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Africa: New Studies Report on River Blindness
A young girl carries water from a river known to be infested with flies that cause river blindness: Two new studies on river blindness offer public health officials evidence to shape disease strategies.
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Congo-Kinshasa: Malaria Overstretching Health Care
A nurse conducts a rapid malaria test (file photo): Gaps in the health care system in the Democratic Republic of Congo are hampering the fight against malaria, a leading killer of children, say experts.
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Liberia: 'Becoming Human Again'
Doctor performing an operation to correct obstetric fistula (file photo): In Liberia the average cost of fistula treatment and post-operative care is around U.S.$300 - a price many woman cannot afford.
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A recently launched index by the Institute of Development Studies (IDS) has found that low income countries such as Malawi and Madagascar are leading the charge against hunger and undernutrition.
Poorest Countries Lead the Fight Against Hunger and Undernutrition
The Hunger and Nutrition Commitment Index (HANCI) is the first global index of its kind showing levels of political commitment to tackling hunger and improving nutrition in 45 developing countries worldwide. Read more»
Click here to view the full HANCI data and download the report.
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Top Headlines
- Congo-Kinshasa: Malaria Overstretching Healthcare in DRC (IRIN)
- Uganda: New Study Highlights Need to Continue Fight Against River Blindness (ASTMH)
- East Africa: Long-Term Mass Drug Treatment Can Eliminate River Blindness - Study (ASTMH)
- Africa: Amid Competing Global Challenges, Public Health Deserves Priority - UN Official (UN News)
- Nigeria: Country to Achieve Carbon Neutrality By 2025, Says Alison-Madueke (This Day)
- Liberia: Multi-Million Dollar Medical College in Sight (NEWS)
- Kenya: Kilifi Mother Delivers At Home, Bleeds to Death (The Star)
- Kenya: Kabogo Warns Kiambu Government Doctors (The Star)
- South Africa: Ketlaphela - South Africa Government's ARV Manufacturing Project Enters Next Phase (SA Govt)
- Africa: New Rapid Diagnostic Test for Worm Infection (ASTMH)
- Gambia: Stakeholders Sensitised On IHR in CRR (Daily Observer)
- Gambia: GFD Briefs Media On Disability Open, National Epilepsy Week (The Point)
- Tanzania: Prostatic Disease and Sexual Dysfunction (Daily News)
- Liberia: Medical School for Nimba? Influential Ex - U.S. Secretary of Health On Assessment Tour (FrontPageAfrica)
- Liberia: 'Becoming Human Again' - Liberia's Fistula Survivors Share Stories of Redemption (FrontPageAfrica)
- Ethiopia: Ethiopia to Carry Out Meningitis Vaccination (ERTA)
- Ethiopia: Ugandan MPs Hail Ethiopia's FP, RH Interventions (ERTA)
- Ethiopia: Ethiopian Child Mortality Rate Falls 40 Percent (ERTA)
- Ethiopia: Health Extension Workers Reducing Newborn Death (ERTA)
- Angola: Angola Holds Vice Presidency At World Health Assembly (ANGOP)
- Ethiopia: Donors, NGOs Backing Efforts to Reduce Maternal, Child Mortality (ERTA)
- Ethiopia: Debrebrhan Hospital Expanding By Over Br350 Million (ERTA)
- Ethiopia: Ethiopia Marks International Day of the Midwife (ERTA)
- Tanzania: Pregnancy Is Not a Disease, It Should Not Kill Anyone (Daily News)
- Kenya: Sh14 Million Free Health Camps (The Star)
- Kenya: Nakuru Holds Autism Walk (The Star)
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