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Africa: 7 Million on HIV/Aids Antiretroviral Treatment
23 May 2013: The number of people in Africa receiving antiretroviral treatment increased from less than 1 million to 7.1 million over seven years, according to a United Nations report which documents… more →
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Africa: 7 Million on HIV/Aids Antiretroviral Treatment
wrote 1 day ago: 23 May 2013: The number of people in Africa receiving antiretroviral treatment increased from less t … more →
NIGER: Cholera Outbreak
wrote 2 days ago: NIAMEY, 22 May 2013: Cholera has struck 248 people in Ayorou in the Tillabéry Region of northwestern … more →
DRC: Malaria "Leading Killer of Children"
wrote 3 days ago: DRC 21 May 2013 Gaps in the healthcare system in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) are hamperin … more →
Uganda to Save Children's Lives With Pneumonia Vaccine Drive
wrote 3 weeks ago: Pneumonia kills thousands of Ugandan children every year. A new vaccination programme aims to defeat … more →
Nigeria polio: Immunising the vaccine fears
wrote 4 weeks ago: Two-year-old Abubarkar Al Hassan has the unfortunate tag of being Nigeria’s first polio victim … more →
Shortages of new one-a-day ARV pills in South Africa
wrote 1 month ago: 19 April 2013 - The South African ARV programme, worth about US$672 million, was awarded in November … more →
Kenya: Technology Revolutionizes TB Management
wrote 1 month ago: NAIROBI, 18 April 2013: The use of technology is revolutionizing the way Kenya manages tuberculosis … more →
HIV Drug Test to Slash Costs by 80 Percent
wrote 1 month ago: 9 April Cape Town — Researchers in South Africa have developed a low-cost tool to test for HIV drug … more →
Congo Healthcare Initiative
wrote 1 month ago: 6 April – The British government has announced a major new programme aimed at providing essent … more →
HIV/Aids PROGRAM TO RESUME IN MALI
wrote 5 months ago: MAKO – The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria today signed an accord with the Unite … more →
Nigeria: Kano Partners Dangote, Bill Gates Foundations On Polio
wrote 5 months ago: Kano State Government has signed an agreement with Bill Gates and Dangote Foundations respectively, … more →
Tied to a rope because she is disabled
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wrote 6 months ago: Although she is 14 years of age, *Lisa cannot eat by herself or talk. She does not play with other c … more →
SOUTHERN AFRICA: Governments Failing to Adress Cervical Cancer
wrote 6 months ago: Cervical cancer is the leading cause of cancer death among women in southern Africa, but new researc … more →
Africa: Diabetes - Ticking Time Bomb
wrote 6 months ago: It is estimated that more than 500 million people worldwide will have diabetes in 20 years’ time. As … more →
Guinea Bissau: Cholera On the Rise
wrote 6 months ago: Bissau — As cholera case rates decline in Guinea and Sierra Leone, they are on the rise in Guinea-Bi … more →
ZIMBABWE: Typhoid and Cholera Return
wrote 10 months ago: HARARE, 27 July 2012 (IRIN) – More than 100 people in the Zimbabwean capital Harare and Chitun … more →
DRC: Mother-to-Child HIV transmission - "Catastrophe"
wrote 1 year ago: KINSHASA, 24 April 2012 (PlusNews) – Poorly integrated maternal health services, a lack … more →
ETHIOPIA: Still too many deaths in childbirth
wrote 1 year ago: ADDIS ABABA, 25 April 2012 (IRIN) – A lack of awareness of the importance of skilled ho … more →
CHAD: Polio Outbreak
wrote 1 year ago: DAKAR, 5 February 2012 Poor-quality emergency immunization campaigns and low routine polio im … more →
