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South Africa: Condoms Won't Change Aids Prevalence, Says Cardinal
The Archbishop of Durban, South Africa, Cardinal Wilifrid Fox Napier has said that a change in Catholic teaching on condoms would not lower the rate of HIV infection in Africa. Rather, he argued, positive change would result from trusting people to take control of their lives.
Categories: Africa Health News
Ghana: 'It's Unlawful to Sell Drugs in Cars' - FDB Warns Again
Mr. Eugene Addo, Head of the Surveillance Unit of the Food and Drugs Board has called on Ghanaians to desist from buying and selling drugs at unauthorized places.
Categories: Africa Health News
Ghana: Fighting Drugs - Some Critical Considerations
Drug abuse is one of the serious threats of our day. In 1987, Dr. Javier Peres De Cuellar, former U.N. Secretary General warned: "Drug abuse is a time bomb ticking away in the heart of civilization we must now find measures to deal with it before it explodes and destroy us."
Categories: Africa Health News
Sierra Leone: Bibweg Launches Over Weight, High Blood Campaign
A non governmental health organisation Thursday launched the overweight and high blood pressure preventing team at the CSO compound back of Pademba Road prisons in Freetown.
Categories: Africa Health News
Namibia: Volunteers Restore Hearing
For the fourth year running, children suffering from chronic middle-ear infections have received free operations, this time at Rundu.
Categories: Africa Health News
South Africa: Beaufort West Hospital Gets R1 Million Equipment Donation
In an effort to improve people's lives, Petroleum Oil and Gas Corporation of South Africa (PetroSA) has donated R1 million towards the purchasing of life-saving medical equipment for the Beaufort West Hospital.
Categories: Africa Health News
Nigeria: Nurse Sues National Hospital CMD, Wife Over Alleged Unethical Practice
A Staff Nurse with the National Hospital, Abuja , Ihuoma Chinansa Doris has sued the Chief Medical Director of the hospital, Dr Ajuwon and his wife Matron Julie before a Federal high court sitting in Abuja over alleged unethical practices.
Categories: Africa Health News
South Africa: Discovery Pushes Costs Down Further
Following its success in using its market dominance to persuade drug firms to lower their prices, medical scheme administrator Discovery Health now has its sights set on the medical device industry.
Categories: Africa Health News
Nigeria: How Expectant Mothers Suffer Traumatic Experiences in FCT Hospitals
It is 4:30 am. Maria Agba, 25, comes off a taxi which had brought her to the General Hospital Nyanya, Abuja .
Categories: Africa Health News
Nigeria: Nurse Sues National Hospital Boss, Wife
Chief Medical Director of National Hospital, Abuja, Dr. Olusegun Ajuwon, his wife, Matron Julie Ajuwon, and five others have been dragged to a Federal High Court for alleged unethical practices by one of the hospital's nurses, Chinansa Doris Ihuoma.
Categories: Africa Health News
Nigeria: Three Die in Kogi Over Alleged Food Poison
An uneasy calm has engulfed Mangongo in Ogori-Magongo local government area of Kogi State, following the sudden death of three members of the same family over alleged food poison.
Categories: Africa Health News
Zimbabwe: NGO Mulls Training Voluntary Caregivers
A non-governmental organisation involved in HIV and Aids activities, Humana People to People, is considering training voluntary caregivers in HIV testing.
Categories: Africa Health News
Zimbabwe: Govt to Help Ruwa Board Open Clinic
GOVERNMENT will assist Ruwa Local Board to open a clinic that has not functioned since it was constructed 11 years ago because of financial constraints.
Categories: Africa Health News
Nigeria: Brain-Drain Hampers Success in Health Sector, Says Unicef Repo
UNICEF says health workers' crisis in Africa poses a grave danger to governments' efforts at attaining the much needed success in the sector.
Categories: Africa Health News
Zimbabwe: Minister Praises Chinese Doctors
HEALTH and Child Welfare Minister Dr David Parirenyatwa yesterday met Chinese specialist doctors who are on a two-year working visit to Zimbabwe under a bilateral agreement between the two governments.
Categories: Africa Health News
Uganda: Judge Gives Mulago Six Transformers
The family of Justice Geoffrey Kiryabwire of the High Court Commercial Division has donated six transformers to the Mulago Hospital Special Care Unit.
Categories: Africa Health News
Uganda: Family Planning Not for Fertility Control Only
World Population Day is commemorated globally on July 11 each year. The focus this year was family planning. It highlights the basic human right for individuals and couples to decide the timing and the spacing of their children.
Categories: Africa Health News
Uganda: Five Million Kids Stunted, Says Report
Over five million children in Uganda are stunted due to underfeeding, according to a study by a charity. A report by the Uganda Child Rights NGO Network said serious cases of stunted children were evident in Acholi and Karamoja regions and the districts of Kabale and Kisoro.
Categories: Africa Health News
Uganda: HIV Infection Rate High Among Forces
The rate of new HIV infection is high among the armed forces compared to the civilian population, the director general of the Uganda AIDS Commission has said.
Categories: Africa Health News
Uganda: Parents of the Disabled Plead for Children
Parents of children with disabilities in Jinja have asked the district authorities to recruit mental health specialists at health units.
Categories: Africa Health News
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