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South Africa: Teen Hangs Herself 'After Row At TB Clinic'
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Provincial health authorities say they are investigating allegations that a nursing sister in Mbekweni, Paarl, refused treatment to a teenager with multidrug-resistant tuberculosis because she had missed her clinic appointment by three days. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - March 19, 2010 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Kenya: Cholera Risk SpreadingEmail this article to a colleague.
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As of 15 March, 15 districts nationwide were affected with cholera, with 663 cases confirmed since January, according to a Ministry of Public Health and Sanitation update. At least 15 deaths have been recorded. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - March 19, 2010 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Angola: Health Ministry Restores Primary Health CareEmail this article to a colleague.
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The Ministry of Health (MINSA) is due to re-establish its primary health care programme in the communities, assured Thursday, in Luanda, the deputy minister Carlos Alberto Masseca. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - March 19, 2010 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Nigeria: 'Kidney Failure Causes Beyond Human Comprehension'Email this article to a colleague.
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A Nephrologist, Dr. Ebun Bamgboye, of St-Nicholas Hospital Victoria Island, Lagos, yesterday said the upsurge in kidney failure is beyond medical comprehension, but advised Nigerians to guard against certain health complications to avoid infection. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - March 19, 2010 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Angola: Huíla Province Needs More 300 Specialised PhysiciansEmail this article to a colleague.
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The southern Huila province needs 300 physicians to work at the local health network spread throughout the region's 14 districts. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - March 19, 2010 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Angola: Health Ministry Runs Seminar On Food NutritionEmail this article to a colleague.
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A seminar about food nutrition directed to technicians from different areas is being organized by the Health Ministry since Wednesday in Ondjiva, southern province of Cunene. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - March 19, 2010 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Angola: Medical Profession is Subject to Permanent Changes - Oma ChairpersonEmail this article to a colleague.
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The chairperson of Doctors Association of Angola (OMA), Carlos Alberto Pinto de Sousa said Thursday in Luanda that the medical profession is subject to permanent, but necessary changes, with view to meet a rigorous clinical practice and improvements in the profession. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - March 19, 2010 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Cameroon: Chantal Biya Partners Against Heart DiseasesEmail this article to a colleague.
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The First Lady yesterday received a delegation of Italian cardiac specialists who are working in partnership with her foundation. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - March 19, 2010 Category: African Health Source Type: news
South Africa: Rift Valley Fever Cases RiseEmail this article to a colleague.
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Cases of Rift Valley Fever continue to rise with The National Institute for Communicable Disease (NICD) confirming up to 39 human infections and 2 deaths. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - March 19, 2010 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Nigeria: Nafdac Inaugurates Taskforce On Fake DrugsEmail this article to a colleague.
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National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, NAFDAC, has inaugurated federal taskforce to combat fake and counterfeit drugs in the country (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - March 19, 2010 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Teen hangs herself 'after row at TB clinic'Email this article to a colleague.
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A Paarl teenager committed suicide after she was allegedly refused treatment for TB - because she had missed her clinic appointment. (Source: IOL: Health)
Source: IOL: Health - March 19, 2010 Category: African Health Source Type: news
South Africa: Seven New Rift Valley Fever Human Cases ConfirmedEmail this article to a colleague.
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The National Institute for Communicable Diseases has confirmed seven new human laboratory cases of Rift Valley Fever (RVF). This pushes up the number of confirmed cases to 39. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - March 19, 2010 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Nigeria: Rivers Moves to Check Sale of Fake DrugsEmail this article to a colleague.
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In its renewed efforts at battling the sale of fake and adulterated drugs, Rivers State government has vowed not to allocate stalls to medicine sellers in the new markets under construction as well as motor parks in all parts of the state. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - March 19, 2010 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Nigeria: Nafdac Shuts Enugu Drug Stores, BakeriesEmail this article to a colleague.
