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SOUTH AFRICA: Between Patients And Prevention
New research suggests that the poor knowledge and attitudes of doctors and healthcare workers in South Africa are limiting access to preventative tuberculosis (TB) therapy. Read more of the story here at the IRIN news service: SOUTH AFRICA: Between patients...
Nigerian Agency for the Control of AIDS Sets Up National Call Center for Information on HIV/AIDS
The Director-General of Nigeria’s National Agency for the Control of AIDS (NACA), Professor John Idoko, has said that the organization’s national call center for information access will be ready by March this year. Speaking to journalists on Sunday...
First Phase of a Mozambique Anti-retroviral Medication Factory to be Operational By the End of 2009
Health authorities in Mozambique have announced that the first phase of an anti-retroviral medication factory was due to be operational by the end of 2009. Mozambique has approved the construction of a pharmaceutical plant that will provide drugs to treat...
Equatorial Guinea Health And Welfare Ministry Embarks on Vaccination Campaign
The Equatorial Guinean Health and Welfare ministry has launched a vaccination campaign against diseases such as tuberculosis, diphtheria, tetanus, measles and poliomyelitis. The three-day operation targets children aged 0 to 5 years and pregnant women....
First Wellness And Counseling Center for Health Workers to Open in Malawi
The National Organisations of Nurses and Midwives in Malawi (NONUM)’s Executive Director Dorothy Ngoma has said that her organization would on Thursday open a first ever Wellness and Counselling Centre for health workers and nurses of the country. She...
United States Agency for International Development Grants $3.8m to the Government of Djibouti
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has granted $3.8 million to the government of Djibouti to support the priority areas of education, health and good governance. The Djiboutian International Cooperation Minister, Ahmed Ali...
27 People, Mostly Children, have Died From Diarrhea in the City of Warsheek, Somalia
At least 27 people, mostly children, have died from watery-diarrhea in the city of Warsheek, about 90 kilometers east of Mogadishu in the past 24 hours, according to a health official in the city. Abiikar Shikhey, the director of the city’s sole hospital,...
Stroke And TB are Leading Killers in Indonesia
Stroke is the leading cause of death among adults in Indonesia, according to a Health Ministry survey. The Basic Health Research also revealed that non-communicable diseases have replaced infectious diseases as the leading cause of death in all age groups. GD...
