Every second, malaria kills a child in Africa and kills one million of the 500 million people infected annually in Latin America, Asia, parts of Europe, Africa and the Middle East, according to the Kaduna State Commissioner for Health.
The almost 15 year- old war did not only take away the lives of thousands of Liberians, but also dealt an indelible blow to the nation's health sector.
Lagos State government has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Otto-Von-Guericke University, Magdeburg, Germany to enhance partnership on science education and exchange of knowledge of the State scientists, fellows, residents and medical students in different fields of medicine
Prevention is still better than cure. This is the stance that Namibia Health Plan took when they recently introduced the Wellness Programme to potential clients and existing customers in the capital on Tuesday.
Despite the terrible impact of HIV, malaria remains the biggest killer of young children in sub-Saharan Africa and in our battles against the new disease we must not forget that we have yet to win against the old.
THE ailing health sector suffered yet another blow last Monday when junior doctors at public hospitals went on strike, demanding delivery of the cars they were promised by the Reserve Bank and Zanu PF in the run-up to last month's
The immediate past administration of Taraba State under Reverend Jolly Nyame frustrated efforts to adequately investigate and report the true position of the outbreak of the dreaded Avian Influenzal bird flu] in the state in 2006, the Director, Veterinary Services
Pupils from Fairless Intermediate School in the metropolitan Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA are collecting funds to provide the St. Elizabeth Catholic Hospital of Levolosi in acquiring its own new ambulance.
Some 80 workers of Sokwe Asilia tour operators based in Arusha have undergone HIV blood tests after a mobilization seminar sponsored and facilitated by a civil organization locally based in Zanzibar (SIC) but with branches in the US and Britain.
PROFESSOR of pharmacology and Toxicology, at the University of Benin, Professor Eric Omogbai has warned of an impending epidemic in Benin city and its environs over the consumption of contaminated meat slaughtered in abattoirs in the state capital.
Over the past four years REMIT (Rotarians Eliminating Malaria in Tanzania) with the assistance of Rotaractors, have distributed nearly 200,000 bednets within Kilimanjaro, Arusha and Simanjiro Regions.
The situation in government health centres and hospitals is appaling. You need to have sought services there or had your sick relative there to know the gravity of the matter. Considering the shortage of drugs and manpower, health services should
