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DRC: Outbreak in Kasai Occiden...

DRC: Outbreak in Kasai Occidental confirmed as Ebola

africa » dem rep congo » kinshasa
IRIN
Thursday, September 13, 2007
Health authorities in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) have identified a fever outbreak that has claimed at least 167 lives in the southern...
regional, outbreak, ebola, disease, health, minister, cases, epidemic
COTE D'IVOIRE: Striking state ...

COTE D'IVOIRE: Striking state doctors snub health ministry’s call for minimum services

africa » ivory coast
IRIN
Thursday, September 13, 2007
One week into a nationwide strike, the union of state doctors in Cote d’Ivoire has again rebuffed a call by the heath ministry to reinstate at least...
regional, strike, union, doctors, health, services, hospitals, workers
SOUTH AFRICA: Vaccine trial vo...

SOUTH AFRICA: Vaccine trial volunteers contributing to AIDS fight

africa » south africa » johannesburg
IRIN
Wednesday, September 12, 2007
Although scientists hope that a vaccine will eventually offer the best protection against HIV infection, the complex biology of the virus has posed...
regional, health, hiv, aids, vaccine, protection, virus, volunteers
COTE D'IVOIRE: State health fa...

COTE D'IVOIRE: State health facilities halt all services in "indefinite" strike

africa » ivory coast » abidjan
IRIN
Tuesday, September 11, 2007
In Côte d’Ivoire people are being turned away from public hospitals as all state doctors have gone on strike, shutting down even minimum services in...
regional, health, hospitals, doctors, services, patients, government
ZAMBIA: Mental illness suffere...

ZAMBIA: Mental illness sufferers shunned and isolated

africa » zambia » lusaka
IRIN
Tuesday, September 11, 2007
Rising rates of mental and emotional illness in Zambia are being met with growing levels of stigma and discrimination, with sufferers often isolated...
editors, choice, mental, illness, WHO, hiv, aids, treatment, government, health
KENYA: Food shortages complica...

KENYA: Food shortages complicating ARV programme in the north

africa » kenya » isiolo
PlusNews
Tuesday, September 11, 2007
Food shortages in arid, remote northern Kenya are making it impossible for HIV-positive people in the region to adhere to their antiretroviral (ARV)...
regional, food, shortages, arv, hiv, aids, health, people, patients, victims
ANGOLA: TB threatens both work...

ANGOLA: TB threatens both workers and patients at Luanda Hospital

africa » angola » luanda
PlusNews
Monday, September 10, 2007
Luanda Sanatorium Hospital, which has a reputation as being Angola's leading tuberculosis (TB) treatment centre, should be a place of relief and...
regional, tb, health, workers, patients, hospital
Another 201 patients under Jam...

Another 201 patients under Jammeh’s treatment...as hypertension cure progresses

africa » gambia » kanilai
The Daily Observer Newspaper
Monday, September 10, 2007
The third batch of 201 patients suffering from hypertension last evening lined-up at Kanilai to receive President Yahya Jammeh’s hypertension...
headlines, health, treatment, hypertension, president, yahya jammeh, patients
Four young girls killed in Zam...

Four young girls killed in Zambia wall collapse

africa » zambia
Wikinews
Monday, September 10, 2007
Four young girls were killed and six more people injured when a brick wall collapsed on top of them in Zambia. The victims had been trying to reach a...
regional, people, girls, mosquito net, wall, collaspe, health, victims
MOZAMBIQUE: Islamic leaders tr...

MOZAMBIQUE: Islamic leaders try to come to terms with AIDS

africa » mozambique » pemba
PlusNews
Monday, September 10, 2007
Sheik Muhamade Aboulai Cheba's call to prayer wafts over the thatch-and-coral houses behind their four-metre high bamboo fences. The Indian Ocean...
editors, choice, islam, health, hiv, aids, leaders, prayers, people
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