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Uganda: Country is Meningitis-Free - WHO

21.04.2008 18:42    allafrica.com
MENINGITIS has been eliminated in children in Uganda five years since the introduction of Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib) vaccine, a study has revealed.


Kenya: Workplace HIV Policies Bearing Fruit, Says ILO

21.04.2008 18:42    allafrica.com (2)
Establishment of HIV/Aids policies at the workplace has helped developing countries to make progress in the fight against the pandemic, a new International Labour Organisation report says.

Rwanda: Canada to Train 10 Local Doctors

21.04.2008 18:42    allafrica.com
About 10 Rwandan doctors will receive training in child health at the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto, Canada.

Uganda: Why Health Insurance May Fail

21.04.2008 18:42    allafrica.com
The Health Policy Review Commission of 1987 chaired by Professor Raphael Owor assessed the health care delivery needs of Uganda and made recommendation among which were various methods of health financing mechanisms such as user fees, health insurances and community


Botswana: Family Counselling a Must

21.04.2008 18:42    allafrica.com
We don't know how to handle or deal with this girl. She is now displaying disturbing patterns of behaviour. one day she is jovial and easy to interact with but the next day she is a completely different individual.

Uganda: Is Uganda Safe From India's Fake Drugs?

21.04.2008 18:42    allafrica.com
The Economist (London) of February 23 indirectly touched on a subject that has long troubled me: the efficacy of drugs manufactured in India. In an article about India's fake doctors titled 'Quackdown', The Economist revealed that India has more fake

Liberia: Yellow Fever Outbreak in Nimba Confirmed

21.04.2008 18:42    allafrica.com
The Ministry of Health and Social Welfare has declared an outbreak of yellow fever after a case was confirmed from Nimba County on March 28, 2008.

Botswana: Home-Based Testing Big Hit- Survey

21.04.2008 18:42    allafrica.com (2)
A survey conducted among adults in certain communities on HIV home-based testing shows that it is widely accepted and feasible.

Kenya: Excluded From the Fight

21.04.2008 18:42    allafrica.com (2)
FOR FEAR OF THE STIGMA that usually comes with HIV and Aids, Christine Kyaterekera lived in denial for 10 years - a decision that eventually contributed to her blindness.

Africa: Daily HIV/Aids Report

21.04.2008 18:42    allafrica.com (2)
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Tanzania: Arusha Woman in Nairobi's House of Horror

21.04.2008 18:42    allafrica.com (2)
A 30 year-old Arusha lady claims to have been gang raped in Nairobi, where she recently went to seek her runaway husband. The rapists infected her with HIV-Aids and now she is seeking help.

Tanzania: Expeditors Distributing Bednets

21.04.2008 18:42    allafrica.com
Kingsley Holgate Foundation, a humanitarian expedition from South Africa in collaboration with a Tanzanian Tourist Company known as Wild Frontiers Tanzania Safaris have supplied insecticide treated bednets to residents of Serengeti in an effort to fight malaria in the area.

Angola: Red Cross Promotes Campaign Against Aids in Cunene

21.04.2008 18:42    allafrica.com (2)
The Angolan Red Cross (CVA) will promote, as from next May, in the southern Cunene province, a cycle of campaigns aimed at preventing HIV/AIDS infections, ANGOP learnt here from the institution's director general for cooperation and development, Leonardo Bondo.

Ghana: Privatization of Water, Health Renders Mdgs Unattainable, Says Civil Society

21.04.2008 18:42    allafrica.com
Civil Society groups participating in the ongoing UNCTAD XII conference in Accra have kicked against the privatization of water and health services.

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