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- Indian NGO Conducts Free Eye-surgeries On 9,000 Nigerians 21 Nov 2009 08:34 GMT
... Indian NGO Conducts Free Eye-surgeries On 9,000 Nigerians ABUJA, Nov 21 (Bernama) -- A non-government ... the initiative in three states of the West African country, the Nigeria Federal Ministry of Health said. ...
- Africa still the playground of imperial ambition 21 Nov 2009 13:35 GMT
... Africa still the playground of imperial ambition EVEN ... While oil producers like Angola, Chad, Libya, Nigeria and Sudan are prime targets of the ... is accused of dumping inferior goods and medicines on the African markets. Africa's fragile but ...
- Homeless on the Capitol's doorstep 21 Nov 2009 02:51 GMT
... McFarland was a walking statistic; a homeless, African-American single mother and drug addict. The odds ... out as a peace corps volunteer in West Africa and later adopted a girl from Sierra ... second World War, Vietnam, Korea, Iraq and Afghanistan are homeless on any given night. This ...
- Indian NGO conducts free eye-surgeries 21 Nov 2009 07:59 GMT
... 9000 patients suffering from eye ailment in Nigeria, where over one million people are blind. ... the initiative in three states of the West African country, where according to the Nigeria Federal Ministry ...
- Prisoner access to sanitation a human right, say UN experts on World Toilet Day 21 Nov 2009 08:42 GMT
... rights experts – on water and sanitation, health, and torture – said in a joint ... settings, including detention.” Development / Accra / Ghana / Africa / ...
- 12 million targeted for west African Yellow Fever vaccination 17 Nov 2009 17:36 GMT
... Health | Society 12 million targeted for west African Yellow Fever vaccination The largest-ever mass vaccination campaign ... to target nearly 12 million people across Benin, Liberia and Sierra Leone, all countries at ...
- WHO to launch yellow fever vaccination campaign in West Africa 19 Nov 2009 05:57 GMT
... lead a week-long, multi-country vaccination campaign in Africa next week to protect those "deemed at highest risk ... target nearly 12 million Africans living in Benin, Liberia and Sierra Leone - all countries ... mass vaccinations programmes since 2007 conducted in Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Mali, Senegal and Togo, as ...
- Los Angeles Times examines health care in Sierra Leone 17 Nov 2009 06:11 GMT
... mortality in the world, behind Angola; even Afghanistan ranks lower. The United Nations says 1 ... working on the ground in the country. "West Africa is of particular concern to world health ...
- Digitisation Holds Huge Potential for West African Medical Imaging Markets Says Frost & Sullivan 18 Nov 2009 10:40 GMT
... growth in the medical imaging markets in West Africa has been restricted by the high cost ... Analysis of Medical Imaging Device Industries of Ghana and Nigeria, finds that the combined markets ...
- Yellow fever drive targets 12 million West Africans: WHO 17 Nov 2009 19:31 GMT
... Yellow fever drive targets 12 million West Africans: WHO A health worker administers a yellow ... million people, would be launched in three West African countries next week. The World Health Organisation ... to kick off in three countries in West Africa next Monday," said WHO spokeswoman Aphaluck Bhatiasevi. ...
- Yellow fever vaccination drive to cover almost 12 million West Africans ' UN 17 Nov 2009 15:51 GMT
... drive to cover almost 12 million West Africans – UN The largest-ever mass vaccination campaign protecting populations ... disease will begin next week across three West African countries, the United Nations World Health Organization ... to target nearly 12 million people across Benin, Liberia and Sierra Leone, all countries at ...
- Yellow fever vaccination drive to cover almost 12 million West Africans - UN 17 Nov 2009 18:31 GMT
... disease will begin next week across three West African countries, the United Nations World Health Organization ( ... to target nearly 12 million people across Benin, Liberia and Sierra Leone, all countries at ...
- WHO, UNICEF join hands to vaccinate millions of Africans against epidemic 17 Nov 2009 18:11 GMT
... agencies are vaccinating more than 11 million Africans against yellow fever. The World Health Organization (WHO) ... African countries targeting 11.9 million people in Benin, Liberia and Sierra Leone, all at high ... been protected through mass vaccinations conducted in Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Mali, Senegal and Togo, as ...
