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Hospitals face shortage of vaccines

africa » kenya
http://www.eastandard.net/InsidePage.php?id=1144000682&cid=4&
Monday, December 01, 2008
For nearly a year, life-saving jabs against snake bites, typhoid and rabies have been out of stock in public hospitals, a situation that could expose...
hospitals, vaccines, saving jabs, rabies, stock, public hospitals, situation, earners

BURUNDI: Patients suffer as health workers' strike continues

africa » burundi
http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?ReportId=81716
Friday, November 28, 2008
BUJUMBURA Friday, November 28, 2008 (IRIN) - A weeklong strike by health workers in Burundi has cut services in key hospitals to a bare minimum, with...
patients suffer, health, strike, irin, services, hospitals, bare, patients

‘Emergency fuel’ stolen

africa » south africa
http://www.dispatch.co.za/article.aspx?id=274514
Wednesday, November 26, 2008
TWO supervisors were arrested at Mthathas Nelson Mandela Academic Hospital yesterday morning for stealing diesel from the hospitals emergency...
supervisors, stealing diesel, cape health, sizwe kupelo, hospitals, woman, locked generator, drained litres

ZIMBABWE: Health system in crisis

africa » zimbabwe
http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?ReportId=81646
Tuesday, November 25, 2008
HARARE Tuesday, November 25, 2008 (IRIN) - Stanley Takaona, deputy president of the Zimbabwe HIV/AIDS Activist Union, has spent the past month...
health, crisis, spent, hospitals, virtually, facilities leaving, people, medical

SWAZILAND: Promise to heal the health service

africa » swaziland
http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?ReportId=81481
Saturday, November 22, 2008
MBABANE Friday, November 14, 2008 (IRIN) - Moved by the deplorable conditions he found on a tour of Swaziland's hospitals and clinics, Prime Minister...
promise, heal, health service, irin, tour, hospitals, vowed, improving hospitals

CONGO: "Irresponsible officials" put patients at risk

africa » congo basin
http://www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?ReportId=80697
Saturday, November 22, 2008
BRAZZAVILLE Wednesday, October 01, 2008 (IRIN) - Health officials in some hospitals in Congo are putting patients' lives at risk by engaging in...
patients, risk, hospitals, congo, putting patients, engaging, unethical, warned
Massive decline in malaria cas...

Massive decline in malaria cases in ‘Gambia sets model for Africa’

Africa » Gambia
Monday, November 03, 2008
Incidence of malaria in Gambia is reported to have plunged drastically thanks to an array of low-cost strategies, offering the tempting vision of...
malaria, africa, deaths, hospitals, who, bed nets, parasite
SOMALIA: Weekend clashes claim...

SOMALIA: Weekend clashes claim dozens of lives

africa » somalia
IRIN http://www.irinnews.org
Tuesday, April 22, 2008
Hundreds of families fled their homesin Mogadishuover the weekend as intense fighting between Ethiopian troops and insurgentsraged on, claiming the...
government, journalist, fighting, people, troops, drought, destructive, hospitals
COTE D'IVOIRE: Clean up campai...

COTE D'IVOIRE: Clean up campaign for hospitals

africa » ivory coast » abidjan
IRIN
Wednesday, April 02, 2008
Hygiene in most hospitals in Cote d’Ivoire is so low that the ministry of health has launched a nationwide clean-up campaign. “We hope to eliminate...
hygiene, medical waste, health workers, infection, hospitals, campaign, risk
SWAZILAND: Enough is enough, s...

SWAZILAND: Enough is enough, say nurses

africa » swaziland » mbabane
IRIN
Wednesday, March 12, 2008
Tired of being taken for granted, Swaziland's nurses have opted for industrial action after the government ignored a deadline to improve conditions...
nurses, dangers, health, hospitals, risk, facilities, clinics
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