Health

Geneva, 14 April, 2004— Underlining the spreading risk to polio-free areas of imported infection from northern Nigeria where immunization was suspended last year, the United Nations health agency today reported the first case in 13 […]

Luanda, 12 April, 2004— Angolans will have an extra reason to celebrate national youth day on 14 April, when young people can start using the first of three new youth centres. The UN Children’s Fund […]

Kigali, 7 April, 2004— A pilot project in Rwanda on the prevention of mother-to-child HIV infection has registered a high rate of acceptance and has helped improve the chances of HIV positive mothers giving birth […]

Abidjan, 1 April, 2004— Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) has launched a three-year pilot project to control malaria in southern Chad, where the mosquito-borne disease is the principal cause of death. MSF said it was introducing […]

Bujumbura, 30 March, 2004— African Synergy, an initiative of African first ladies on HIV/AIDS, begun on Monday a five-day training programme for 73 medical doctors, nurses and social workers on the prevention of mother-to-child HIV […]

Mbabane, 25 March, 2004— Swaziland’s ailing health care system is expected to undergo major changes this year as the government prepares to tackle increasing rates of HIV/AIDS infection. A seven-point programme of action, focused on […]

Lagos, 22 March, 2004— Nigeria’s northern Zamfara State ended its boycott of a global polio immunisation programme, amid reports of new cases of the crippling disease in previously polio-free zones. Nigerian state radio announced on […]

Accra, 18 March, 2004— Ghana’s President John Kufuor launched on Thursday a National Insurance Health Scheme designed to offer affordable medical care, especially to the poor and vulnerable among Ghana’s 19 million people. Adult Ghanaians […]