Sudan: ICRC Conference On Animal Health Care in Nomadic Communities
A conference on animal health care in nomadic communities initiated by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is opening in Nyala, South Darfur, today. The aim is to discuss the problems...
View ArticleGhana: Korle-Bu Hospital Gets New Equipment
Tullow Ghana Limited has presented five new emergency operating theatre modules worth â ¬90,000 to the Department of Anaesthesia at the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital in Accra.
View ArticleMarzouki's Election Provokes Support, Opposition, and Skepticism
Ten months after a popular uprising ended the rule of Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, Tunisia has entered a new era of democracy, drafting its "mini constitution" and swearing in Moncef Marzouki as president....
View ArticleFrench Company Charged With Corruption for Dealings With Former Regime
The integrity of Pizzorno Environment Group is questioned over its involvement in a corruption case in Tunisia during the regime of outsted president, Ben Ali. The Commission of Investigation on...
View ArticleNigeria: Protest in Owerri As Wounded Kidnapped Doctor Dies At Last
The story surrounding the kidnap of the Medical Director of Imo Specialist Hospital, Umuguma, Dr. Moses Amako, started like a fairy tale. The sad incident however generated serious anxiety among...
View ArticleWest Africa: West Africa - Millions of People At Risk of Serious Food Crisis...
Millions of people in West Africa could be protected from a serious food crisis if preparations are scaled up across West Africa, stated a press release from Oxfam. With early indicators pointing to a...
View ArticleNigeria: FCTA Assures NEPWHAN of Support
The Secretary, FCT Health & Human Services Secretariat Dr. Demola Onakomaiya, has assured Persons Living With HIV/AIDS of the FCT administration's commitment to reduce the scourge of the disease on...
View ArticleGambia: 14-Year-Old Boy Needs Help
Sainey Danso, a 14-year-old boy is in urgent need of overseas treatment. Sainey who fell down five years ago while playing football sustained trauma on the right ankle, which got swollen.
View ArticleNamibia: Vagrants Trash Old Swakopmund Fire Station
THE old Swakopmund fire station in Libertina Amathila Street has been trashed by vagrants; becoming a health and safety concern to neighbours and forcing the municipality to investigate with the...
View ArticleZambia: Typhoid Claims Two
TWO people have died from typhoid in Nakonde since the outbreak of the disease last month, Ministry of Health deputy spokesperson Macmillan Bweupe has said.
View ArticleZambia: Kitwe Council Shuts Clinic
THE Kitwe City Council yesterday closed down a private-run clinic operating from a semi-detached flat for allegedly failing to meet health standards.
View ArticleNigeria: Villagers Protest Murder of Medical Doctor
Scores of angry indigenes of Ohii community, Owerri West local council area of Imo State yesterday marched through the major roads in Owerri municipality to protest the gruesome murder of their son,...
View ArticleSudan: ICRC Holds Conference On Animal Health Care in Darfur
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) opened a conference today in Nyala, South Darfur to discuss the problems and solutions of animal health care.
View ArticleNigeria: Polo - Fifth Chukker Goes Pink for Breast Cancer
Fifth Chukker Polo and Country club threw its massive weight behind the campaign for breast cancer awareness in Nigeria with a sensational pink polo day during the recent Africa Patrons Cup polo...
View ArticleSouth Sudan: Nation Launches Routine Nationwide Vaccination Campaign
South Sudan's ministry of health in collaboration with UNICEF on Tuesday announced it has launched a nationwide vaccination campaign targeting three million children under five years.
View ArticleNigeria: Eat More Tomatoes, Lower Risk of Cancers
Tomatoes are a treasure of riches when it comes to their antioxidant benefits. In terms of conventional antioxidants, tomatoes provide excellent amount of vitamin C and beta-carotene; a very good...
View ArticleZambia: Govt Set to Improve Drug Stocks
THE Government will ensure sufficient stocks of drugs in all health facilities and beef up staff levels, Health Minister Joseph Kasonde has assured.
View ArticleAfrica: Malaria Blamed for 655,000 Deaths in 2010
Malaria caused the death of an estimated 655,000 people last year, with 86 percent of victims children aged under five, World Health Organisation figures showed on Tuesday.
View ArticleNigeria: Shongai Packaging Commissions Plastics Recycling Plant
Shongai Packaging Industry Limited has commissioned a stateof-the-art plastics re-cycling plant in Otta, Ogun State as part of its eco-friendly manufacturing process. The Shongai plant is capable of...
View ArticleSouth Africa: Transnet R110 Billion Capex Programme May Be Doubled
Transnet Port Terminals (TPT) CEO Karl Socikwa, who also sits on state-owned freight logistics group Transnet's executive committee, has told Engineering News that Transnet considers doubling its...
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