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- 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 ...
- Digitisation Holds Huge Potential for West African Medical Imaging Markets Says Frost & Sullivan 20 Nov 2009 04:40 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 ...
- With telemedicine, no Nigerian should seek medical treatment abroad ' LUTH CMD 22 Nov 2009 15:52 GMT
... With telemedicine, no Nigerian should seek medical treatment abroad — LUTH ... telemedicine equipment to improve the qaulity of health care. Smarting from the result of the ... and those interested even from the 33 African countries connected will watch the presentation. That ...
- What Is the African Union? 24 Nov 2009 11:31 GMT
... By Kim Sue-young Staff Reporter The African Union (AU), established on July 9, 2002, is ... Members of the AU are: Algeria Angola Benin Botswana Burkina Faso Burundi Cameroon Cape Verde Central African ...
- Twelve million West Africans get yellow fever vaccines 23 Nov 2009 14:14 GMT
... Twelve million West Africans get yellow fever vaccines Freetown - The ... mass yellow fever immunisation is starting in West Africa, targeting 12 million people. Health charities are ... rolling out the vaccines to people in Benin, Liberia and Sierra Leone. Thirteen African nations ...
- James: Unsung local leader will shine as new African chief 24 Nov 2009 10:55 GMT
... Toronto's Kwasi Kafele has been named an African chief in Ghana, heading up youth development. ... he said. Kafele lectures extensively in Canada, West Africa and elsewhere on issues of mediation, human ... racism and mental health, youth identity and West African spirituality. He's director of corporate diversity at ...
- 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, ...
- Ghana manages only 30 percent of her waste 27 Nov 2009 20:30 GMT
... Ghana is able to manage only 30 per ... of Ghanaians use shared latrines and in West Africa, Ghana ranks 14 out of 15 countries ...
- U.S. Christian Right Activists Pushing Death Penalty for Homosexuals in Poor African State 20 Nov 2009 04:33 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 ...
- LIBERIA: Breaking breastfeeding myths 27 Nov 2009 20:30 GMT
... Kollie, mother of a seven-month-old in the Liberian capital, Monrovia, told IRIN. She has not ... of the highest teenage pregnancy rates in West Africa LINK and grandmothers often care for babies. ...
- Explosive issue on Ghana's socio-eco political topics!! 25 Nov 2009 05:30 GMT
... Wednesday, 25 November 2009 Explosive issue on Ghana’s socio-eco political topics!! From: Kwaku Boatin, Public ... in Ghana ?Transitional Provisions ?Family Planning program ?Education/Health ?Waste Management Transparency International on Ghana: Transparency ... very disastrous to see gains fro m Africa’s hard struggle for independent to this time, ...
- Ghana manages only 30 percent of her waste - Dr Dartey 26 Nov 2009 23:20 GMT
... General News of Thursday, 26 November 2009 Ghana manages only 30 percent of her waste ... of Ghanaians used shared latrines and in West Africa, Ghana ranked 14 out of 15 countries ...
- CytRx Announces Plan to Initiate a Phase 2 Clinical Trial with INNO-206 in Patients with Advanced Soft Tissue Sarcomas 24 Nov 2009 13:50 GMT
... trial results with INNO-206," said CytRx Chief Medical Officer Daniel Levitt, MD, Ph.D. "In animal ... types of soft tissue sarcomas are leiomyosarcomas, malignant fibrous histiocytomas and liposarcomas. Most tumors arise ... ages 40 and 50 years. In general, African-Americans have a higher rate of soft tissue ...
- HIV Infections Decline Slowly in Sub-Saharan Region 25 Nov 2009 17:18 GMT
... HIV infections has slowly declined in sub-Saharan Africa, but the region remains the area of ... Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) and the World Health Organization (WHO). HIV prevalence among those between ... home to the most serious epidemic in West Africa, HIV prevalence among females (6.4 percent) ...
- Africa Heading for 'Smoking Epidemic' 19 Nov 2009 00:19 GMT
... "Africa is in the area of the pre-epidemic ... that must be implemented now to protect health." As well as Kenya, Niger also recently introduced a smoking ban in ...
- Is Africa lighting up? 19 Nov 2009 17:14 GMT
... researchers, tobacco addiction is rapidly increasing in Africa. Dr Twalib Ngoma, president of the African ... that must be implemented now to protect health." As well as Kenya, Niger also recently introduced a smoking ban in ...
- 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. ...
- Shoring Up Children's Health Amid Turmoil 24 Nov 2009 18:52 GMT
... in a bid by UNICEF and the Health Ministry to shore up children's health, which ... zero in 2008. And Guinea is among West African countries hit by a resurgence of polio, with ...
- Global Health: World Toilet Day Raises a Stink 19 Nov 2009 19:57 GMT
... / Global Health: World Toilet Day Raises a Stink Global ... visited, from Thailand and the U.K. to West Africa and Oman, concluding: “We in the west ...
- There's a world of difference in health care between countries 27 Nov 2009 02:31 GMT
... gave the Missourian their view of the health care systems in their countries and the ... and political science, and vice president of African Student Association, from Monrovia, Liberia: In Monrovia, Liberia’s capital, access to primary ...
- What is wrong with African leaders? 25 Nov 2009 00:44 GMT
... necessarily represent or reflect the views of Modernghana.com." Corruption and embezzlement are a way of life for African leaders. From South Africa to Egypt there ... countries such as Nigeria, Egypt, Cameroon, The Gambia, Sudan, Uganda, Libya, Zimbawe, Tunisia a Kleptocracy ...
- The Beijing Platform for Action: What has it delivered to African women? 19 Nov 2009 16:53 GMT
... to ask what has really changed for Africa's women since the platform's inception. Over the ... like in Uganda, Zambia, Tanzania, Nigeria and Ghana. Programmes were initiated to improve access to healthcare ... undertook research in five countries – Egypt, Mali, Rwanda, Uganda and Zambia – to assess ...
- Corporate Impact Awards Recognize Companies' $1 Million-Plus Annual Gifts to American Cancer Society 22 Nov 2009 05:47 GMT
... designed to expand evidence, improve planning, and promote action for cancer control in the African countries of Ghana, Nigeria, Senegal, South Africa and Tanzania. The company has also, for the past two years, ...
- Global HIV Infections Down 17 Per Cent 26 Nov 2009 11:11 GMT
... Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) and the World Health Organization (WHO) at a press conference in ... by 10 per cent, and in sub-Saharan Africa it has dropped by about 15 per ... is spent on prevention. For instance in Ghana the prevention budget was 43 per cent ...
- Are you tired of Africa? (Don't be) 26 Nov 2009 12:11 GMT
... Are you tired of Africa? (Don't be) I was explaining to the woman ... arrived in 2005. The crises in Sudan, Somalia and Congo haven't gotten any better, there ... Guinea, and the rigged elections in Ethiopia, Nigeria, Kenya and Zimbabwe dashed hopes and cost ...
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