Tag Archives: Global Health

Tanzania Tightens Borders Over Yellow Fever

Posted on November 25, 2011 by

Tanzania has announced more rigorous plans to ensure all travellers entering the country have yellow fever certificates, the East African Legislative Assembly (EALA) has been informed. Tanzania is the only East African Community partner state that strictly enforces the International … Continue reading →

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HIV/AIDS: Global Fund cancels funding

Posted on November 24, 2011 by

JOHANNESBURG, 24 November 2011 (PlusNews) – The Global Fund to Fight HIV, Tuberculosis (TB) and Malaria has cancelled its next round of funding and cut off countries like Russia, China and Brazil after donors failed to deliver US$2.2 billion in … Continue reading →

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NIGERIA: Gay Rights Bill Threatens Imprisonment

Posted on November 15, 2011 by

LAGOS, 15 November 2011 (IRIN) – Rights groups in Nigeria fear an anti same-sex marriage bill being discussed in parliament could boost already prevalent discrimination against homosexuals. The bill goes much further than banning same-sex marriage; it threatens to ban … Continue reading →

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YEMEN: Child Polio “Humanitarian Disaster”

Posted on November 13, 2011 by

  Routine immunization of children has dropped by 40 percent in some areas of Yemen, leading to outbreaks of polio and measles and reflecting a growing collapse of public services in a country that is on the brink of a … Continue reading →

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A Real Sophie’s choice: Famine forces mothers to decide which child lives and which dies

Posted on August 18, 2011 by

Wardo Mohamud Yusuf walked for two weeks with her one-year-old daughter on her back and her four-year-old son at her side to flee Somalia’s drought and famine. When the boy collapsed near the end of the journey, she poured some … Continue reading →

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Diabetes Myths:- Liberia

Posted on July 15, 2011 by

Lucy Dollokieh, a mother of four from Liberia’s Nimba County, developed severe pains when urinating and thought she had been cursed by a witch, but when a volunteer came to her village describing diabetes symptoms she recognized them, went to … Continue reading →

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Cholera, Measles Kill Hundreds:DRC

Posted on July 14, 2011 by

Outbreaks of measles and cholera in parts of the Democratic Republic of Congo have killed hundreds of people, with thousands more infected, says an official of the UN World Health Organization (WHO). “Since September 2010, 115,484 measles cases and 1,145 … Continue reading →

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‘One Billion People with Disabilities Worldwide’ – UN

Posted on July 13, 2011 by

  More than one billion people worldwide experience some form of disability, the United Nations and the World Bank said in a report that calls for the elimination of barriers that often force the people with disabilities to “the margins … Continue reading →

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COTE D’IVOIRE: Unrest disrupts malaria programme

Posted on June 8, 2011 by

DAKAR, 7 June 2011 (IRIN) – The post-election violence in Côte d’Ivoire delayed by several months a distribution of mosquito nets – a pillar of the country’s strategy to combat malaria, a leading killer of children. Some communities must wait even … Continue reading →

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Rwanda: Hiv/Aids Maternal Health Campaign

Posted on May 29, 2011 by

The Rwandan Ministry of Health, in collaboration with Imbuto Foundation, has stepped up a campaign to eliminate Mother-to -Child Transmission of HIV/AIDS. Addressing the media, the Health Minister, Dr. Agnes Binagwaho, said that Rwanda is committed to reduce the transmission … Continue reading →

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