http://www.webremixed.info/ Aggregation of tags: health Webremixer http://allafrica.com/stories/200811200001.html Health experts and activists have heavily criticised African governments for failing to collaborate with civil society organisations (CSOs) on health research and health policy development. Thu, 20 Nov 2008 05:31:55 GMT http://allafrica.com/stories/200811200001.html 2008-11-20T05:31:55Z http://allafrica.com/stories/200811191018.html The breast and cervical cancer awareness and screening programme of the wife of the Bayelsa State governor, Mrs. Alanyingi Sylva has moved to the grassroots with the kick-off of the programme at Ogbia town in Ogbia Local Government area of the state. Wed, 19 Nov 2008 22:01:50 GMT http://allafrica.com/stories/200811191018.html 2008-11-19T22:01:50Z http://allafrica.com/stories/200811190998.html The University of Zimbabwe Medical School, the only institution producing medical doctors in the country, has closed indefinitely. The school was closed on Monday and the official announcement was made on Wednesday. Wed, 19 Nov 2008 21:09:38 GMT http://allafrica.com/stories/200811190998.html 2008-11-19T21:09:38Z http://allafrica.com/stories/200811191000.html Areas in the north west of Zimbabwe such as Chinhoyi, Karoi, Banket, Mhangura and Doma, were once prolific food producing areas and the breadbasket of the country, but there is no food there now. Wed, 19 Nov 2008 21:09:38 GMT http://allafrica.com/stories/200811191000.html 2008-11-19T21:09:38Z http://allafrica.com/stories/200811190982.html Zimbabwe's cholera epidemic has crossed into South Africa, with four confirmed diagnoses in a total of 68 suspected cases in the border town of Musina, according to aid workers. Wed, 19 Nov 2008 20:36:46 GMT http://allafrica.com/stories/200811190982.html 2008-11-19T20:36:46Z http://allafrica.com/stories/200811190981.html After more than six months of battling cholera in Guinea-Bissau the epidemic is now under control health officials say, though they admit they have not identified its root causes or put in place measures to prevent future outbreaks. Wed, 19 Nov 2008 20:36:44 GMT http://allafrica.com/stories/200811190981.html 2008-11-19T20:36:44Z http://allafrica.com/stories/200811190945.html Science & Medicine Wed, 19 Nov 2008 19:49:45 GMT http://allafrica.com/stories/200811190945.html 2008-11-19T19:49:45Z http://allafrica.com/stories/200811190890.html The torrential rains experienced in Brazzaville every year at this time spread sewage in the streets and sometimes bury houses in sand carried along by the ensuing floods. Wed, 19 Nov 2008 18:34:51 GMT http://allafrica.com/stories/200811190890.html 2008-11-19T18:34:51Z http://allafrica.com/stories/200811190789.html EIGHT more people have died in the Beitbridge cholera outbreak, bringing the death toll since Saturday last week to 44. Wed, 19 Nov 2008 16:17:36 GMT http://allafrica.com/stories/200811190789.html 2008-11-19T16:17:36Z http://allafrica.com/stories/200811190771.html "An excellent resource for illustrating the complex interrelationships of historical, sociopolitical, and cultural factors driving this epidemic today. The multiple perspectives of the authors, their first-hand experience with the affected populations, and the range of issues presented makes this a valuable contribution."-Michele G. Shedlin, University of Texas at El Paso Wed, 19 Nov 2008 15:44:01 GMT http://allafrica.com/stories/200811190771.html 2008-11-19T15:44:01Z http://allafrica.com/stories/200811190664.html Government aims at strengthening pooling between the three pillars of the Rwandan health insurance system by merging the Social Security Fund of Rwanda, medical insurance scheme (RAMA) and the Military Medical Insurance Wed, 19 Nov 2008 14:11:26 GMT http://allafrica.com/stories/200811190664.html 2008-11-19T14:11:26Z http://allafrica.com/stories/200811190651.html Business is booming for Sibangilizwe Ndlovu, 56, who runs a small funeral parlour in the working-class district of Kelvin North