February 11
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Country Facing Major Public Health Challenge - Health Official
ANGOP
Angola is facing a major public health challenge following the increase of communicable and non-communicable diseases, with emphasis to chronic degenerative diseases and... Read more »
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Health Workers Issue 21-Day Strike Notice
Nairobi Star
The government has until March 1 to raise allowances to medics, or face a nationwide strike from the health practitioners. This comes after the health workers, through Kenya Health... Read more »
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Synovate Now Launches Opinion Poll on Health
Nairobi Star
IPSOS Synovate and the Kenya Healthcare Federation yesterday launched an opinion poll that will help track and highlight key areas of interest concerning the health sector. Read more »
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Ministries Withdraw Support for HIV Fund
Nairobi Star
Plans to create a HIV trust fund have grounded after the two ministries of health withdrew their support. Health ministers Beth Mugo and Prof Anyang' Nyong'o have understandably... Read more »
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Siaya Technicians Threaten to Strike
Nairobi Star
LABORATORY technicians drawn from various government hospitals in Siaya county have threatened to join the strike called by doctors. The Association of Kenya Medical Laboratory... Read more »
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Doctors Sack Minister and Send Asiedu Nketiah Away
Ghanaian Chronicle
FOR the countless time running, the National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) has failed to convince members of the Society of Private Medical Practitioners (SPMDP) to reverse... Read more »
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Nodding Disease - Unlocking It Will Take Years of Research [interview]
Observer
Dr. Monday Busuulwa is a medical epidemiologist with the African Field Epidemiology Network (AFENET). Read more »
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Pensioners Set to Benefit From NHI
Biz-Community
The introduction of the National Health Insurance (NHI) initiative has been examined as to the impact it will have on those who do not have any medical cover, yet one of the... Read more »
February 10
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Govt Announces Joint Venture to Produce ARVs
BuaNews
The South African government has entered into a massive partnership with a leading global pharmaceutical company to manufacture the ingredients of Anti-Retroviral (ARV) drugs... Read more »
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Government Finally Moves On Male Circumcision
PlusNews
Clement Zulu never thought he would be circumcised. A Christian from the north of Malawi, Zulu was among millions of Malawians who believed the practice was a ritual for the... Read more »
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The Global Fund At Ten Years - Not a Happy Birthday [analysis]
GFO
"These past 12 months have been the Fund's most difficult to date, so the anniversary celebrations were rather muted. Whether the Fund's eleventh year will be more successful... Read more »
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MDR-TB Trials Could Make a Tangible Difference for Children
Health-e
A team from Stellenbosch University's Desmond Tutu TB Centre will be monitoring 200 children at the Brooklyn Chest Hospital in Cape Town over the next five years in a potentially... Read more »
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Doctors Finally Call Off Strike
Daily News
SPECIALISTS, doctors and interns who were on strike for more than two weeks have called off the strike and are to report on duty effective on Friday. Read more »
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Counting the Costs of Brain Drain
AfricaFocus
According to a study published in the British Medical Journal in November 2011, nine sub-Saharan countries (Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Nigeria, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia... Read more »
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Medical Breakthrough Achieved By Tunisian-American Research Team
Tunisia Live
Yesterday, a Tunisian-American research team presented the byproduct of an initiative aimed at curing Leishmaniasis - a disease of the skin - to Tunisian Minister of Health... Read more »
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Reactions to Recent Events At the Global Fund [analysis]
GFO
Media and blogosphere commentators weigh in on the future of the Global Fund in light of the resignation of Michel Kazatchkine as Executive Director and the appointment of Gabriel... Read more »
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When Silence Brings You HIV [column]
Fahamu
Studies have shown that the highest rates of HIV infection are among women stuck in financially dependent relationships where the only right is the right of the man. Silence... Read more »
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Baragwanath Warning Bells Sounded Long Ago
Health-e
Chris Hani Baragwanath (CHB) doctors had issued a warning in December last year already that the suboptimal staffing levels at the hospital were dangerous and endangering the lives... Read more »
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Over 50 Cases of Leprosy Reported in 2011
New Times
52 cases of leprosy were reported in 2011, one less than those documented in 2010. Read more »
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Govt Announces Shs7 Billion Plan to Fight Nodding Disease
Monitor
The government has finalised a Shs7 billion plan to fight nodding disease, an illness mostly affecting children in Acholi sub-region. Read more »
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Increase in Electronic Waste Threatens Environment
UN News
West Africa is facing a significant increase in waste generated by electronic equipment which poses mounting health and environmental risks, according to a United Nations report... Read more »
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Nurses Threaten Fresh Strike Over Allowances
Nation
Nurses and clinical officers have issued a new strike notice over an allowances dispute. Read more »
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Declare Acholi Disaster Area [opinion]
New Vision
THE anguish, misery, frustration and hopelessness that has gripped the Acholi community in Pader, Kitgum and Lamwo and Ugandans of goodwill over the mysterious 'nodding disease'... Read more »
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U.S., Tanzania Governments and Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric Aids Foundation (egpaf) Celebrate Success of HIV Care and Treatment Programs [press release]
Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric Aids Foundation
The U.S. Government under the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) - with funding through the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the Tanzanian... Read more »
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Israel to Donate Ambulances to Country
New Vision
ISRAEL has offered to donate ambulances to health centres countrywide as their contribution towards improving the health sector in Uganda. Read more »
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