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Egypt to Help Tanzania Improve Health Services
The Egyptian Foreign Affairs Minister, Mohamed Kamel Amr has said on Wednesday that his government will dispatch a group of medical experts to Tanzania to help improve its health sector. How People Arrived Here: aggreements between tanzania and egypt...
Is Another Cholera Epidemic on the Way in Zimbabwe?
Waterborne diseases, such as typhoid, dysentery and watery diarrhea – all approaching epidemic levels – are creating concerns that conditions exist for a reprise of the 2008/09 cholera epidemic, which killed more than 4,000 people and infected...
UK Health Secretary Andrew Lansley Launches Call for New Ideas for Health Apps
Health Secretary Andrew Lansley has launched a call for new ideas for health apps that would help patients make informed decisions about their care.
Health Workers Told to Put More Focus on Achieving Better Outcomes on Child Services
Deputy Health Minister Dr Gwen Ramokgopa has challenged health workers to put more focus on achieving better outcomes on child services.
Study Indicates Big Gap Exists on Health Care Spending Between Latinos And Whites
New research out of UCLA has found that Latinos living in the United States — particularly those who were born outside the country — are far less likely to spend for health care and are more likely to pay out-of-pocket when they do spend than the...
Free Health Care Causing Grief for Doctors And Patients Alike in Côte D’Ivoire
Côte d’Ivoire is studying national health insurance and other schemes for financing public health services so more people have access to quality care. For now the temporary policy of free care – which the government said was aimed to help...
Mauritania Destroys Twenty-five Tons of Drugs And Other Expired Goods
Twenty-five tons of drugs and other expired goods stored in depots in the Mauritanian capital, Nouakchott, and whose expiry date has been certified by the competent French health services, were destroyed on Monday in a southern district located a few...
Free Health Care Window in Côte D’Ivoire Highlights Challenges
The Ivoirian government has extended a special period of free health care to help a population reeling from months of turmoil. But in a country where cost recovery for health services has long been the policy, an abrupt change to free care is posing challenges.
