official said.
Source : AllAfrica | 15-Oct-2008 14:24
Africa: CCA to Host First-Ever U.S.-Africa Private Sector Health Forum
As the economies of various African nations continue to strengthen, and foreign direct investment rises, the private and public sectors in the U.S. and Africa are increasingly focusing their attention on the impact that current healthcare systems and their infrastructure have on the overall business investment climate in Africa.
Source : AllAfrica | 15-Oct-2008 14:02
Africa: First Global Handwashing Day 2008 Celebrated Worldwide
Today marks the first ever Global Handwashing Day, celebrated in over 70 countries across five continents in an effort to mobilize and motivate millions around the world to wash their hands with soap. At the UN, staffers will wash up in the UN Secretariat Lobby from 8:30 to 9:45, and later in the afternoon before lunch - a ?critical moment? before eating.
Source : AllAfrica | 15-Oct-2008 14:00
Africa: Governments Urged to Fight Global Child Killer
Pneumococcal disease, one of the world?s leading causes of death and serious illnessi, must be recognised as an urgent global health issue together with HIV, malaria and TB, say the UK All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Pneumococcal Disease Prevention in the Developing World in a report launching at the House of Lords today. Between 700,000 and one million children under the age of five die each year from pneumococcal disease, equivalent to malaria and more than AIDS and tuberculosis ii,iii.
Source : AllAfrica | 15-Oct-2008 13:52
Rwanda: White Ribbon Alliance to Reduce Maternal Mortality
Out of a 1,000 childbirths in our country, nearly 8 result in the death of the mother; yet most of these tragedies could be avoided. In order to do so, Rwanda is to set up its chapter of the White Ribbon Alliance for Safe Motherhood.
Source : AllAfrica | 15-Oct-2008 13:46
Uganda: 'Circumcision to Prevent HIV' is Giving People False Information
There is research suggesting that circumcising men help reduce the chances to contract HIV. Dr. Francis Mwesigye Runumi, the acting Director of Health Policy Planning and Management in the Ministry of Health talked to Jennifer Bakyawa about the relevance of the medical male circumcision research results
Source : AllAfrica | 15-Oct-2008 13:23
Kenya: Firms Launch War On Aids
Sixty chief executives on Tuesday launched a campaign to encourage people to go for the HIV test.
Source : AllAfrica | 15-Oct-2008 13:02
Minister Consider Meeting on Haemorrhage Welcoming
The just-ended regional meeting on haemorrhage during pregnancy, delivery and post-delivery, held in Luanda, gave all attending physicians an opportunity to learn how to disseminate the best practices and fight maternal the evil.
Source : AllAfrica | 15-Oct-2008 12:33
Co-operate With Health Workers
The Regent of Tamale, Naa Iddrisu Alhassan, has called on the public to cooperate effectively with health personnel at the various health centres in Tamale, to enable them discharge their duties with absolute confidence.
Source : AllAfrica | 15-Oct-2008 12:24
Africa: Daily HIV/Aids Report
Global Challenges
Source : AllAfrica | 15-Oct-2008 12:08
Nigeria: Imo Approves Waivers for Postings of Pharmacists
THE Imo State government has approved a waiver for the Ministry of Health to engage and post more pharmacists to the needy areas.
Source : AllAfrica | 15-Oct-2008 11:50
Nigeria: 'Teachers Are Key to HIV/Aids Mitigation'
Teachers are a critical factor in the fight against HIV/AIDs. They have therefore been advised to provide students with accurate information on issues of sexuality education and HIV/AIDS to stem the increasing rate of its prevalence among youths.
Source : AllAfrica | 15-Oct-2008 11:33
Nigeria: Funds May Stall HIV/Aids Awareness for Deaf Persons
Few days to the kick off of the awareness week on HIV/AIDS for deaf persons being organize by the Bayelsa State Association of the Deaf (BSAD) for its members; all appears not well as members of the body are worried over alleged government silence on their request for assistance.
Source : AllAfrica | 15-Oct-2008 11:28
Nigeria: Oyo Records Six Million Malaria Cases Annually
Oyo State Commissioner for Health, Babalola Owolabi, on Tuesday said over six million cases of malaria are reported in the state annually.
