Health

Abuja, 15 January, 2004— A Nigerian government programme to provide antiretroviral treatment at subsidised prices for people living with HIV/AIDS is under threat because the initial stock of drugs is running out and has not […]

Kabul, 15 January, 2004— Health officials in the Afghan capital Kabul have confirmed that at least 10 children have died following a suspected outbreak of whooping cough in the Khvahan district of northeastern Badakhshan province […]

Addis Ababa, 23 December, 2003— Ethiopia’s Health Minister Kebede Tadesse on Tuesday launched an unprecedented attack on the aid agency Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF). His comments come amid an escalating row over how to treat […]

Addis Ababa, 19 December, 2003— A new tetanus campaign is targeting 2.6 million women in Ethiopia, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said on Friday. Women of childbearing age between the ages of 15 and 49 […]

Dakar, 16 December, 2003— Taking as its theme “More Care for Better Living”, the 6th Home and Community Care Conference in Dakar last week highlighted the need for a far stronger, more well-rounded approach to […]

Nairobi, 12 December, 2003— The health ministry of the Republic of Congo reported on Thursday that the current Ebola acute haemorrhagic fever syndrome outbreak in the country’s northwestern Cuvette Ouest Department was stabilising, with 29 […]

Tororo, Uganda, 8 December, 2003— Weakened by the ravages of HIV/AIDS, many Ugandans living in rural areas are simply not able to travel even short distances to get life-saving antiretroviral (ARV) drugs. But now, thanks […]

Bangui, 8 December, 2003— Pygmies in the village of Gbokila, 26 km from the Central African Republic (CAR) capital, Bangui, have asked that pygmy women be trained on HIV/AIDS, especially on the importance of condom […]