Leading global health experts, policy-makers and parliamentarians are convening here to address the urgent need for faster progress in reducing maternal, newborn and child deaths to meet internationally-agreed targets.

ONE can outline Nadine Gordimer's life structuring around, what I would like to call, her three births: her natural birth into South Africa's colonial situation, ie the first birth, her awakening from the colour bar, ie the second birth, and

The Katakwi district director of health services, Dr. Thomas Onyige, has been charged with theft of a refrigerator and gas cylinder valued at sh195,000.

Trade minister Janat Mukwaya has advised people with disabilities (PWDs) to train in courses that give them marketable skills.

The day was celebrated yesterday with focus on those with blood disorder.

Governments of West African countries have been asked to dedicate 15 per cent of their budgets towards revamping the health sector. This call was made by stakeholders at the Sub-Regional Meeting on 'Ownership and Leadership of Sexual and Reproductive Health

WHY is the Council for Medical Schemes -- the statutory watchdog for the medical aid industry -- so hell-bent on finding a scapegoat for rising medical costs?

The Inspector-General of Police, Sir Mike Okiro yesterday confirmed that 24 top police officers, including two Deputy Commissio-ners, One Assistant Commi-ssioner, One Chief Superin-tendent, Three Superintendents, One Deputy Superintendent and 16 Assistant Superintendents are to face the Police Medical Board

Zimbabwe will take part in an anti-malaria expedition scheduled for next week ahead of the World Malaria Day commemoration to be held in Lusaka, Zambia.

The NDF Aids feature film, Remember Eliphas Part 2, on Wednesday scooped the best film award as well as four other major ones in the Windhoek International Film Festival.

The Gauteng Health Department has unveiled the latest advanced cancer technology machine to detect cancer and examine the effects of cancer therapy.

Service delivery in KwaZulu-Natal is set to move to another level following KwaZulu-Natal Premier Sibusiso Ndebele's announcement that the Provincial Nerve Centre will soon take off.

GOVERNMENTS of West African countries have been asked to dedicate fifteen percent of their budget towards revamping the health sector.

In the last decade, the number of women living with HIV/AIDS is said to be growing faster, especially in sub-Sahara Africa with an estimated figure of 60%. In Ghana women form over 63% of people living with HIV/AIDS.

Friends of Stone Circle Foundation, a local NGO, recently inaugurated a modern herbal centre at Brikama Nyambai.

Edo State Commissioner for Information, Calus Enoma whose death at Palm Royal Hotel, Benin last month, created controversy with the state government at one point,pointing an accusing fingers at some prominent personalities in the state, died of natural causes;the police

The use of the ultrasound technology (echography) as a diagnostic option is still too expensive for the ordinary Cameroonian although the technology has been around for over five decades.

Mr. Zakaria Yakubu, Central Gonja District Chief Executive has stated that the recent demonstration against the administration of the Central Gonja District Health Mutual Insurance Scheme (CGDMHIS) and the Scheme Manager was politically motivated.

The Senate, yesterday, directed its Chief Whip, Senator Kanti Bello, to lead a search and rescue mission for Senator Iyabo Obasanjo-Bello, the embattled Chairman of the Senate Committee on Health.

The strive to reach the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) is not a race where success is based on the position one holds in relation to other competitors, Health minister Dr Manto Tshabalala-Msimang has told the Countdown to 2015 conference underway