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AT least two bakeries and three pharmaceutical shops were yesterday closed down by the National Agency for Food, Drug Administration and Control, NAFDAC, in Enugu for various offences. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - March 19, 2010 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Nigeria: Ndlea Nabs Two Suspected Drug TraffickersEmail this article to a colleague.
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The Murtala Muhammed Airport, Ikeja, Lagos, Command of National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, has arrested two suspected drug traffickers heading to the United States and Spain with 122 wraps of heroin. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - March 19, 2010 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Nigeria: Stay Away From Drugs, NWF WarnsEmail this article to a colleague.
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WEIGHTLIFTING Federation of Nigeria (NWF) has warned weight-lifters against smearing the image of the country through doping as the contingent departs for Cairo today for the Olympic qualifiers. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - March 19, 2010 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Zimbabwe: Typhoid On the Rise in HarareEmail this article to a colleague.
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The number of cases of typhoid fever in Harare is increasing, raising fears of another serious health crisis in the country. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - March 19, 2010 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Liberia: Denmark Offers U.S.$20 Million to Reduce Child MortalityEmail this article to a colleague.
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President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf has disclosed that the Government of Denmark has contributed US$20 million to support the fourth goal of the Millennium Development Goal (MDG) in Liberia. Goal #4 of the MDG is concerned with reducing child mortality. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - March 19, 2010 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Liberia: Promise Fulfilled - Ellen Describes 100-Bed Hospital in NimbaEmail this article to a colleague.
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President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf has described as "a promise fulfilled" the construction of the US$10M-100-bedroom hospital in Tapita, Nimba County, after she toured the facilities Friday, March 5, 2010. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - March 19, 2010 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Mozambique: Cholera Situation "Stationary"Email this article to a colleague.
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The Mozambican Health Ministry regards the cholera situation as "stationary" in the five northern and central provinces hit by the disease this year. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - March 19, 2010 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Ghana: GUCC Hospital Poised for Quality ServiceEmail this article to a colleague.
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But appeals to NHIS to redeem GH¢40,000 claims (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - March 19, 2010 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Rift Valley Fever infections on the riseEmail this article to a colleague.
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Seven more human cases of Rift Valley Fever have been confirmed by the National Institute of Communicable Diseases. (Source: IOL: Health)
Source: IOL: Health - March 19, 2010 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Nigeria: Egyptian Doctor Sues Yobe GovtEmail this article to a colleague.
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An Egyptian medical practitioner, Dr. Mohsesn AbdelHameed Mohammed El-Asran, has taken Yobe State government and 13 compatriots in the state before a Damaturu High Court for alleged assault on him for revealing through a petition that 10 expatriate doctors were not qualified to practice as medical doctors in the state. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - March 19, 2010 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Nigeria: South-East Nema Raises Alarm Over Cerebral MeningitisEmail this article to a colleague.
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Chairperson, FIDA, Imo State, Mrs. Ine Nnadi (second left); wife of Imo State Governor, Mrs. Chioma Ohakim; lawyers, Mrs. A. Chide; and Mrs. Oby Anyikude, from Imo State at the 54th session of the UN Commission on Status of Women (UNCSW) in New York...recently. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - March 19, 2010 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Sierra Leone: Medicine Links Dental Care to Premature Births, DeathsEmail this article to a colleague.
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Women with gum disease are almost three times more likely to give birth prematurely than those with healthy gums, according to more than a decade of research. But scientists are still uncertain how significant a risk dental bacteria is to healthy pregnancies - or how to save foetuses from potentially deadly exposure. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - March 19, 2010 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Uganda: Govt Urged to Prioritise Cancer FightEmail this article to a colleague.
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Parliament has urged the Government to prioritise the fight against cervical cancer by providing vaccination to all adolescent girls. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - March 19, 2010 Category: African Health Source Type: news
South Africa: Two Rift Valley Fever Deaths ConfirmedEmail this article to a colleague.
