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Egypt : Egypt has latest H5N1 case July 29 , 2007
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Algeria : Cervical cancer vaccine offers distant hope June 27 , 2007
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Egypt : Egypt reports new human bird flu case June 23 , 2007
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Algeria : Not just more wells but clean wells May 12 , 2007
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Algeria : HIV puts Malaria back in spotlight April 28 , 2007
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Egypt : Death toll in Egypt from bird flu now 14 April 11 , 2007
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Egypt : 27th human case of bird flu detected March 29 , 2007
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Egypt : Bird flu awareness and reporting measures are improving March 29 , 2007
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Algeria : Snail mucus offers wound healing hopes March 22 , 2007
RESEARCHERS have discovered unusual properties in the mucus secreted by the Giant West African land snails, which they believe might have important applications in medical science.
They have established the beneficial effects of snail mucin for the topical treatment of wounds and burns. They say...
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Egypt : Avian influenza - situation in Egypt - update 9 March 19 , 2007
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Egypt : Avian influenza - situation in Egypt - update 7 March 1 , 2007
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Egypt : $450m needed for new bird flu campaign February 25 , 2007
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Egypt : Egypt reports 13th avian flu death plus new case February 16 , 2007
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Egypt : Avian influenza - situation in Egypt - update 4 February 15 , 2007
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Egypt : Egypt reports 3rd H5N1 case of 2007 February 15 , 2007
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Egypt : Bird flu virus found in 2 Egyptians showed resistance to the drug Tamiflu January 21 , 2007
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Egypt : Egyptian woman dies from bird flu January 21 , 2007
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Egypt : Avian influenza - situation in Egypt - update January 18 , 2007
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Egypt : 19th case of bird flu detected January 18 , 2007
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Egypt : Avian influenza in Egypt December 27 , 2006
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Nigeria : Meningitis wanes in Nigeria April 20 , 2009
The meningitis epidemic - the worst to hit West and Central Africa in five years according to the UN - is waning in hard-hit Nigeria, but Médecins Sans Frontières staff say the deadly disease is still spreading in parts of southern Niger.
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Nigeria : Meningitis epidemic strikes Nigeria, Niger March 28 , 2009
More than 200 people have died of meningitis in the past week alone in Niger and Nigeria, according to the World Health Organization. The disease is an epidemic in 76 areas of the two countries, the health agency reported Wednesday.
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Nigeria : Grange picks up new job March 18 , 2009
For Professor Adenike Grange, her short -lived tenure as Nigeria's Minister of Health is not worth recounting.
The ex-minister who was ushered out of office in questionable circumstances is now in the employ of Otunba Subomi Balogun.
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Nigeria : National Hospital confirms outbreak of Lassa fever February 18 , 2009
Chief Medical Director of the National Hospital, Abuja (NHA), Dr Olusegun Ajuwon, yesterday in Abuja confirmed the outbreak of Lassa fever in Abuja and the adjoining Nasarawa State.
Ajuwon told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that the fever had claimed three lives in the areas affected.
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Nigeria : FG asks Nigerian doctors abroad to return home February 12 , 2009
The Federal Government on Tuesday asked Nigerian doctors working in the United States and other parts of the world to return home and contribute to the development of the country's weak health sector.
About 24,000 doctors are said to be practising in America, Europe, Asia, and parts of Southern A...
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Nigeria : Painkiller leaves 84 children dead February 9 , 2009
Health authorities in Nigeria announced on 4 February that 84 children have died and a further 27 have fallen ill since November as a result of ingesting a pain-relief syrup called 'My Pikin'.
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Nigeria : Anxiety grips NAFDAC staff over new DG January 12 , 2009
There is apprehension among the staff of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control over the appointment on Friday of Dr. Paul Orhii, as its Director-General.
Investigations by our correspondent on Saturday in Lagos showed that although the new director-general had been men...
