Most people would not want to die voluntary, yet more and more people especially young people are committing suicide in Namibia.

A book on Aids and violence against Namibian women and children was launched at the Katutura Community Arts Centre on Tuesday evening.

With Abuja, the Nigerian capital set to join New York, London, Nairobi and several capital cities which have prohibited public smoking , the Federal Capital Territory Administration has said that no resident of the territory, be it government official or

Regardless of the absence of the Chairman of the Senate Committee on health, Senator Iyabo Obasanjo-Bello, the Senate yesterday passed the National Health Bill into law.

Theatre history is to be made next Wednesday with a special performance of the Aids puppet-play, The Trumpet Player, at the National Council.

The management of Ahafo project of Newmont Ghana Gold Limited has organised a quiz competition on malaria prevention for four Senior High Schools in its operational area at Kenyasi to commemorate this year's celebration of World Malaria day.

In response to the recent extract from William Gumede's book "Thabo Mbeki and the Battle for the Soul of the ANC" published by Zed Books (http://zedbooks.co.uk), Patrick Bond suggests that there is a need to go beyond the individual reasons

A man who lost his hand a year ago has to pay Sh106,000 to get it back.

A delegation of donors from the USA Thursday visited south-west Namibe province with the aim of assessing the reality of the region.

The South-South Health Care Delivery programme last week provided the ministry of health and sanitation with 10 medical practitioners that would be working in various fields of Sierra Leone's medical sector.

THE Health Professions Council of SA (HPCSA) is investigating all cases being handled by its legal department after its legal adviser was arrested for alleged corruption.

Politics and Policy

THE Association of Health Care Funders of Zimbabwe has approved new medical fees for all council administered health institutions to a maximum of $4,5 billion with effect from May 1.

THE Zimbabwe HIV and Aids Activist Union is proposing the formation of an anti-retroviral drug committee responsible for monitoring the distribution and dispensation of drugs to HIV and Aids patients.

The two-day workshop was organised by the Centre Provincial Unit for Roll Back Malaria.

An evaluation meeting of members of ESTHER Cameroon took place in Yaounde yesterday.

Foot and Mouth cattle disease has broken out in Kibaale District.

The UNAids regional director for Southern and Eastern Africa is back after two years on an official mission to assess the local situation. He will also see how he can give more support to improve the health situation.

The National Independent Trade Union of Health and Civil Service Workers (SNITSFP) will organise its second congress in January 2009, aimed at analysing its statutes and renew the mandate.

Based on previous news reports that have warned Ghanaians to be very circumspect about some of the western drugs they are taking, we thought it appropriate to examine the issue of western medicine and traditional medicine.