Source : AllAfrica | 15-Oct-2008 11:25
Namibia: Today is Hand Washing Day
Today, Namibia joins the rest of the world in commemorating the first ever Global Hand Washing Day.
Source : AllAfrica | 15-Oct-2008 11:22
Namibia: Sendingplaas Wins Omaheke Health Groups' Competition
The recently held clinic health committee competition in the Omaheke Region was won by the Sendingplaas committee for its outstanding performance in community-based tuberculosis and HIV/AIDS control and management activities.
Source : AllAfrica | 15-Oct-2008 11:22
Nigeria: Enugu Launches Project to Check Post-Natal Deaths
THE most ambitious nationwide child spacing and prevention of excessive bleeding that occurs after child birth, popularly known as Post Partum Haemorhage (PPH) in medical parlance, was, yesterday, launched in Enugu as part of efforts to check post-natal deaths among women.
Source : AllAfrica | 15-Oct-2008 11:00
Nigeria: FG Aborts Trial of Suit Challenging Revocation of N37 Billion Obj Health-Care Contract
The Federal Government yesterday succeeded before an Abuja high court sitting in Maitama to abort proceedings in a suit by a contractor, Mathan Nigeria Limited, seeking to reverse the revocation of a N37billion health care contract awarded by the past regime of President Olusegun Obasanjo.
Source : AllAfrica | 15-Oct-2008 10:52
Nigeria: People Living With HIV/Aids Decry Stigmatisation
Women living with the HIV/AIDS virus have expressed concern over the level of stigmatisation in their homes, offices, and the general society.
Source : AllAfrica | 15-Oct-2008 10:38
Nigeria: Nursing Council Places Embargo On Fresh Admissions
The Nursing and Midwifery Council of Nigeria has placed embargo on admission of fresh students into the Taraba State College of Nursing and Midwifery, Jalingo. Commissioner for Health, Mr. David Tikon who disclosed this at the foundation laying ceremony of the college's permanent, recently, said the embargo had in fact been on for three years.
Source : AllAfrica | 15-Oct-2008 10:38
Nigeria: Court Sets Oct 28 to Rule On N37 Billion Healthcare Contract Revocation
An Abuja Federal High Court has adjourned to October 28 ruling on whether or not to grant the Federal Government's application to start afresh the case against it for revoking the N37billion contract for the construction of 774 health centres across the country.
Source : AllAfrica | 15-Oct-2008 10:16
Nigeria: Turai, U.S. Agency Partner to Build $40 Million Cancer Center
First Lady Turai Yar'adua is collaborating with the Africa Cancer Care Inc and the ministry of health to build a $40 million cancer preventive care centre. Turai is expected to flag-off the Walk-A-Thon program taking place at Millennium Park Abuja on Saturday.
Source : AllAfrica | 15-Oct-2008 10:16
Uganda: 'Sharing Women Causing Aids'
SHARING women is one of the leading causes of the high HIV/AIDS prevalence among the fishing communities on Lake Victoria, a new report has revealed.
Source : AllAfrica | 15-Oct-2008 10:06
Uganda: Five Year HIV Plan Launched
THE Uganda AIDS Commission yesterday launched a five-year national HIV strategic plan aimed at reducing the infection rate by 40%.
Source : AllAfrica | 15-Oct-2008 09:57
South Africa: Metal Detector to Curb Crime at Clinic
Violent attacks and threats to staff at the Tafelsig health care facility have prompted authorities to fit a metal detector at the clinic's entrance to prevent people from bringing dangerous weapons into the building.
Source : AllAfrica | 15-Oct-2008 09:38
Uganda: Country Lacks Orthopedic Surgeons
THE small number of orthopedic surgeons in the country has caused a huge workload to the practitioners, a senior consultant at Mulago Hospital has said.
Source : AllAfrica | 15-Oct-2008 09:14
South Africa: Pain Reliever
IT'S a privilege for us ... to say and feel confident that HIV causes AIDS without threats."
Source : AllAfrica | 15-Oct-2008 09:13
Country Records Over Two Million Diarrhoea Cases
At least 1.4 million to 2 million cases of diarrhoeas are reported every year in the country, one third of that number are children under five-year old, due mainly to poor hygiene, ANGOP learnt Tuesday in Luanda.
