Category Archives: Child Health

AFGHANISTAN: Kandahar – the Polio Capital

Posted on April 13, 2011 by

Of the 25 polio cases confirmed in Afghanistan in 2010, 11 were in Kandahar. In 2009, 38 cases were reported – 21 in Kandahar; and in 2008, 31 cases, with 12 in Kandahar, according to WHO. In the past three … Continue reading →

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DR Congo: Pneumonia Vaccine

Posted on April 5, 2011 by

The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) today added the vaccine against pneumonia to its national immunisation programme in a United Nations-backed initiative to drastically improve the chances of survival for children under the age of five. The expanded programme is … Continue reading →

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KENYA: Maternity Hospital Working Conditions ‘deplorable’

Posted on March 19, 2011 by

A go-slow by nurses at Pumwani Maternity Hospital in Nairobi’s Eastleigh area has exposed serious challenges at Kenya’s largest maternity hospital, with officials calling for urgent intervention to improve services. “Working conditions at the hospital remain deplorable,” Festus Ngare, secretary-general … Continue reading →

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SAHEL: Meningitis – The Role of Climate Change

Posted on February 15, 2011 by

Researchers are analysing dust from the Sahel to study its role in the spread of bacterial meningitis in this region hardest hit by the debilitating and often fatal disease. Study of the link between climate and infectious diseases is increasingly … Continue reading →

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Health: World’s Biggest Child-Killer

Posted on February 14, 2011 by

An estimated 700,000 deaths could be averted by 2015 with the widespread use of a vaccine against pneumonia and other pneumococcal diseases that are the world’s biggest child-killer. More than half a million children younger than five die from pneumococcal … Continue reading →

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