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Nigeria : Lagos in comprehensive health care delivery strategy January 12 , 2009
Mrs. Sarah Johnson sat beside her baby at the Children Ward of the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH), Ikeja, with other parents whose children were receiving treatment. They were being attended to by health practitioners in a very congested ward. And when Johnson would speak on the f...
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Cape Verde : Money laundering taints economic growth November 4 , 2008
Faced with a growing number of drug trafficking, money laundering and organised crime investigations, the head of Cape Verde’s judiciary police told IRIN his agents may know who the traffickers and money launderers are, but do not have enough resources to catch them all.
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Gambia : President’s herbal HIV/AIDS 'cure' boosts ARV use November 4 , 2008
President Yahya Jammeh’s traditional herbal treatment for HIV has had an unanticipated side-effect, say HIV experts in the country – rather than pulling people towards a herbal cure, it has raised the profile of conventional antiretroviral drugs (ARVs) to treat HIV.
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Gabon : Gabon centre refocuses on emerging diseases November 4 , 2008
The International Medical Research Centre (CIRMF) in the former French colony of Gabon wants to have something to celebrate on its 40th birthday next year. Many hope that the centre's newly appointed director-general, Jean-Paul Gonzalez, can lead the institution — which fell into disarray in the 199...
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Nigeria : Malaria kills 401 people October 27 , 2008
Malaria has killed 401 people in the last four weeks in northern Nigeria’s Katsina state, according to local health officials.
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Nigeria : Officials seek source of deadly gastroenteritis October 27 , 2008
The Nigerian Ministry of Health is trying to determine what caused a gastroenteritis outbreak that has claimed 120 lives in northern Nigeria’s Sokoto state and dozens more in the northwest, according to national health statistics.
“Unfortunately, it is the environment,” said the Ministry of Heal...
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Equatorial Guinea : Oil money draws sub-Saharan Africans October 27 , 2008
A few years after the first US oil drillers arrived in Equatorial Guinea in 1992, hundreds of mostly West African migrants without travel or work papers followed. National police forces now estimate that one-third of the population – more than 300,000 – is from outside the country, with most migrant...
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Cote d'Ivorie : “Alarming” malnutrition in north October 27 , 2008
In Côte d’Ivoire government health officials and aid agencies are launching emergency feeding and special nutritional training in the north to respond to what nutrition experts call “alarming” malnutrition levels.
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Nigeria : 600 African children die daily from measles October 22 , 2008
More than 600 children in Africa still die daily from measles, the International Federation of Red Cross has disclosed.
"While significant progress has been made, measles is still a leading disease that kills more than 242,000 each year, mostly children under the age of five," the International F...
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Nigeria : Alarming incidents of rape October 22 , 2008
There is an alarming increase in rape cases. From Kano to Calabar, Lagos to Lokoja, Maiduguri to Markurdi, Enugu to Ekiti, rape stories jostle for headline spaces in newspapers and prime time bulletins on the airwaves. Even then, statistics have shown that less than 20 per cent of rape cases are eve...
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Gambia : Sex tourists exploiting children October 20 , 2008
Child protection experts say sexual exploitation of children by tourists is on the increase in The Gambia, despite national laws against it.
“More and more children are working in the sex industry with tourists,” said Bakary Badjie, programme officer with the non-profit coalition the Child Prote...
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Nigeria : Health sector in bad shape – NMA October 17 , 2008
Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) yesterday lamented the current state of Nigerian healthcare sector, saying a drastic measure at the primary healthcare level would be required to overcome the downward trend.
NMA President, Dr Prosper Igboeli, who addressed the media on the 2008 Physician’s Wee...
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Nigeria : Vaccine 'could end Nigeria polio' October 16 , 2008
Polio could be wiped out in Nigeria - one of the world's last blackspots of the disease - thanks to an improved vaccine, research suggests.
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Kenya : Child deaths on the rise October 29 , 2008
The number of children dying before their fifth birthday in Kenya has risen in the past 10 years, according to health specialists.
