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More than 60 pupils were on Tuesday circumcised to mark the World's Aids Day and raise further awareness in Mombasa about the state of HIV epidemic in the country and the world at large.
It is funny. The more I listen to pharmaceutical industry players on increasing access to quality medicines, the more relevant Nkrumah's African unity becomes.
A research conducted by the World Health Organisation (W.H.O) has indicated that by the year 2010 mental illness will become the second leading non-communicable disease in the world.
Ghanaians are generally satisfied with the performance of the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS), a survey report released by the National Development Planning Commission (NDPC) said on Thursday in Accra.
The U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) and the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria announced today that the two programs are jointly supporting antiretroviral treatment for nearly 3.7 million of the estimated 4 million individuals in low and middle-income countries who currently receive treatment globally.
AS the world marks World AIDS Day today, Sub-Saharan Africa continues to lag behind as the region most affected by HIV.
Doctors have been urged to uphold ethics so as to protect patients under their care from professional negligence.
A citizen's assessment of the National Health Insurance Scheme show an increasing level of registration under the scheme, with a total subscription increasing from a low of 1,797,140 in 2005 to 12,518,560 in 2008, though significant variations in registration exist across geographical and socio-economic groups.
Procter and Gamble has launched the 'Always Care Programme' at St Mary's Senior High School, Accra. The programme, which seeks to ensure a better and healthier life for girls between the ages of 13-21years, comprises a scholarship scheme for 50 girls, hygiene and puberty education programme, as well as a free bus ride for girls in some selected schools in the country.
During the 5th pediatric conference held in Kigali last week, stakeholders in the fight against HIV/AIDS have called for more efforts in early testing of children to detect the infection in time.
To commemorate the World AIDS Day, December 1, The New Vision, in conjunction with the parliamentary committee on HIV/AIDS, will award individuals, who have played a remarkable role in the fight against HIV in their communities. Profiles of the people nominated by the public will be published.
President Jacob Zuma has announced the most significant government-led interventions to stem the AIDS epidemic since its emergence more than 20 years ago, stating that extraordinary measures are needed.
Nigerian dults have a tendency not to go for the HIV screening test to know their HIV status, says the 2008 National Demographic & Health Survey (NDHS) released last week.
Nigerian nurses have been urged to rededicate themselves to the ethics of the profession even as the Lagos State School of Midwifery recorded 96 per cent success in the 2009 Nursing and Midwifery Examinations.
The launch of outpatient medical insurance cover by National Hospital Insurance Fund is set to pave the way for stiff competition in Kenya's middle class-leaning medical insurance industry.
Health Workforce Advocacy Uganda [HWAF-U] has blamed government for the poor numbers of health providers in the health sector on lack of accommodation.
Today's World AIDS Day is an especially notable occasion in Uganda where figures reveal that AIDS-related deaths in Uganda accounted for 63,000 lives in 2008 while 1.1 million people are currently living with HIV/AIDS.
Today is World Aids Day, and Tanzania joins other countries in marking this important day adopted by the United Nations to rally members of the international community in efforts to combat the HIV/Aids scourge.
Cell phones have cut dramatically the number of women dying during childbirth in Amensie village in south-central Ghana, according to local health officials.
Experience from other countries shows that not everyone will respond well to the same antiretroviral drugs. Some will improve, others will not. Those who fail on one or more group of drugs need a replacement. But the current pool of ARV drugs in the public sector offers no alternative.
Simple in its design and methodology, yet massive in its impact - the mothers2mothers (m2m) programme is emerging as one of the Aids epidemic's success stories.
South Africans may soon be able to get an HIV home test kit to enable them to find out their HIV status in private.
A campaign will be conducted for two weeks to enable members of the communities in Oldonyosambu and Ngarenanyuki Wards to add value to their process of living. Organizers of the campaign will start to mobilize members of the communities on 29th November 2009.
In a bid to reduce the rate of HIV transmission from mother to child, Uganda will now give all pregnant women highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART).
As the world marks the World Aids Day, the gay community in Kenya is at the centre of the theories about new HIV infections.
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