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GLOBAL: Microbes don’t know ge...

GLOBAL: Microbes don’t know geography - WHO report

africa » south africa » johannesburg
IRIN
Monday, August 27, 2007
Regardless of capability or wealth, no country is immune to the increasing risk of disease outbreaks, epidemics, industrial accidents and other...
editors, choice, wealth, microbes, geography, who, disease, epidemics, global, health, hiv, aids, conflict
SOUTH AFRICA: New report confi...

SOUTH AFRICA: New report confirms nutrition no substitute for treatment

africa » south africa » johannesburg
IRIN
Sunday, August 26, 2007
There is no evidence that better nutrition can substitute for antiretroviral (ARV) treatment, a new report has found. These findings might seem...
editors, choice, food, nutrition, hiv, aids, prevention, substitute, arv, finding, research, health, who, diet
COTE D'IVOIRE: Health care fee...

COTE D'IVOIRE: Health care fees up for discussion

africa » ivory coast » abidjan
IRIN
Sunday, August 26, 2007
The Ivorian health ministry is reviewing its policy of charging fees for health services, hearing recommendations from UN agencies, aid groups and...
regional, health, care, costs, hospital, patient, medicine, ministry, services, un, access, staff, facilities
ZIMBABWE: Fake ARVs threaten l...

ZIMBABWE: Fake ARVs threaten lives

africa » zimbabwe » harare
PlusNews
Sunday, August 26, 2007
The high cost antiretroviral (ARV) drugs and inadequate control mechanisms in Zimbabwe are driving a flourishing trade in fake ARVs by unlicensed...
regional, hiv, aids, arv, drugs, medication, fake, health, care, cost, control, price, market, patient
NIGERIA: Construction of hundr...

NIGERIA: Construction of hundreds of local health centres suspended

africa » nigeria
IRIN
Saturday, August 25, 2007
Recently-elected Nigerian President Umaru Musa Yar' Adua has suspended the construction of 774 healthcare centres throughout his country, drawing...
regional, construction, health, centre, suspended, administration, contract, finance
CONGO: Grappling with malnutri...

CONGO: Grappling with malnutrition and post-conflict woes

africa » congo basin » brazzaville
IRIN
Friday, August 24, 2007
Sitting at a small clinic in the Talangai area, north the Republic of Congo’s capital Brazzaville, Elise Diamba holds the hands of her malnourished...
editors, choice, health, malnutrition, clinic, breastfeeding, protine, kwashiorkor, medical, treatment
COTE D'IVOIRE: Health care fee...

COTE D'IVOIRE: Health care fees up for discussion

africa » ivory coast
IRIN
Friday, August 24, 2007
The Ivorian health ministry is reviewing its policy of charging fees for health services, hearing recommendations from UN agencies, aid groups and...
regional, ministry, health, care, discussion, policy, communication, organisation, aid, recovery, system
ZIMBABWE: Untreated sewage mak...

ZIMBABWE: Untreated sewage makes its way into drinking water

africa » zimbabwe » harare
IRIN
Friday, August 24, 2007
The dumping of untreated sewage into Lake Chivero, the main water supply dam of the Zimbabwean capital, Harare, has finally caught up with the...
regional, sewage, drinking, water, health, dam, diarrhoea, patients, infection, treatment, plant, fuel, cholera, disaster, medical, drugs
Dr Mboob condemns importation ...

Dr Mboob condemns importation of fake drugs

africa » gambia » banjul
The Daily Observer Newspaper
Friday, August 24, 2007
Dr Papa Ousainou Mboob, a traditional medical practitioner and the Proprietor of Alhagie Alieu Mboob Memorial Clinic in Tobako Road, Banjul, has...
headlines, health, traditional, medical, practitioner, drugs, importation, fake, programme, sensitisation, patients, natural, treatment
WHO alarms on health threats

WHO alarms on health threats

africa » gambia
The Daily Observer Newspaper
Friday, August 24, 2007
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has warned against growing public health insecurity, following the emergence of new diseases. In our increasingly...
headlines, who, health, diseases, insecurity, report, fever, marburg, srs, ebola, haemorrhagic, system, conflict, risk, drugs, global
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