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Zimbabwe: Despite Outside Help, Cholera Deaths Continue to Mount
Wed, 03 Dec 2008 22:12:49 GMT
The death toll from the cholera epidemic plaguing Zimbabwe continues to mount, despite Zimbabwe receiving help from some of the countries that Mugabe regards as his enemies.
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Eritrea: A Future Free From Aids - One of the Crucial National Security Goals
Wed, 03 Dec 2008 22:05:19 GMT
Ever since its emergence in 1981, HVI/AIDS has so far claimed the lives of 25 million people worldwide. At present there are 33 million people living with HIV and the highest prevalence of the disease is the Sub Saharan Africa. Within the Sub Saharan Africa the disease is more widely spread in the Eastern and Southern parts of Africa.
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Ghana: Cedep to Eradicate STDs By 2010
Wed, 03 Dec 2008 22:03:33 GMT
The Center for the Development of People (CEDEP), in collaboration with the United Nations Funds for Project Activities (UNFPA), has embarked on a reproductive health project in the Komenda-Edina-Eguafo-Abrem (KEEA) municipality, to minimise, and if possible, eradicate reproductive and sexually-related health problems in the area by 2010.
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Ghana: Gofas Adopts Children's Ward of Accra Psychiatric Hospital
Wed, 03 Dec 2008 22:03:32 GMT
The maiden Ghana Organisation on Foetal Alcohol Syndrome (GOFAS), a Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO), has adopted the Children's Ward of the Accra Psychiatric Hospital in the Greater Accra Region.
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Ghana: Review NHIS New Tariff Structure
Wed, 03 Dec 2008 22:03:31 GMT
The Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Sunyani Municipal Health Insurance, Nana Sarbeng Ababio, has called on the National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) to take a critical look at the new tariff structure, and possibly review it downwards.
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Botswana: It Simply Begins With You
Wed, 03 Dec 2008 21:30:53 GMT
As part of his World AIDS Day message, President Ian Khama warned of the unsustainability of the anti-retroviral (ARV) programme in the long run.
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Botswana: The Social Aspects of Alcoholism
Wed, 03 Dec 2008 21:30:49 GMT
"Alcoholism is not a purely genetic condition. Both genetic and environmental factors play a role.
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Gambia: Health is a Concern
Wed, 03 Dec 2008 21:09:06 GMT
Health is a very essential component not only for the wellbeing of the people, but also for socio-economic development.
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Zimbabwe: Cholera Spreads to Limpopo River
Wed, 03 Dec 2008 17:40:33 GMT
The Limpopo River, which delineates the border between Zimbabwe and South Africa before flowing through Mozambique into the Indian Ocean, has tested positive for cholera, according to local media reports.
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Africa: Daily HIV/Aids Report
Wed, 03 Dec 2008 16:54:13 GMT
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