The chairman of the south-western Namibe Province's nurses association, Luís Bento, said Monday in this city that the institution is committed to training its members, in order to guarantee better services quality for the communities.

A cholera prevention and fighting programme will be implemented as from the second fortnight of May this year in southern Cunene and central Kwanza Sul provinces, by Angola Red Cross (CVA).

TWO-ROOM houses meant for one family are being shared by two families at Atutur hospital in Kumi district.

The Sierra Leone Red Cross Society (SLRCS) in Bo last Saturday donated 12 pints of blood to the Medicien Sans Frontier (MSF) hospital at Gondama for an onward transfusion to patients who are in dire need of blood.

A recent study has revealed that a number of companies in the private sector are still in denial about HIV/AIDS at the workplace, with several Namibian companies indicating their employees are highly educated and thus not at risk of being

Hundreds of Namibians, both young and old, on Friday swamped the Zoo Park in the city centre to undergo voluntary HIV/Aids testing during the first-ever National HIV Testing Day.

The deputy minister of Health, Evelize Frestas, left Monday for the northern Cabinda Province, in the ambit of the commemorations of the International Nurses' Day, marked on 12 May.

Delegates representing organisations and government will gather in Durban on Tuesday to discuss medical waste issues and the impact this has on both the environment and community health.

Fifty four per cent of children under the age of five in Uganda do not get the basic healthcare when they need it, according to this year's world's mothers report. The report that is published by the charity Save the

Agatha Mwajuma's life has been a war and her latest battle left her traumatised and feeling isolated. It all began in 2006 when she went for her routine pap smear as recommended for a HIV-positive woman. Unlike negative women who

A total of 146 students, out of whom 72 are women, recently graduated from the Barentu School of Assistant Nurses upon completion of a one-year course.

In recent times, diseases that were associated only with adults have now become universal. Even children are getting diseases such as diabetes.

The elite in Uganda have remained stigmatised despite the government's efforts to fight HIV, the Uganda Aids Commission has said. " People in high social status have remained with the fear to come and access services," said UAC Information Resource

Labour State Minister Mwesigwa Rukutana has challenged Trade Union leaders to step up the fight against HIV at the work place.

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