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The National Institute of Communicable Diseases (NICD) has confirmed 32 human laboratory cases of Rift Valley Fever (RVF) and two deaths. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - March 19, 2010 Category: African Health Source Type: news
'We will make sure we do something drastic'Email this article to a colleague.
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Unless drastic measures are implemented soon, South Africa will not have the resources to fight the twin scourges of HIV and TB by 2015, says Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi. (Source: IOL: Health)
Source: IOL: Health - March 18, 2010 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Concern over accident victims' treatmentEmail this article to a colleague.
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The Eastern Cape Health Department has expressed concern at a report that a German woman died after being turned away from a private hospital in East London. (Source: IOL: Health)
Source: IOL: Health - March 18, 2010 Category: African Health Source Type: news
New doctors get green light in E CapeEmail this article to a colleague.
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A total of 59 newly-recruited doctors have been officially welcomed into the Eastern Cape health department. (Source: IOL: Health)
Source: IOL: Health - March 18, 2010 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Health manager faces disciplinary hearingEmail this article to a colleague.
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A Bhisho Hospital manager is to face a disciplinary hearing for allegedly approving an invoice for services not rendered, the Eastern Cape department of health said. (Source: IOL: Health)
Source: IOL: Health - March 18, 2010 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Tunisia: Donations to Local Medicine Bank Reach 1, 5 Million DinarsEmail this article to a colleague.
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In order to provide the appropriate legal mechanisms for the Tunisian medicine bank to collect donations in kind and cash, a draft bill amending a previous law dated 1973, was examined on Tuesday by a cabinet meeting chaired by President Ben Ali. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - March 18, 2010 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Circumcision drive in a financial fixEmail this article to a colleague.
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The massive circumcision drive in KwaZulu-Natal as espoused by Zulu King Goodwill Zwelithini last year is not likely to get off the ground any time soon. (Source: IOL: Health)
Source: IOL: Health - March 18, 2010 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Uganda: Uganda Telecom Boosts Community HealthEmail this article to a colleague.
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Uganda Telecom (UTL), one of the leading telecommunication companies in Uganda has given out 87 free fully connected mobile phones to boost community health service delivery. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - March 18, 2010 Category: African Health Source Type: news
East Africa: East Africa Moves to Establish Joint Disease Surveillance CentreEmail this article to a colleague.
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With infectious diseases widely regarded as the major constraint to agricultural and animal development as well as human health and well-being in sub-Saharan Africa, scientists have realized the need for common strategy towards managing diseases in Africa. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - March 18, 2010 Category: African Health Source Type: news
South Africa: Mpuma Health Services Ready for 2010Email this article to a colleague.
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The national Department of Health and the Local Organising Committee (LOC) have declared Mpumalanga ready for emergencies during the 2010 FIFA World Cup. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - March 18, 2010 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Ghana: Mumble in Healthcare Delivery!Email this article to a colleague.
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ON A visit to some districts in our Republic some time in 2009, I got caught in a discussion, which initially, should not have been of that much interest to me, or anybody for that matter, but it did so nevertheless, because I thought I had suddenly landed on a different planet, similar to Neil Armstrong and his team landing on the moon in July 29, 1969. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - March 18, 2010 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Ghana: Ankaful Leprosy Hospital Grateful to ZoomlionEmail this article to a colleague.
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The Medical Director of the Ankaful Leprosy Hosiptal, Dr. Ekow Amankrah-Otabir, has expressed gratitude to Zoomlion Ghana Limited for donating items to the unfortunate inmates of the hospital. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - March 18, 2010 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Eritrea: Afabet Hospital Rendering Improved Service to the PublicEmail this article to a colleague.
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Afabet Hospital that has been renewed at substantial expenditure is now rendering improved service to the public, according to Mr. Habte Negash, Administrator of the hospital. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - March 18, 2010 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Angola: Physicians Search for Strategies to Improve Citizens' HealthEmail this article to a colleague.