in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe's second city. Wed, 19 Nov 2008 14:09:35 GMT http://allafrica.com/stories/200811190651.html 2008-11-19T14:09:35Z http://allafrica.com/stories/200811190648.html At least 100 people have died in the past four weeks after an outbreak of acute watery diarrhoea (AWD) in and around the town of Abudwaaq, in Galgadud region of central Somalia, medical sources said on 18 November. Wed, 19 Nov 2008 14:09:28 GMT http://allafrica.com/stories/200811190648.html 2008-11-19T14:09:28Z http://allafrica.com/stories/200811190628.html PREGNANT women in rural areas will soon access safe delivery packages to reduce deaths during and after child birth. Wed, 19 Nov 2008 14:05:18 GMT http://allafrica.com/stories/200811190628.html 2008-11-19T14:05:18Z http://allafrica.com/stories/200811190492.html The Plateau State Government says it will renovate the Bokkos Cottage hospital in the local government area to enable the global HIV Initiatives in Nigeria commence full operations in the treatment of HIV\AIDS disease in the area. This was revealed by the state's commissioner for Health, Angela Miri while inaugurating the task force team on global HIV Initiatives at the state's secretariat. Wed, 19 Nov 2008 12:03:50 GMT http://allafrica.com/stories/200811190492.html 2008-11-19T12:03:50Z http://allafrica.com/stories/200811190490.html Twenty students with various forms of disabilities who are receiving training in vocational skills from the "Challenge Your Disability Initiative" (CYDI) have been registered for the National Health Insurance Scheme by a health maintenance organization, Healthcare International. Wed, 19 Nov 2008 12:03:47 GMT http://allafrica.com/stories/200811190490.html 2008-11-19T12:03:47Z http://allafrica.com/stories/200811190291.html Governor Isa Yuguda of Bauchi state has called for concerted efforts amongst parents, traditional leaders, teachers and everybody, to eradicate all manner of drugs trafficking, addiction and abuse in Nigeria. Wed, 19 Nov 2008 10:50:19 GMT http://allafrica.com/stories/200811190291.html 2008-11-19T10:50:19Z http://allafrica.com/stories/200811190083.html THE Uganda Industrial Research Institute (UIRI) together with Brentec Investments will start production of a thermal-stable Newcastle poultry vaccine to control the newcastle disease (Ensotoka) in poultry. Wed, 19 Nov 2008 07:28:22 GMT http://allafrica.com/stories/200811190083.html 2008-11-19T07:28:22Z http://allafrica.com/stories/200811190082.html THE health ministry has halted the building of incinerators in hospitals countrywide. The directive followed the collapse of the newly-constructed incinerators at Mbabara, Masaka and Mubende referral hospitals. Wed, 19 Nov 2008 07:28:21 GMT http://allafrica.com/stories/200811190082.html 2008-11-19T07:28:21Z http://allafrica.com/stories/200811190079.html STUDENTS of St. Leo's College Kyegobe in Kabarole district on Sunday went on strike, protesting poor hygiene in the school and demanding the removal of their head teacher, Joseph Mary, Etubire. Wed, 19 Nov 2008 07:28:19 GMT http://allafrica.com/stories/200811190079.html 2008-11-19T07:28:19Z http://allafrica.com/stories/200811190078.html THE health ministry has warned the public of a possible outbreak of botulism, a condition caused by consuming toxic canned foodstuffs. Wed, 19 Nov 2008 07:28:18 GMT http://allafrica.com/stories/200811190078.html 2008-11-19T07:28:18Z http://allafrica.com/stories/200811190060.html The Reproductive Health Uganda has been urged to sensitise religious sects opposed to family planning. Bushenyi district chairman Longino Ndyanabo said some religions had to change their attitude towards family planning. Wed, 19 Nov 2008 07:16:54 GMT http://allafrica.com/stories/200811190060.html 2008-11-19T07:16:54Z http://allafrica.com/stories/200811190046.html THE Global Fund has approved a two-year grant of $8m (about sh13.7b) for the fight against tuberculosis (TB) in Uganda. Wed, 19 Nov 2008 07:12:12 GMT http://allafrica.com/stories/200811190046.html 