Determined to fight the spread of death and other consequences of malaria, the Nigeria Inter-Faith Action Association, (NIFAA), has collaborated with the World Bank and the Ministry of Health to conduct a nationwide campaign to stop the spread and deaths caused by malaria across the country.
TUESDAY, December 1 was World AIDS Day. The residents of Mateete sub-county in Sembabule district could not hold back their tears after children and people living with HIV/AIDS told them about their stories.
WE SHOULD all heave a sigh of relief that evidence-based interventions to deal with the scourge of HIV/AIDS are no longer a political hot potato.
More than two million people are reported to have died from AIDS-related illnesses globally, while two million children under the age of 15 now live with HIV.
Health officials have conceded that they are losing the war on malaria, as it remains a major killer disease, citing for over 70 per cent of infant mortality cases here.
It is a real shame that in this age of the fibre-optic cable and advances in locally-developed mobile phone applications that have been hailed the world over, Kenyans should be dying of cholera.
THE government has authorized the National Health Insurance Fund (NHIF) to oversee all community health funds (CHFs), which are designed to promote provision of medical services to people in rural areas.
The Director of the National Aids Secretariat (NAS), Alieu Jammeh has stated that despite the high level of awareness about HIV/Aids in The Gambia, new infections continue to rise among the youths.
Tuesday December 1st, people from all walks of life across the world observed the World AIDS Day. Since inception in 1988, the day has been dedicated to raising money, increasing awareness, fighting prejudice and improving education. The theme for this yearÂ's commemoration is: 'Universal access and human rights'. World AIDS Day is important in reminding people that HIV has not gone away, ...
A Tafelsig mother has told how she has to do everything for her 12-year-old daughter, who is physically disabled and needs 24-hour care.
The Program Manager of the National AIDS Control Program (NACP) Dr. Benjamin Vonhm says the provision of quality treatment to people living with HIV/AIDS is significant to improving their living conditions.
AS a strategy to increase male involvement in the fight against HIV/AIDS, Health Alert has embarked on giving out oxen, ox-ploughs, goats and chicken to male support groups in Gulu and Amuru districts to boost their productivity.
The Infectious Disease Institute, a USAID funded project, has given Kagadi Hospital in Kibaale district a CD4 count machine that will help in the management of people infected with HIV/AIDS.
The Bugiri district LC5 chairperson, Hajji Siraji Lyavala, has declared that he is HIV-positive to serve as an example to other leaders.
The increase of HIV/AIDS prevalence rate in Kasese district has been blamed on the mushrooming trading centres, a senior district official has disclosed.
PLANS to prosecute persons suspected of deliberately spreading HIV/AIDS will be counter productive, a United Nations (UN) envoy has said.
The Gambian leader, His Excellency Sheikh Professor Alhaji Dr Yayha Jammeh, has disclosed that over 98% of the country's population is HIV negative.
Meschede Foundation based in Tanji, recently donated medical items worth over D7000.00 to Hands on Care Clinic in Brikama
Ban Ki Moon, the UN secretary general, has made his traditional statement on the occasion of the World AIDS Day commemoration.
Sex is a major component of bride price. Under customary law, the man purchases the unlimited sexual services of the woman. Perhaps to call married women, sex slaves, would be rather extreme but certainly the power associated with the payment of bride price is tangible and particularly in the marital bed.
The Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Ms Rebecca Kadaga, has threatened to arrest and prosecute Kenyan traditional surgeons who sneak into Bukwo, Kapchorwa and Amudat districts to circumcise young girls.
Joyce is HIV positive and looks after eight children. She spoke to Stella Nakakande about her ups and downs of life as a widow without a stable place to call home.
Uganda is one of the countries worst-hit by malaria in the world. Although it is a preventable disease, it is estimated that malaria kills about 320 people daily. And when it comes to vulnerable groups like pregnant women, Dr Tony Kapsandui of Reproductive Health Uganda says that malaria is the number one cause of miscarriages in the first trimester of pregnancy as well as the leading cause of ...
In a bid to educate the public about the risks of consuming pork, the Epilepsy Support Association, Uganda, an umbrella organisation for people living with epilepsy has gone into a partnership with the Veterinary Department of Makerere University to establish the relationship between pork and epileptic seizures.
Some women in Tarime District have been refusing to give birth in hospitals believing that they become heroines if they do so at home, it has been said.
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