Health - Page 14
WFP, MOSS and GAIN celebrate start of flour fortification in Egypt
Aswan, Egypt (GAIN/WFP) - The fortification of Egyptian flour, used in the production of widely-consumed baladi bread, with iron and folic acid has been...
March 24, The International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung
Within the Stop TB Partnership, The International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease, known as The Union, an international
organisation established in 1920 to fight...
Football linked to high cardiac risks
Football supporters get far too stressed! Particularly when their favourite
team is playing a close match… At times like this their risk of suffering a
stroke...
France helps Africa curb bird flu
The French Ministry of Health, Youth and Sports has granted a 2,700,000-euro subsidy (about FCFA1.7 billion) to set up a monitoring and study network...
Algerian health workers strike
Thousands of Algerian health workers, including mid wives and medical secretaries, went on a three day strike, Sunday, in protest of the deterioration of...
Ethiopia seeks relief for 88,000 drought-affected people
Around 88,000 people in the drought-hit lowland agro-pastoral areas of Southeastern Ethiopia require emergency food assistance, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian...
Liberia: Teaching medicine against the odds
Before Liberia was torn apart by civil war, the AM Dogliotti medical school was funded by the government and turned out around 40 graduates...
Women risk more Cerebral vascular accidents
Eight times out of ten, cerebral vascular accidents (also known as CVAs by
doctors) are due to the presence of obstructions in the cerebral and...
Egypt reports 20th bird flu victim
Egypt has reported the 20th death attributed to the deadly H5N1 strain of avian flu, the Ministry of Health said Tuesday.
Egypt has reported the...
Is Ghana producing cocaine?
A top Ghanaian psychiatrist and a member of the International Narcotics Control Board (INCB) has kicked up some controversy by saying the West African...
Understanding the first global forum on human resources for health
The weeklong conference “The First Global Forum on Human Resources for Health” which opened in Kampala March 2 is long overdue.
by...
Ivory Coast: Rising tuberculosis numbers
Tuberculosis infections in Ivory Coast rose 9 % between 2006 and 2008, and almost 10 % of the cases were multidrug resistant, according to...
Cuba receives Mozambique delegation
The Mozambiquan president, Armando Guebuza, is on a three day official visit to Cuba honouring an invitation from Cuban president, Raul Castro, to define...
Major breakthrough in Ebola research
Good news for research into the terrible Ebola hemorrhagic fever virus.
American researchers have succeeded in genetically disarming the virus, thus rendering it non contaminant....
Mozambique’s clandestine abortions
Back-street abortions are well on the way to becoming a chronic health problem in Mozambique, and urgent measures are needed to reduce the number...
Protests and anger over lack of water in Abidjan
A third of Abidjan’s inhabitants have had no drinking water for over a month and many have taken to the streets to vent their...
EGYPT: High rates of trauma, sickness among Iraqi refugees
Many of the estimated 70,000-150,000 Iraqi refugees in Egypt have developed serious psychological and stress-related illnesses, including cardiac problems, according to Ahlam Tobia, a...
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....