2008-11-19T07:12:12Z http://allafrica.com/stories/200811190006.html Health systems on the continent are riddled with inadequate policies, strategies, lack of institutional capacity, poor scientific review mechanisms and weak funding for research in the public and private sector, said Luis Sambo, regional director of the World Health Organisation (WHO) in Africa. Wed, 19 Nov 2008 05:50:28 GMT http://allafrica.com/stories/200811190006.html 2008-11-19T05:50:28Z http://allafrica.com/stories/200811181206.html President Ernest Bai Koroma yesterday showered praises on his wife, First Lady Sia Nyama Koroma, for her sustained campaign to reduce the deaths of women due to child-bearing-related circumstances during the launch of a two-day seminar focusing on the role of traditional and religious leaders in maternal mortality reduction. Tue, 18 Nov 2008 22:55:14 GMT http://allafrica.com/stories/200811181206.html 2008-11-18T22:55:14Z http://allafrica.com/stories/200811181199.html Member of the board, council on health research for development, COHRED based in Switzerland Monday said the influence of international sources distorts national health agendas. Tue, 18 Nov 2008 22:55:11 GMT http://allafrica.com/stories/200811181199.html 2008-11-18T22:55:11Z http://allafrica.com/stories/200811181127.html About one hundred health workers were injured on Tuesday, some of them seriously, after heavily armed riot police baton-charged their peaceful protest march in central Harare. Tue, 18 Nov 2008 20:03:24 GMT http://allafrica.com/stories/200811181127.html 2008-11-18T20:03:24Z http://allafrica.com/stories/200811181106.html Global Challenges Tue, 18 Nov 2008 19:35:02 GMT http://allafrica.com/stories/200811181106.html 2008-11-18T19:35:02Z http://allafrica.com/stories/200811181088.html Dr. Gladys Ashietey, Deputy Minister of Health, has said the lack of access to medicines has contributed to millions of deaths and untold suffering in Africa. She said "The burden falls particularly on the poor, women and children. Tue, 18 Nov 2008 18:30:50 GMT http://allafrica.com/stories/200811181088.html 2008-11-18T18:30:50Z http://allafrica.com/stories/200811181042.html The Niger-American Medical City (N-AMC) has, in the last four months, spent over N120 million on the provision of equipment, engaging medical consultants and general upgrading of the IBB Specialist Hospital, Minna, Niger state. Tue, 18 Nov 2008 17:52:09 GMT http://allafrica.com/stories/200811181042.html 2008-11-18T17:52:09Z http://allafrica.com/stories/200811181027.html The United Kingdom is channeling 100 million pounds into fighting HIV/ AIDS in Nigeria. Tue, 18 Nov 2008 17:51:34 GMT http://allafrica.com/stories/200811181027.html 2008-11-18T17:51:34Z http://allafrica.com/stories/200811181021.html The cholera outbreak in Guro district, in the central Mozambican province of Manica, which began in late October, has now spread to new areas surrounding the villages of Chinda, Thanda, Bunga, and Nhamassonje, but no new deaths were recorded, reports Tuesday's issue of the Maputo daily 'Noticias'. Tue, 18 Nov 2008 17:35:27 GMT http://allafrica.com/stories/200811181021.html 2008-11-18T17:35:27Z http://allafrica.com/stories/200811181008.html The United States Walter Reed Army Institute of Research (WRAIR) has visited Nigeria to assess the activities of the Ministry of Defence and the United States Department of Defence (NMOD/US DOD) HIV Partnership Programme. Tue, 18 Nov 2008 17:25:42 GMT http://allafrica.com/stories/200811181008.html 2008-11-18T17:25:42Z http://allafrica.com/stories/200811180937.html The World Health Organisation, WHO, has disclosed that more than 1.71 million Nigerians above 15 years in the 2000 survey are diabetic. Tue, 18 Nov 2008 16:56:57 GMT http://allafrica.com/stories/200811180937.html 2008-11-18T16:56:57Z http://allafrica.com/stories/200811180932.html Doyin Okupe, a medical doctor by profession, is generally considered a rare breed in many circles. Though many expected he would "marry" his stethoscope and administer