One in nine children dies before the age of five. "For every 1,000 children born, 121 die, compared with 97 in 1990," Shahnaz Sharif, the senior deputy director of me...
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Uganda : Post-traumatic stress rife in the north October 27 , 2008
Sleepless nights, flashbacks and hallucinations have become normal for Michael Ocira, a former soldier in the rebel Ugandan Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA), which has waged a civil war in the north for more than two decades.
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Tanzania : Vaccination campaign treats millions of children September 3 , 2008
Millions of parents and guardians sent their children to be vaccinated on 30 and 31 August in a national campaign against measles, polio and other diseases, officials said on Tuesday.
“The exercise has been generally successful as many parents turned out with their children in most districts in ...
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Uganda : Drug supply chain problems trigger shortages September 3 , 2008
Uganda's health ministry has been scrambling to stave off a nationwide shortage of antiretroviral drugs (ARVs) that could jeopardise the lives of tens of thousands of HIV-positive people.
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Kenya : MSM in Kenya urgently require targeted HIV prevention January 17 , 2008
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Uganda : Medical staff bore the brunt of "sly" new Ebola virus January 1 , 2008
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Kenya : Post-poll violence a ‘national disaster’, says Red Cross January 1 , 2008
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Kenya : Bringing health services to Kibera's poor July 13 , 2007
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Kenya : Social awareness key to malaria control efforts July 5 , 2007
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Sudan : Juba's street children survive at risk of HIV June 27 , 2007
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Tanzania : Fistula aggravated by inadequate resources and ignorance June 16 , 2007
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Tanzania : RVF death toll rises May 12 , 2007
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Tanzania : Big drop in malaria cases in the spice isles April 28 , 2007
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Uganda : HIV prevalence rising in northeast, but condoms still taboo April 10 , 2007
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Tanzania : Zanzibar bans livestock, meat imports to prevent RVF April 10 , 2007
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Kenya : Drug resistant TB taking hold in urban slums April 4 , 2007
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Kenya : Flood-related diseases, HIV/AIDS reverse rainfall gains March 31 , 2007
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Uganda : New tuberculosis cases 'alarming' March 29 , 2007
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Tanzania : Rising TB cases linked to HIV/AIDS March 26 , 2007
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Sudan : Fighting ignorance and stigma on a shoestring March 10 , 2007
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Congo : “I work non-stop but never see my salary” October 29 , 2008
Congolese authorities may have good reason to keep a wary eye on events in Niger, where an international court this week found the government guilty of failing to protect its citizens from slavery.
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Congo : Alarming malnutrition rates in North Kivu November 13 , 2007
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Burundi : Sex and drugs leave Bujumbura's homeless at risk of HIV July 13 , 2007
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Congo : Polio vaccinations for 400,000 children July 5 , 2007
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Congo : Traditional medicine to improve healthcare June 16 , 2007
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Congo : Immunisation coverage sees dramatic improvement May 30 , 2007
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Congo : Stepping up fight against malaria May 23 , 2007
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Congo : Poor health system catalysing cholera in southwest May 23 , 2007
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Burundi : Help for 300,000 flood victims February 9 , 2007
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Congo : Cholera threat receding, medical official says February 9 , 2007
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Congo : Cholera kills 41 in Pointe-Noire February 1 , 2007
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Congo : An untapped supply of HIV/AIDS treatment December 13 , 2006
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Burundi : Gov''t adopts plan against avian flu December 1 , 2006
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Dem. Rep. of Congo (Zaire) : Congo winner will face big problems November 6 , 2006
In Congo's largest hospital, surgical patients die for lack of antiseptics and doctors amputate broken limbs infected before patients find money for casts. When the power goes out, surgeons operate by flashlight.
