|
|
|
 |
Last Updated: Sep 13, 2008 - 5:00:44 PM |
Healthcare
:
Africa
African Union and UN Agencies launch HIV Prevention Acceleration in Africa
In an attempt at stepping up the pace of HIV prevention in the continent, the AU and United Nations system in Africa will on Tuesday 11 April 2006 launch the Acceleration of Prevention of HIV Initiative in the African Region in Addis Ababa, Johannesburg, Ouagadougou and Khartoum. This is a follow up to the Declaration by the African Ministers of Health in 2005 to declare 2006 as a Year for Acceleration of HIV Prevention in the African Region, and called on Member States to intensify HIV prevention efforts.
Africa must now seize the moment to stop HIV, says AU Commission Chairperson, Prof. Alpha Konare.
Apr 11, 2006 - 12:15:00 PM
|
Healthcare
:
Africa
53 African countries meet in Brazzaville to discuss scaling up of HIV prevention
Two hundred and fifty-nine participants from 53 African countries, representing governments, parliamentarians, national AIDS councils, faith-based organizations and civil society organizations, including people living with HIV, and development partners are gathered in Brazzaville, Republic of Congo, for a continent-wide consultative meeting on scaling up HIV prevention, treatment, care and support in Africa towards Universal Access. Eight country delegations are headed by their respective ministers of health.
Mar 8, 2006 - 10:02:00 PM
|
Healthcare
:
Africa
Impact on child mortality of removing user fees in Africa
Abolishing user fees (charges for health care at the point of use) could prevent approximately 233,000 child deaths annually in 20 African countries, say researchers in recent BMJ.
Oct 6, 2005 - 9:48:00 PM
|
Healthcare
:
Africa
HIV/AIDS trials under-represented in sub-Saharan research
People in sub-Saharan Africa carry the heaviest burden of HIV and AIDS, yet very few trials have been conducted on the African continent over the past two decades, say researchers in recent BMJ.
Oct 6, 2005 - 9:48:00 PM
|
Healthcare
:
Africa
Notable Success in KwaZuluNatal Malaria Crisis
The resurgence of malaria remains a major global concern. Artemisinin-based drugs are increasingly seen as one of the best hopes for, at last, making progress in the battle against malaria. Trials of artemisinin-based combination therapy (ACT) in control programs in Southeast Asia have been very encouraging. However, we need to know whether similar levels of effectiveness are achievable in Africa, where the majority of the world's cases of malaria are found.
Oct 5, 2005 - 4:48:00 AM
|
Healthcare
:
Africa
91 per cent drop in Measles cases in Africa
The results from a new study published in The Lancet today demonstrate that high-quality measles immunization campaigns and improvements in routine immunization services have reduced measles cases by 91% in 19 African nations* from 2000-2003, preventing an estimated 90,000 child deaths in 2003 alone.
Sep 8, 2005 - 1:14:00 AM
|
Healthcare
:
Africa
Discriminatory Attitudes of Health Workers against People Living with HIV
Anecdotal evidence suggests that health-care professionals in Nigeria may discriminate against and stigmatise people living with HIV/AIDS(PLWA). In a study in the August issue of PLoS Medicine, Reis and colleagues set out to characterise the nature and extent of discriminatory practices and attitudes in the health sector, and indicate possible contributing factors and intervention strategies
Jul 19, 2005 - 2:02:00 PM
|
Healthcare
:
Africa
WHO appoints Dr Pascoal Mocumbi as Goodwill Ambassador for maternal mortality reduction in the African Region
The World Health Organization Regional Office for Africa (WHO/AFRO) has appointed Dr Pascal Mocumbi of Mozambique as the Goodwill Ambassador for maternal, newborn and child health, with special attention to mortality reduction, in the WHO African Region.
Jul 4, 2005 - 10:37:00 PM
|
Healthcare
:
Africa
Road Map to Intensify Action Against TB in Africa
At a groundbreaking meeting of the global Stop TB Partnership today, leading African and international health and development officials unveiled a detailed "Road Map" to halt Africa's spiraling epidemic of tuberculosis, which in combination with HIV is overwhelming many health services in the region.
May 4, 2005 - 6:22:00 PM
|
<< prev
next >>
|
|
|
|
| Health |
Do you know if your blood pressure is high?
|
Incubator care at birth reduces depression risk in adult life
|
Kids safe and secure with grandparents around
|
Shed tears to stay healthy
|
1918 Spanish flu records could hold the key to solving future pandemics
|
Listening to classical music may reduce pregnancy stress
|
Most women don't find sexual problems upsetting: Survey
|
Pneumococcal vaccine could prevent numerous deaths, save costs during a flu pandemic, model predicts
|
Breast milk provides baby molecule to build immunity
|
Vaccinating family members protects newborns from flu
|
| | Healthcare |
India, China revive ties in medicine in memory of Kotnis
|
Myanmar faces 24,000 AIDS deaths for lack of ART drugs
|
Malnutrition downplaying India's economic growth: UN
|
India building five blood banks of world standard: Ramados
|
Plan to Start MBBS Courses in IITs not feasible
|
Mid-day meal: 10 schools face action for irregularities
|
Nearly Half of Primary Care Doctors in US Would Like to Quit
|
I aborted after cops pushed me: Sister of absconding doctor
|
Prioritise sanitation in development process: PM
|
Israeli couple makes news, but Indians reluctant on surrogacy
|
| | Latest Research |
Combining patient photos with imaging improves diagnosis
|
An ace for visually-impaired students in computer science
|
Rivers are carbon processors, not inert pipelines
|
Symptoms of depression associated with increase in abdominal fat
|
Psychiatric disorders common among college-age individuals; few seek treatment
|
Delays in radiation therapy lead to increased breast cancer recurrence
|
U of Minnesota Institute on Race and Poverty reports dismal results for charter schools
|
PA-824 : Promising new drug for TB
|
New screening strategy increases Down's syndrome detection before birth
|
Clear advantage of high efficacy Haemodiafiltration over conventional hemodialysis
|
| | Medical News |
India, China revive ties in medicine in memory of Kotnis
|
Disabled stage mass protest at India Gate
|
Dasmunsi continues to be on life support system
|
Kolkata AIDS care centre project shelved after protests
|
Migration to cities causes blood pressure: study
|
Gulzar writes, Shaan sings for music video on AIDS
|
Assam on alert after bird flu spreads to new areas
|
Trust net of marriage makes women vulnerable to HIV: experts
|
Bhopal gas tragedy: 24 years on, the trauma continues
|
Now, disabled-friendly Agra eases Taj experience
|
| | Special Topics |
3,000 Kerala medical students to attend inter-college meet
|
Tamil Nadu seeks to control deemed universities
|
Spiders which eat together, stay together and multiply
|
Anna Hazare - the keeper of the earth and human conscience
|
Indian American scientist wins top IMO prize
|
Artificial human sperm could make men redundant: experts
|
Will autopsy on Benazir's body become necessary?
|
Murders in 'fit of passion' don't deserve death: Apex court
|
Low literacy equals early death sentence
|
New Insights Into the Nature of Pride as a Social Function
|
|
|
