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Health Hazards: Roll-ups far more harmful than packet cigarettes
It’s hardly breaking news that smoking is bad for your health. But did you
know that rolling tobacco is even more toxic than normal manufactured
cigarettes?...
HIV prevalence rate in Ghana drops
Ghana's HIV prevalence rate for 2007 declined to 1.9 percent from 2.22 per cent in 2006, the authorities said on Friday.
However, Dr Nii Akwei...
Keeping a hymen intact to avoid being labeled a “whore”
Certain muslims weigh a woman’s integrity by virtue of their virginity, thereby, prompting those who may have succumbed to carnal pleasures to find ways...
Male Circumcision and HIV / AIDS
Is mass male circumcision the new big thing in HIV prevention, or is it a risky social experiment that threatens to divert funding from...
From counterfeit to generic medications
An international conference, co-sponsored by the World Health Organisation (WHO) and Pahrmaceutical Security International (PSI) to discuss counterfeit medicines in Africa took place in...
EGYPT: changing attitudes to rape?
Egypt was scandalised last summer when an 11-year-old girl named Hend Farghali was allegedly raped by a 21-year-old man. Petrified, the girl did not...
Skin Bleaching
Some people will do anything to look good! In Brazzaville in the Congo, there has been a disturbing rise in the cosmetic use of...
First ladies fight for peace
In a bid to support initiatives to restore and strengthen peace on the unrest-prone continent, wives of African heads of state or their representatives...
Niger : Fall in rate of female genital mutilation/cutting
The prevalence of female genital mutilation/cutting in Niger fell dramatically between 1998 and 2006, according to a recent government survey.
The prevalence of female...
Experts discuss counterfeit medicines in Africa
An international conference to discuss counterfeit medicines in Africa is currently underway in Johannesburg, South Africa. Sponsored by Pfizer, participants -- twenty customs officials,...
Thabo Mbeki commended by Poverty Alliance
Members of the Global Call to Action Against Poverty (GCAP) alliance across Africa have welcomed the prioritization of poverty reduction in South African President...
Gambian President attracts 1600 infertile women
Gambian President Yahya Jammeh has resumed his infertility treatment using traditional medicine.
The president's call saw 1,600 women looking for babies lining up as...
Sexuality: Young Africans demand fundamental human rights
African youths attending the third Africa Sexuality Conference here have asked that they be given their fundamental human rights, which include their sexuality rights....
AIDS deaths are declining, reports UN
For the first time since the AIDS pandemic was identified a quarter-century ago, “we are seeing a decline in global AIDS deaths,” reports Dr....
Water for all: Different approaches to common challenges
Until six years ago, Eugenia Uwamahoro had to trek 2 kilometres each day to a river to get water for drinking, cooking, washing and...
Reducing maternal deaths in Africa
Maternal deaths in Africa would decline if women had access to well-equipped health centres with suitably trained and skilled staff. Africa Renewal’s Mary Kimani...
South Africa: DDT finds favour in fight against malaria
After years of resistance, people living in the rural areas of South Africa are beginning to embrace the use of DDT as an effective...
Nigeria: Government hits tobacco companies with whopping law suit
The Nigerian federal government filed a suit in the High Court of Abuja on Tuesday against tobacco companies British-American Tobacco, Philip Morris International, and...
New clues to mystery illness
The number of people affected by a mystery illness that has already claimed the lives of 4 children on the outskirts of the Angolan...
ZIMBABWE: HIV rate falls again
When Zimbabwe registered a decline in HIV prevalence rates in 2004, and again in 2006, the news was met with scepticism, but new official...