drugs to patients in the hospital, Okupe dropped his medical certificate and plunged into the murky waters of Nigeria's politics, ostensibly, to be more relevant to the Nigerian people. Tue, 18 Nov 2008 16:39:04 GMT http://allafrica.com/stories/200811180932.html 2008-11-18T16:39:04Z http://allafrica.com/stories/200811180887.html President, Nigerian Association of Oral and Maxillofacial surgeons (NAOMS), Dr. (Mrs) Gbenga Ogunlewe, has stressed the need for collaborative effort to improve service delivery to patients. Tue, 18 Nov 2008 16:09:21 GMT http://allafrica.com/stories/200811180887.html 2008-11-18T16:09:21Z http://allafrica.com/stories/200811180854.html The Federal Government has restated its commitment to providing affordable and qualitative health care delivery for all by using part of the debt relief gains to fund the National Health Care Insurance Scheme (NHIS). Tue, 18 Nov 2008 15:50:53 GMT http://allafrica.com/stories/200811180854.html 2008-11-18T15:50:53Z http://allafrica.com/stories/200811180853.html Souths in Kwali and Gwagwalada Area Councils of the Federal Capital Territory have been sensitised on the realities of HIV/AIDS in the society. Tue, 18 Nov 2008 15:34:31 GMT http://allafrica.com/stories/200811180853.html 2008-11-18T15:34:31Z http://allafrica.com/stories/200811180808.html Lagos State Government, in its efforts to ensure effective emergency medical response in the state has commenced training and retraining of its health officers as well as members of the public in emergency response and management. Tue, 18 Nov 2008 14:49:19 GMT http://allafrica.com/stories/200811180808.html 2008-11-18T14:49:19Z http://allafrica.com/stories/200811180802.html Nigerian Christian doctors and health professionals have stressed the need to boost healthcare services in West African countries. Tue, 18 Nov 2008 14:49:14 GMT http://allafrica.com/stories/200811180802.html 2008-11-18T14:49:14Z http://allafrica.com/stories/200811180798.html MEDICAL and Health Worker's Union of Nigeria (MHWUN), Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH), on Monday suspended its planned industrial action, initially billed for yesterday. Tue, 18 Nov 2008 14:49:11 GMT http://allafrica.com/stories/200811180798.html 2008-11-18T14:49:11Z http://allafrica.com/stories/200811180768.html The use of insecticide-treated bed nets (ITNs) to protect children from malaria has risen six-fold in the past seven years, according to research funded by the Welcome Trust. Despite this success, however, 90 million children still do not have access to this simple protective tool, and remain at risk from the life-threatening disease. Tue, 18 Nov 2008 14:09:20 GMT http://allafrica.com/stories/200811180768.html 2008-11-18T14:09:20Z http://allafrica.com/stories/200811180638.html The authorities of Wuse General Hospital Thursday revealed that out of 680 people screened by the hospital for the deadly HIV virus in the month of October, 168 tested positive. Tue, 18 Nov 2008 12:21:07 GMT http://allafrica.com/stories/200811180638.html 2008-11-18T12:21:07Z http://allafrica.com/stories/200811180598.html Sickle cell anemia patients will henceforth enjoy free medical care in Kano State as part of the new intervention by the state government on health care. Tue, 18 Nov 2008 11:52:37 GMT http://allafrica.com/stories/200811180598.html 2008-11-18T11:52:37Z http://allafrica.com/stories/200811180589.html One hundred million pounds will be channeled into fighting HIV/AIDS in Nigeria for the next six years, says the British Minister for International Development, Ivan Lewis. Tue, 18 Nov 2008 11:52:26 GMT http://allafrica.com/stories/200811180589.html 2008-11-18T11:52:26Z http://allafrica.com/stories/200811180579.html The Ministry of Health is to embark on a polio immunisation programme, targeting about half a million Rwandese children, at the Rwanda-DR Congo border in order to prevent trans-border infections. Tue, 18 Nov 2008 11:50:13 GMT http://allafrica.com/stories/200811180579.html 2008-11-18T11:50:13Z