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Congo : Outbreak of Hepatitis E kills 13 in Equateur October 18 , 2006
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Burundi : Cholera breaks out in Bujumbura October 18 , 2006
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Congo : Plague found in northern DR Congo October 16 , 2006
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Rwanda : Rwanda: Rwanda Hosts Bird Flu Regional Workshop September 19 , 2006
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Burundi : Hospital officials detain hundreds of insolvent patients September 9 , 2006
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Dem. Rep. of Congo (Zaire) : Breathing life into DR Congo's sick hospital August 8 , 2006
When Professor Stanis Wembonyama became director of the main hospital in Democratic Republic of Congo's second city, Lubumbashi, last year, he could not believe what he saw.
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Ethiopia : Saving lives with trained birth attendants November 4 , 2008
Like many teenagers in rural Ethiopia, Shekuria Mume, 19, became pregnant, quit school and got married at 15. The birth of her first baby remains one of her most traumatic experiences, as an untrained traditional birth attendant (TBA) delivered her.
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Somalia : Response to humanitarian disaster "inadequate" June 27 , 2008
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Somalia : Mapping 'hot-spots' for a more effective AIDS response July 26 , 2007
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Djibouti : Clean water for 25,000 people July 5 , 2007
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Ethiopia : New programme boosts village health service delivery May 30 , 2007
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Djibouti : Cholera outbreak in northwest under control May 30 , 2007
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Ethiopia : Fighting malaria in Oromiya February 25 , 2007
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Somalia : Acute watery diarrhoea claims 39 lives February 9 , 2007
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Somalia : Deaths from acute watery diarrhoea, "cholera" reported February 9 , 2007
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Somalia : Conflict, floods and the prospect of animal disease compound crisis in southern river valley January 25 , 2007
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Somalia : Security problems may affect aid plans January 12 , 2007
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Somalia : Fighting halts effort to verify deadly fever January 12 , 2007
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Djibouti : Cholera kills five in southwest January 8 , 2007
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Somalia : Diarrhoea kills 40 in Puntland December 13 , 2006
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Somalia : Floods increase risk of malnutrition, diseases December 9 , 2006
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Ethiopia : Funeral associations - for the living as well as the dead November 28 , 2006
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Somalia : Unidentified birds raise avian flu fears November 23 , 2006
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Somalia : Threat of disease outbreaks as flooding persists November 23 , 2006
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Ethiopia : Shortage of vaccines for meningitis November 21 , 2006
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Ethiopia : Ethiopia food aid ''habit'' worsens November 2 , 2006
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Angola : Record rabies outbreak kills 93 children March 11 , 2009
One of the most severe rabies epidemics to hit Angola has claimed the lives of at least 93 children within three months in the capital, Luanda.
"The 93 children were brought to our hospital and are the only ones we know of, so the number could be higher," said Luis Bernardino, head of the Hospita...
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Zimbabwe : Cholera deaths near 2,000 in Zimbabwe January 13 , 2009
HARARE, Zimbabwe (CNN) -- Deaths in Zimbabwe related to the cholera epidemic are approaching 2,000, the World Health Organization said Tuesday, and close to 40,000 people have been affected by the preventable water-borne disease.
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Mozambique : Mozambique to launch science parks for development November 4 , 2008
Mozambique's government will drive the development of four 'science parks' across the country to encourage scientists to find solutions for its social, health and infrastructural problems. António Leão, national director of Mozambique's Ministry of Science and Technology, says the initiative is aime...
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South Africa : Texts tackle HIV in South Africa November 4 , 2008
The popularity of mobile phones in South Africa is helping to tackle HIV and Aids in the nation.
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Swaziland : A tale of two countries October 29 , 2008
The irony is not lost on Swazis: the population is among the world's poorest, and yet the kingdom is classified as a "middle-income country". How come?
According to Musinga Timothy Bandora, resident coordinator of the UN Development Programme (UNDP), "A nation's wealth is measured by several fac...
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Madagascar : Government's ambitious healthcare project October 27 , 2008
Madagascar has embarked on a major campaign to reduce maternal and infant mortality, but malaria, respiratory diseases and diarrhoea, a consequence of the lack of access to clean water and poor sanitation, remain among the biggest causes of child deaths.