- WHO to vaccinate against yellow fever in Benin, Liberia, S/Leone 18 Nov 2009 14:39 GMT
... fever vaccination campaign in the Republic of Benin, Liberia and Sierra Leone. WHO said in ... latest three of the 13 highest risk African countries to carry out preventive campaigns. ``Since 2007, ... been protected through mass vaccinations conducted in Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Mali, Senegal and Togo, as ...
- Largest-ever yellow fever vaccination campaign to begin in Africa, says WHO 18 Nov 2009 02:10 GMT
... to kick off next week across three African countries -- Benin, Liberia and Sierra Leone, the World Health ... been protected through mass vaccinations conducted in Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Mali, Senegal and Togo, as ...
- Health Teams Launch Mass Yellow Fever Vaccinations 17 Nov 2009 23:15 GMT
... disease will begin next week across three West African countries, the United Nations World Health Organization (WHO) ... to target nearly 12 million people across Benin, Liberia and Sierra Leone, all countries at ...
- Largest-ever vaccination drive to be launched in African countries 17 Nov 2009 17:10 GMT
... - Close to 12 million people in Benin, Liberia and Sierra Leone will be vaccinated ... fever in the largest health campaign in Africa, the World Health Organization (WHO) said Tuesday. "High vaccination ... have been vaccinated against yellow fever in Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Mali, Senegal and Togo since ...
- Yellow Fever Vaccination Campaign Underway In 3 African Countries 17 Nov 2009 22:54 GMT
... Yellow Fever Vaccination Campaign Underway In 3 African Countries Posted on: Tuesday, 17 November 2009, 15:06 ... effort to help 11.9 million people in Benin, Liberia and Sierra Leone, where the highest risk ...
- Dying in pain a reality for most Africans 18 Nov 2009 04:30 GMT
... million to Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda and Nigeria to pay for the provision of more ... of the number of bed nets in Africa through Global Fund supported programmes. Drugs sometimes have ... Merriman showed that 10 000 people in Sierra Leone were currently in desperate need of ...
- After synod, Africa's Catholics hope bishops promote good governance 17 Nov 2009 17:30 GMT
... After synod, Africa's Catholics hope bishops promote good governance LUSAKA, ... Our Lady of Fatima Cathedral in Makeni, Sierra Leone, said African history has been littered by ... the millions of innocent civilians living in West Africa. Brenda Nq'obile, a member of the justice ...
- African mobile market update 19 Nov 2009 04:31 GMT
... Despite strong performances in the African markets, the pace is slowing down year ... group. Nigerian Globacom has expanded into the Benin republic, and soon will move into Ghana, ... at playing an important role in the West Africa region. There are still a few African investors, ...
- U.S. Christian Right Activists Pushing Death Penalty for Homosexuals in Poor African State 18 Nov 2009 09:25 GMT
... from Uganda, and Reverend Jide Macauley, from Nigeria's House of Rainbow church, told IPS that ... Senyonjo. Senyonjo and Macauley were in South Africa to attend the first African dialogue on ... were Botswana, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Ghana, Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, South ...
- Codex Trains Inspectors On Food Safety Health 17 Nov 2009 12:10 GMT
... (NCSPSC) with funding from FAO and the West Africa Quality Programme (WAQP), has ended yesterday, Thursday, ... the diets of the people in the Gambia as most people consume fish on a ...
- Party Manifestos - Health Sector 16 Nov 2009 08:59 GMT
... under the microscope issues such as education, health, housing/water/sanitation, crime/safety, land/agriculture, employment/development, business and economics ... with HIV-AIDS would be reviewed. The South West Africa National Union (Swanu) promises to introduce universal ...
- 'Smoke-free zones still a luxury in Africa' 17 Nov 2009 23:40 GMT
... ‘Smoke-free zones still a luxury in Africa’ NAIROBI. As African nations are poised to ... said. Within the last year, Kenya and Niger have enacted national smoke-free policies, and South ... challenge in many places, including the DRC, Ghana, Uganda, according to the report. Obstacles include ...
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