Category: Africa

Cholera reaches South Sudan’s second-largest city, UN says

The United Nations says South Sudan’s cholera outbreak has reached the country’s second-largest city, as the number of cases nationwide rises beyond 5,500. The U.N. humanitarian agency said Friday that cases of the sometimes fatal gastrointestinal disease have been confirmed in Malakal, which has been ravaged by the country’s three-year civil war.

Somalia on the brink of famine

Last straw: Saida Mousseh Mohammed Hassan, a nomad near the village of Uusgure in the northeast of Somalia, has lost most of her goats to the drought. United Nations secretary general Antonio Guterres this week urged the international community to take action to avert famine in Somalia, where a biting drought has left three million people without food.

‘A nightmare:’ UN chief urges help for Somalia hunger crisis

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, right, stands as Somali president Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed addresses the media in Mogadishu, Somalia, Tuesday, March 7, 2017. Guterres is conducting high level talks including with Somalia’s new President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed, to start of what he calls an emergency visit to highlight the country’s famine crisis.

Prez Akufo-Addo calls for Cuban support to fight malaria

The President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has enlisted the support and technical assistance of the government of Cuba for the construction of a biolarvicide factory in Ghana to help in the fight against malaria. Apart from the production of biolarvicides, the factory, when established, will also produce bio-fertiliser to boost agricultural productivity and create jobs.

110 people die in 48 hours in drought-stricken Somalia

Somalia’s Prime Minister said 110 people had died from hunger in the past 48 hours in a single region – the first death toll announced in a severe drought threatening millions of people across the country. The United Nations estimates 5 million people in this Horn of Africa nation need aid, amid warnings of a full-blown famine.

Somalia: 110 dead from hunger in past 48 hours in drought

Somalia’s prime minister announced Saturday that 110 people have died from hunger in the past 48 hours in a single region as a severe drought threatens millions of people across the country. It was the first death toll announced by Somalia’s government since it declared the drought a national disaster on Tuesday.

Mugabe, 93, flies to Singapore for ‘medical review’

Mugabe appeared frail at his birthday party on Saturday, when he stood for more than an hour to deliver his speech, but he paused for lengthy periods and mumbled at times PIC:Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe, whose health is the subject of frequent speculation, flew to Singapore for medical tests AFP Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe, who celebrated his 93rd birthday last week, flew to Singapore on Wednesday for a “scheduled medical review”, his spokesman said. Mugabe appeared frail at his birthday party on Saturday, when he stood for more than an hour to deliver his speech, but he paused for lengthy periods and mumbled at times.

Somalia’s new leader declares drought a national disaster

Somalia’s new president has declared a national disaster over a drought that threatens millions of people and is creating fears of a full-blown famine. Displaced Somalis wait to fill plastic containers with water in a camp in the capital Mogadishu Somalia’s new president has declared a national disaster over a drought that threatens millions of people and is creating fears of a full-blown famine.

Somalia’s new leader declares drought a national disaster

Somalia’s new president has declared a national disaster over a drought that threatens millions of people and is creating fears of a full-blown famine. Displaced Somalis wait to fill plastic containers with water in a camp in the capital Mogadishu Somalia’s new president has declared a national disaster over a drought that threatens millions of people and is creating fears of a full-blown famine.

No herbal medicine cures HIV /AIDS – GAC

… ensuring access to care by victims to help reduce viral load. The NSP would achieve its set targets by strengthened health systems, increased health facilities and staff as well as piloting self-testing and peer-led testing for HIV. Currently, the …

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Three weeks ago, an outbreak of Avian influenza was confirmed along the shores of Lake Victoria at Lutembe bay in Wakiso and Bukakata in Masaka district. South Sudan Livestock Minister Martin Daku sharing a moment with Uganda’s Minister for Agriculture, Animal Industry, And Fisheries Vincent Ssempijja during a press conference on bird flu at the Ministry head offices in Entebbe Wakiso district.

.com | Logistics nightmare: Helping the Boko Haram displaced

Not a single car remains in the town of Dikwa in northeast Nigeria and there’s no way to communicate to the outside world, as all the telephone lines have been blown up. But it is here that humanitarian groups are trying to bring aid to at least 57 000 people forced out of their homes by Boko Haram Islamists, whose insurgency has devastated the remote region since 2009.

Gospel Singer Dies After Using Expired Malaria Drugs

Derrick Arubayi, the younger brother of late gospel singer, Eric Arubayi, whose painful death occurred on Saturday 11th February 2017, has revealed what led to the death of his brother. Confirming the demise of the gospel artist in an exclusive chat with Vanguard, Derrick explained that Eric took ill after taking an expired drug meant to treat his malaria and typhoid ailment.