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Angolan physicians will hold their 6th International Congress this Thursday and Friday, in Luanda, in which they intend to outline new strategies that contribute to the improvement of citizens' health and living standard. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - March 18, 2010 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Uganda: Government Set to Use $4.5 Million to Fight Tsetse FliesEmail this article to a colleague.
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Cattle keeping is a major economic and cultural activity of many people in various districts in Uganda, where grazing is done on communal land. With the increased population in the country, there is no doubt there will be an increased demand on land. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - March 18, 2010 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Nigeria: Akwa Ibom - Commissioner Dismisses Rumour Over Immunization DeathsEmail this article to a colleague.
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COMMISSIONER of Health, Akwa Ibom State Dr. Louisa Ukpeh has urged parents to ignore rumour making the rounds that 10 children died in the state after receiving immunization vaccine, stating that the rumour was not true. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - March 18, 2010 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Rwanda: Community Health Workers to Get Cell PhonesEmail this article to a colleague.
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As a way of facilitating their day-to-day activities and improving health services at community levels, the government will this week start distributing mobile phones to Community Based Health Workers (CBHWs) in the country, Health Minister, Dr. Richard Sezibera revealed. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - March 18, 2010 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Nigeria: MDGs - Delta Establishes 60 Hospitals, 346 Health CentresEmail this article to a colleague.
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Delta State Government has established 60 hospitals and 346 primary health care centres across the oil-rich state. The Commissioner for Health, Dr. Joseph Otumara, disclosed this in Asaba during the 53rd National Council on Health meeting. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - March 18, 2010 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Rwanda: New Bushenge Hospital to Open in 2011Email this article to a colleague.
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Two years after the Nyamasheke health facility was destroyed by an earthquake, construction is underway to set up a state-of-the-art hospital which will be complete by the beginning of next year, the health Minister, Dr. Richard Sezibera has said. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - March 18, 2010 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Nigeria: My Concern Has Been Quality Healthcare -GrangeEmail this article to a colleague.
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Professor Adenike Grange is the chief executive officer cum provost of Otunba Tunwase National Paediatrics Centre (OTNPC), and former Health Minister. She qualified as a paediatrics in 1964. Our Reporter, Anthonia Soyingbe met this septuagenarian recently and she spoke on her exit from the Federal Executive Council (FEC), her life outside government, the involvement of her family and other sundry issues. Excerpts: (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - March 18, 2010 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Zimbabwe: Let's Kick Typhoid Out of CountryEmail this article to a colleague.
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THE rise of Typhoid cases in Mabvuku from an initial four at the beginning of the month to 160 as of yesterday is worrisome particularly as memories of the cholera outbreak that killed an estimated 4 000 people in 2008/09 are still fresh in the minds of many. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - March 18, 2010 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Angola: Over 500 People Attend Nephrology CampaignEmail this article to a colleague.
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Over 500 people attended nephrology consultation in Luanda's Viana district, under a project of the Health Ministry, aiming at informing the situation of the kidney illness, Angop has learnt. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - March 18, 2010 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Angola: Kuito Kuanavale Gains New Social InfrastructuresEmail this article to a colleague.
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Municipal administration of Kuito Kuanavale, southern Kuando Kubango province, plans to build this year three schools, houses for teachers and a health centre. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - March 18, 2010 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Uganda: We Should Promote Community Health InsuranceEmail this article to a colleague.
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The Ministry of Health through the national task force is currently conducting county-wide sensitisation tours, considering stakeholder inputs while simultaneously reviewing the proposed National Health Insurance (NHI) Bill to be presented to Parliament. The national health insurance scheme aims at complementing the existing health care financing gaps, and assuring universal coverage and access to quality, equitable and affordable health care. The scheme intends to begin with formal public sector, contributing four per cent of the employees' gross salary which will be matched by the employer and subsequently roll out to th...
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - March 18, 2010 Category: African Health Source Type: news