Source : AllAfrica | 15-Oct-2008 07:56
Kenya: Worsening Food Insecurity in the North
Levels of malnutrition are rising in parts of northern Kenya while food insecurity is expected to further deteriorate to high and extreme levels in the region, officials warned.
Source : AllAfrica | 15-Oct-2008 07:54
Mozambique: Illicit Medicines And Weapons Seized
The Mozambican authorities, in an joint operation involving the police, customs, health, and forestry and wild life services, seized in Maputo on Friday unspecified quantities of medicines and weapons, including firearms and hunting equipment belonging to a Portuguese citizen named Victor Gomes.
Source : AllAfrica | 14-Oct-2008 21:13
WHO Programmes - Minister Makes Case for Traditional Medicine
Minister of Science and Technology, Grace Ekpiwhre, has urged the World Health Organisation (WHO) to integrate traditional medicine practitioners in its innovation programme for Africa.
Source : AllAfrica | 14-Oct-2008 19:20
Kenya: Medics Adopt New Strategy in Aids War
Medics in Nyanza have changed tact in the new drive on male circumcision among the Luo community.
Source : AllAfrica | 14-Oct-2008 16:33
Malawi: Help for Women With Obstetric Fistula
A group of 138 unhappy and mostly destitute women from Malawi's lake district of Mangochi have something to look forward to this week: They will have a chance to restore their dignity and pride by accessing a medical service usually not available to them.
Source : AllAfrica | 14-Oct-2008 16:26
The Case of Jane Frances
"In case of illness, the most sensible thing to do is to seek orthodox help and pray alongside." - Dr. Akwasi Osei, Acting Chief Psychiatrist, Ghana Health Service.
Source : AllAfrica | 14-Oct-2008 15:58
'Apae Live' Claim Denied
A few days after the General Overseer of the Great Light Worship Centre, Seer Tony Asamoah Boateng, aka 'Apae Live,' made claims of proving doctors wrong by resurrecting a foetus, which had been declared dead, this statement has been denied.
Source : AllAfrica | 14-Oct-2008 15:58
Conjoined Twins Born at Swakop
CONJOINED twin girls were born in the Swakopmund State Hospital early yesterday morning - believed to be only the second recorded birth of conjoined twins in Namibia.
Source : AllAfrica | 14-Oct-2008 15:56
Nigeria: LUTH Doctors Shift Strike to Oct 17
THE strike planned by the Association of Resident Doctors (ARD) at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH) has been shifted to October 17.
Source : AllAfrica | 14-Oct-2008 15:21
South Africa: Healthcare Regulation 'Will Not Be Rushed'
More consultation and debate was needed before the government introduced new measures to regulate prices in the private healthcare sector, Health Minister Barbara Hogan said yesterday.
Source : AllAfrica | 14-Oct-2008 13:23
Nigeria: Nestle Narrows Gap Between Nutrition and Mental Health
In the face of impending global health and general wellbeing challenges, scientists at the Nestle Research Center, Lusanne, Switzerland are making incisive in-roads relating the role of nutrition in optimal mental health and physical performance.In one of the latest research findings related to nutrition, mental health and physical performance, Dr. Irene Corthesy, Head of Nutrition & Health Department at the Centre highlighted the emerging discoveries about nutrient deficiency and brain health.
Source : AllAfrica | 14-Oct-2008 13:21
Nigeria: World Leaders Commit N336 Billion to Tackle Malaria
In a renewed onslaught against malaria, a global commitment of nearly $3 billion (N336 billion) has been approved toward reducing the number of malaria deaths to near zero by 2015, even as the Nigerian government continues to spend less than US$1 (N112) per person per year, irrespective of fact that more than 100 million Nigerians are at risk of malaria infection.
Source : AllAfrica | 14-Oct-2008 13:21
Nigeria: LASG Boosts Eye Care Services With N40 Million Equipment
Persons suffering varying degrees of eye ailments can now benefit from affordable comprehensive eye care services in Lagos.
Source : AllAfrica | 14-Oct-2008 13:21
Nigeria: Over 500 Million Persons Suffer Genital Herpes - WHO
Latest reports from the World Health Organization (WHO) bulletin, reveal that no fewer than 500 million people are infected worldwide with the virus that causes genital herpes and more than 20 million people become newly infected each year.
Source : AllAfrica | 14-Oct-2008 13:21