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The Pyeongchang Olympics have been drawn into the country’… . Somali soldiers providing security stand near a checkpoint on the eve of presidential elections in Mogadishu, Somalia Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2017.

President warns against begging

In order to ease land transactions, the Lands ministry divided up the country into 22 cadastre zonal areas to include Arua, Lira, Mukono, Gulu, Masindi, Mbale, Jinja, Mbarara, Masaka, Soroti, Tororo and Kabale. Others are Moroto, Kibaale, Kabale, Kabarole, Wakiso, Luweero, Mityana, Rukungiri and Kampala.

NMS runs out of anti-malaria drugs

Dr Jimmy Opigo, the programme manager of the National Malarial Control programme at the Ministry of Health noted that “the drug stock out is life threatening at a time when there is high malaria transmission more than any other time in the past years during the same period.” At the end of last year, the NMS general manager Moses Kamabare expressed concern over the then looming drug stock outs for both anti-malarial drugs and antiretroviral drugs due to limited funds in their current budget.

Beware: Four Refugee Myth Busters

Quietly and without fanfare, violence, or struggle 1,600 to 1,800 refugees are arriving at the transit sites from South Sudan every day – day after day. They line up quietly waiting for Medical Team International staff, working with translators, to poke at them and their children and determine their bill of health.

Breaking the WHO’s glass ceiling

By Peter A. Singer and Jill W. Sheffield This year, the World Health Organization will elect a new Director-General. Last September, WHO member states nominated six candidates for the position: Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Flavia Bustreo, Philippe Douste-Blazy, David Nabarro, Sania Nishtar, and Mikls Szcska.

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In the foreword to Uganda Vision 2040, a booklet on transforming Uganda from a peasant to a modern and prosperous country within 30 years, President Yoweri Museveni says, ” it is, therefore, with great pleasure that I now present Vision 2040 whose aspirations are to change the country from a predominantly low income to a competitive upper middle income country within 30 years with a per capita income of $9,500″ As we celebrate 31 years of the NRM administration, the above excerpt summarises the thoughts of an elegant man, Yoweri Museveni, whose history straddles two centuries with a wealth of experience, hard assets of tolerance, drawing upon the rare wisdom of a temperament that has consistently displayed magnanimity to his opponents.

63 districts covered in the ongoing HIV/Aids survey

The Uganda Population-Based HIV Impact Assessment , the fourth HIV/Aids study of its kind in Uganda since the 1980s, will cover 40,000 randomly selected participants from 520 villages countrywide The $4m survey, which was rolled out in August last year, by the Ministry of Health through the International Centre for Aids programmes is largely funded by the US Centre for Disease Control. The previous round of Aids Indicator Surveys show that HIV prevalence in the general population in Uganda increased from 6.4 per cent in 2004/5 to 7.3 per cent by 2011, tallying with the 2013 HIV estimates, which show that HIV prevalence stabilised around 7.4 per cent in 2012/2013.

Dentists help Kenyans smile

A TEAM from a Swindon dental practice has just returned from putting a smile on the faces of more than 1,000 Kenyan villagers. Peter Yesudian, the oral surgeon from One Wood Street Advanced Dental Care in Swindon’s Old Town visited Kenya with three members of his dental team to provide treatment to those desperately in need.

Nigeria: Bird Flu – Kano to Disinfect Markets, Poultry Farms

The Kano State government said it would soon begin disinfection of all poultry farms and markets as part of measures to curb the spread of the recent outbreak of bird flu in the state. The Director, Veterinary services of the state Ministry of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Dr. Shehu Bawa, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria yesterday in Kano.

Private hospital introduces one-time health insurance premium

A private health provider, C4C Homeopathic Hospital, has started pioneering a one-time premium health insurance across various regional capitals in the country. Director of the hospital, Dr Michael Kwadwo Kyeremateng announced in a statement that the scheme is already in operation at major towns including Accra, Cape Coast, Takoradi and Konongo.

Avoid risky behaviour, get tested for HIV, NACA admonishes Nigerians

I N the spirit of the yuletide, the National Agency for the Control of AIDS, NACA, has called on Nigerians about the need to avoid engaging in risky behaviour that can propel the spread of HIV/AIDS in the country. In a goodwill message, the Agency reminded Nigerians to share and show the symbol of love responsibly, so that Nigeria, as a nation can halt the spread of HIV.

‘Friendship Bench’ program proves effective at alleviating mental illness symptoms

We need innovations like the Friendship Bench to flip the gap and go from 10 percent of people receiving treatment, to 90 percent of people receiving treatment. TORONTO, ONTARIO, CANADA, December 27, 2016 / EINPresswire.com / — Their offices are simple wooden seats, called Friendship Benches, located in the grounds of health clinics around Harare and other major cities in Zimbabwe.