MedWorm: African Health Top 20

Ghana: Capitation Talks End in Deadlock as Ashanti Group Gears Up for Demonstration

AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 12:58:39 +0100

[Ghanaian Chronicle] Kumasi - A MEETING called at the behest of the management of the National Health Insurance Scheme Authority (NHIA) with the aim of talking members of the Ashanti Development Union (ADU) from going ahead with its planned demonstration against the Capitation system, ended in a stalemate as both parties failed to reach any tangible conclusion. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)

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West Africa: Yellow Fever Outbreaks Hit Cameroon and Ghana

AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 18:56:35 +0100

[UN News] The United Nations is backing a mass vaccination campaign under way in northern Cameroon, where a new outbreak of yellow fever has killed at least seven people. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)

Zimbabwe: Typhoid Outbreak Hits Harare

AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 15:14:55 +0100

[RNW Africa] Zimbabwe - Since last October, when the disease broke out, some 1,500 people in Zimbabwe's capital Harare have fallen victim to typhoid. The authorities blame restaurants and food vendors; the citizens blame the authorities. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)

Nigeria: Fried Breakfasts Aren't Bad for the Heart - As Long As You Use Sunflower or Olive Oil

AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 11:23:31 +0100

Daily Trust (Abuja)-Scientists claim a fry-up doesn't increase the risk of heart disease or early death, depending on the type of oil used. They found olive oil and sunflower oil are healthy options whether the food is fried at home or eaten out. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)

South Africa: HIV-Related Deaths Slow Economy

AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 17:21:40 +0100

IPS (Johannesburg)-If there was no HIV/AIDS, South Africa would have 4.4 million more people than today, the size of a major city. This significant slow-down in population growth is causing a slow down in economic growth and resulting in social ills, researchers warn. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)

Africa: Foundation Welcomes Launch of New Business Leadership Council for a Generation Born Free of HIV

AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 18:21:50 +0100

Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric Aids Foundation (Washington, DC)-The Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation (EGPAF) today welcomed the introduction of a new organization dedicated to the shared goal of ending mother-to-child transmission of HIV. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)

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Zimbabwe: Improved Aids Levy Collections Fill Part of Funding Gap

AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 13:34:43 +0100

[PlusNews] Harare - With global funding for on the decline, Zimbabwe's innovative AIDS levy - a 3 percent tax on income - has become a promising source of funding for the country, with a dramatic increase in revenue collected in the past two years. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)

Zimbabwe: Most Harare Boreholes Not Safe, Says Expert

AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 07:31:38 +0100

The Herald (Harare)-MOST of the boreholes sunk in Harare's high-density suburbs are susceptible to contamination from bacteria that causes diarrhoeal diseases, a health expert has said. Dismissing the notion that the current typhoid outbreak that affected about 900 people was caused by informal fish and meat vendors only, epidemiological and disease control director in the Ministry of Health and Child Welfare Dr Portia Manangazira said a lot of factors could have caused the outbreak. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)

Congo-Kinshasa: 85 Percent of Aids Patients Lack Treatment

AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 17:18:56 +0100

CISA (Nairobi)-Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is alarmed by the situation of HIV/AIDS patients in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), the lack of priority given by the Congolese authorities and the withdrawal of donors, all occurring as the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Malaria and Tuberculosis prepares to celebrate its tenth anniversary on 28 January. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)

Congo-Kinshasa: Cholera Soars, Says UN

AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 18:58:57 +0100

RNW Africa (Hilversum)-Cholera cases have soared in the Democratic Republic of Congo in recent weeks, the UN said on Friday, bringing the number of people infected in the year-long outbreak to 22,000 with 584 deaths. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)

Nigeria: Why There Is Yet No Cure for Autism

AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 10:21:56 +0100

Vanguard (Lagos)-Even though, the cause of autism still remains unknown, an expert, Khadeejah Oluronke Katagum said that early detection and interruption of the ailment will better the lives of Nigerian children as the impediment has no cure due to its natural tendencies. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)

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Africa: BCI and IBCN Collaborate to Fight Breast Cancer

AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 13:03:58 +0100

[Public Agenda] Breast Cancer Prevention in Africa has taken another dimension with the launch of the International Breast Cancer and Nutrition (IBCN) project, a multinational initiative that seeks to establish the link between diet and breast cancer in Africa. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)

Ghana: Children to Have a Second Dose of Measles Vaccination

AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 13:13:27 +0100

Public Agenda (Accra)-The Ghana Health Service is set to add a second dose of measles vaccine to the number of vaccines children receive at child welfare clinics to protect them from childhood diseases after recording zero percent in measles-related deaths for the past eight years. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)

Africa: Project Improves Nutritional Value of Bananas

AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 18:29:33 +0100

QUT (Brisbane, Australia)-Bill and Melinda Gates have paid a visit to Queensland University of Technology (QUT) researchers working on a banana biofortification project which aims to improve the production and nutritional value of bananas in sub-Saharan Africa. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)

Nigeria: Breast Cancer - MWAN Seeks Inclusion of Bse Technique in Schools

AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 10:25:56 +0100

Vanguard (Lagos)-Federal government has been urged to include technique of Breast Self Examination into the school curriculum. The Medical Women's Association of Nigeria, MWAN, in a communiqué issued after it's 17th Biennial Scientific Conference and General Assembly in Lagos tagged; "Revisiting the myth behind Maternal and Infant Mortality: Can e-health/m-Health Make a Difference" noted that all females from JSS3 or at menarche should be proficient in the technique of Breast Self Examination, BSE. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)

Congo-Kinshasa: Cholera Fight Receives Nine Million Dollars Boost From UN Fund

AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 17:41:31 +0100

UN News (New York)-The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) received $9.1 million today from the United Nations Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) to fight off cholera, which has affected more than 22,000 people and killed 500 over the past year in the central African country. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)

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South Africa: Cancer - Know Your Chances

AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 15:24:29 +0100

[Health-e] World Cancer Day is commemorated on 4 February and the theme for this year's celebration is: "Together it is possible". (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)

Somalia: Polio Cases Suspected in Ethiopian Refugee Camps

AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 18:07:36 +0100

UN News (New York)-The United Nations refugee agency today voiced its concern over reports of two suspected polio cases this week among Somali refugees living in camps in Ethiopia and three cases in the surrounding community. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)

Angola: Creation of Nurses' Network for Scientific Research Recommended

AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 13:07:32 +0100

ANGOP (Luanda)-Nurses and midwifes from the provinces of Huambo, Kuando-Kubango and Bié recommended on Thursday the creation of a network aimed to promote the scientific research in the region, Angop has learnt. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)

Nigeria: Bionic Eye - Hope for the Visually-Impaired

AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 10:28:15 +0100

Leadership (Abuja)-Blindness is the most severe form of visual impairment, which deprives people of the ability to see or move about unaided. It effectively robs people of the comfort and satisfaction that come with performing daily chores, even with the aid of glasses or contact lenses. However, scientists have developed a technology called bionic eye, which goal is to restore the sense of vision to people living with blindness, especially those with an eye condition known as retinitis pigmentosa and age-related macular (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)