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South Africa : Wealth gap becoming a chasm October 27 , 2008
Despite the dismantling of apartheid in the early 1990s, and significant annual economic growth over the past 10 years, South African cities have the highest levels of inequality in the world, according to the UN Habitat's latest State of the World's Cities report.
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South Africa : South African court bans trial of 'vitamin HIV cure' June 27 , 2008
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Zambia : Voluntary counselling and testing for couples: successes in Zambia January 17 , 2008
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Zimbabwe : Zimbabwe's TB explosion September 16 , 2007
Among African nations, Zimbabwe is one of those most heavily affected by tuberculosis (TB). The deadly combination of TB and HIV epidemics is igniting a silent and uncontrollable epidemic of drug resistant TB that will negate previous national health gains.
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South Africa : SA Govt attempts Wikipedia censorship? August 24 , 2007
Johannesburg, 23 August 2007 ] - An ITWeb investigation reveals at least one government employee has censored Wikipedia's entry on SA's HIV/Aids policies.
Wikipedia's edit history for the article “HIV/Aids in South Africa” shows repeated vandalism from IP address 164.151.130.36. This address reso...
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Swaziland : ARV rollout on track but not without challenges July 26 , 2007
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South Africa : Positive mothers, children need more to reach MDGs July 26 , 2007
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Mozambique : Govt considers legalising abortion to stem maternal deaths May 30 , 2007
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South Africa : Health systems need to go online to improve efficiency May 23 , 2007
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Zimbabwe : Prisoners routinely dying from starvation, illness May 12 , 2007
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Malawi : Increasing numbers of children on treatment, despite lack of paediatric drugs May 12 , 2007
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Swaziland : Stoicism in the face of the worst ever food crisis April 23 , 2007
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Swaziland : Tuberculosis still killer number one April 10 , 2007
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Mozambique : Health worker shortage hinders AIDS response April 10 , 2007
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International : World Health Report calls for return to primary health care approach October 27 , 2008
The World Health Report 2008, launched on 14 October, critically assesses the way that health care is organized, financed, and delivered in rich and poor countries around the world. The WHO report documents a number of failures and shortcomings that have left the health status of different populatio...
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International : The global epidemic of obesity: An overview April 18 , 2008
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International : Distinguished Speakers Illuminate Clinical Trials Convention April 15 , 2008
For the next couple of days, the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada (USA) will take center-stage not for a World Heavy Weight Boxing match but for heavy weights whose current thinking could have a major impact on the future of drugs, biologics and medical device design, clinical tri...
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International : WHO in 60 years: a chronology of public health milestones February 5 , 2008
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International : WHO60 photo exhibition: public health over the past 60 years February 5 , 2008
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International : Canada increasingly reliant on foreign-trained health professionals January 29 , 2008
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International : Restrictions on health worker migration proving problematic January 29 , 2008
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International : Opportunities for earlier HIV testing missed for Africans in the UK January 17 , 2008
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International : Russia confirms H5N1 bird flu strain at poultry farm September 6 , 2007
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International : Cumulative Number of Confirmed Human Cases of Avian Influenza A/(H5N1) Reported to WHO-31 August 2007 September 1 , 2007
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International : WHO confirms 5 Vietnam H5N1 cases, lists lab test criteria September 1 , 2007
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International : Avian Influenza Low Pathogenic H5N1 vs Highty Pathogenic H5N1 July 29 , 2007
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International : India confirms bird flu outbreak is H5N1 strain July 29 , 2007
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International : Detecting transmissibility of avian influenza virus in human households July 29 , 2007
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International : Cumulative Number of Confirmed Human Cases of Avian Influenza A/(H5N1) Reported to WHO-24 May 2007 May 24 , 2007
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International : U.N. unveils portable, cheap bird-flu test March 19 , 2007
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