August 03
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AU Chief Adresses International Conference On Maternal, Newborn and Child Health [document]
African Union
STATEMENT BY H.E. Dr. Nkosazana C. Dlamini Zuma Chairperson of the African Union Commission to the Read more »
August 02
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Conference to Foster Mother, Child Health
VOA
The 1st International Conference on Maternal, Newborn and Child Health in Africa got underway Thursday in Johannesburg. Organizers say while much has been done to reduce mortality... Read more »
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Africa - Poverty, Hunger Attributed to Decline in Agriculture
Vanguard
Dr Kanayo Nwanze, the President, International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) has identified the decline in agriculture as the cause of hunger and poverty in Africa which... Read more »
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Poor Plastic Feeding Bottles Causing Cancer in Children - Expert
Daily News
THE increasing use of substandard plastic feeding bottles has contributed to a rise in the number of cancer cases in children aged below 20 years. Read more »
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Ghana Coalition of Civil Society Organisations for Scaling Up Nutrition Launched in Accra [press release]
Ghana Govt.
The Co-chairman of the Ghana Parliamentarians Against Hunger and Malnutrition Caucus, Hon. Kwabena Appiah Pinkrah, has pledged to work through legislation and advocacy to... Read more »
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Ogun PDP Takes Amosun's Govt to Task On Cholera Outbreak
Vanguard
The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Ogun State, yesterday, faulted the claims of the ruling Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, that it was politicising the cholera outbreak in some... Read more »
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Multi-Million Euro Project Seeks to Enhance Food Security, Reduce Poverty
Daily Observer
A Millennium Development Goal 1c (MDG1C) Initiative Project, financed by the European Union through the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) and the Food and Agriculture... Read more »
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NGO Seeks to Transform Tarime Youths' Lives
Daily News
TANZANIA Youth Alliance for Development and Cooperation (TYADCO) has selected Tarime as its first beneficiary district in Mara Region. Read more »
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Health Ministry Clarifies On ARV Drug Shortage
New Vision
THE ministry of health has attributed ARV drug stock outs to under quantification by in-charges of health facilities which has resulted in inadequate supplies of medicines and... Read more »
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Over D1.8 Million Worth of Materials for Gunjur Health Centre
Daily Observer
Gunjur Health Centre in Kombo South, West Coast Region on Sunday received over D1.8 million worth of items from natives of Gunjur living in the Diaspora at a presentation ceremony... Read more »
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Lulu Xingwana's Department of Shambles [analysis]
Daily Maverick
It's Women's Month in South Africa, which means that South African women have a whole 31 days to sit back and relax, knowing they're in the safe hands of a government department... Read more »
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Clinical Officers Association Seeks Unionization
The Star
Health workers in the country may soon be under one trade union if efforts by industry stakeholders are successful. Wesley Tomno of the clinical officers association says the... Read more »
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Breast Feeding Mothers Encouraged to Have Special Diet
The Star
Breast feeding mothers should maintain a balanced diet to ensure their baby says healthy. Health experts also advise nursing mothers to avoid sugary carbonated drinks as this could... Read more »
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Kemri, CDC Sh500 Million for Malaria
The Star
The Kenya Medical Research Institute and Centre for Disease Control, has come up with a plan that will reduce malaria in the country. The study is funded by CDC and the US... Read more »
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Children's Hospital to Be Built At Moi Referral
The Star
A Sh3 billion children's hospital is being constructed at Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital, Eldoret. The project is being funded by Shoe4Africa Foundation. Read more »
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Stop Institutionalization of Children With Disability
The Star
Separate institutions that provide learning for children with disability should be faced out in order to curb stigmatization. UNICEF Director Marcel Rudasingwa says, disabled... Read more »
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Introduction of Life-Saving Pneumococcal Vaccine Targets 1.3 Million Infants [press release]
GAVI
Sudanese children have begun receiving pneumococcal vaccine that will protect them from a leading cause of pneumonia, the biggest killer of children under five in low income... Read more »
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Observations On the Concept Note Development Process in Zimbabwe [press release]
GFO
The country coordinating mechanism (CCM) and the Ministry of Health and Child Welfare in Zimbabwe have released a report describing the country's experience submitting a concept... Read more »
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Health-e
The Free State has slashed the deaths of women in childbirth by 43% in one year, thanks mainly to making ambulances available to take those with labour complications to hospitals. Read more »
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'Security, Health Our Priority' [interview]
Leadership
Ahmed Maiyaki, DG Media and Publicity to the Executive Governor of Kaduna State, in this interview with Pembi David-Stephen, chronicles the achievements of the Kaduna State... Read more »
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The Herald
Tuberculosis has emerged as the number one killer in Mumbai among a host of ailments over the past year (2012-13), according to the 'cause of death' report accessed under right to... Read more »
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four in Five Babies Miss Breast Milk First Hour of Life
Daily Trust
Available statistics from the National Demographic Health Survey indicate only 13 in 100 mothers breastfeed their babies exclusively for the first few months of life. It also... Read more »
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Unicef Worried Over Low Breastfeeding in Nigeria
Daily Trust
Despite Breastfeeding being recognised as the most effective and inexpensive way of saving a child's life, the rate of breastfeeding is quite low in Nigeria. Read more »
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Kogi Pledges Reduction in Maternal Mortality
Daily Trust
Kogi State Governor Idris Wada has restated his commitment to reduce maternal mortality and morbidity arising from pregnancy and childbirth. Read more »
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Bad Habits That Are Actually Good for You
Capital FM
We burp, we sleep in for 13 hours over the weekend, we bite our nails, we crack our knuckles... We all have bad habits. Some habits we can try and kick out and some habits... Read more »
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