This is a selection of articles from the October 2006 archive. Click here for this month's African Health headlines.
Cape braces for threat of deadly TB strain
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Source: IOL: Health - October 31, 2006 Source Type: info
National Aids council to be restructured
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Source: IOL: Health - October 31, 2006 Source Type: info
Uganda: Fraud And High Taxes Pose a Threat to the Leasing Industry
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Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - October 30, 2006 Source Type: info
Uganda: 2-Year-Old Sues Govt
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Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - October 30, 2006 Source Type: info
Uganda: DDT Could Contaminate Crops, Says BAT
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Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - October 30, 2006 Source Type: info
Uganda: Country Begins Mother-to-Child Aids Vaccine Trials
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Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - October 30, 2006 Source Type: info
Uganda: Hepatitis B the Silent Killer
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Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - October 30, 2006 Source Type: info
Uganda: Malaria Drug Launched
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Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - October 30, 2006 Source Type: info
Uganda: Banks Named in Shs1.5 Billion Fraud
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Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - October 30, 2006 Source Type: info
Malawi: Ministry of Health to Recruit Over 1,000 HSAs
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Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - October 30, 2006 Source Type: info
Malawi: Show Us the Money, Says UN Aids Envoy
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Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - October 30, 2006 Source Type: info
Ghana: Earnest Appeal for Hole-in-Heart Patients
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Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - October 30, 2006 Source Type: info
South Africa: Moves to Bolster Aids Council's Influence
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Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - October 30, 2006 Source Type: info
Malawi: Global Fund Phase Out Worries PLWAs
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Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - October 30, 2006 Source Type: info
Uganda: IDPs Given Until Dec. 31 to Leave the Camps
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Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - October 30, 2006 Source Type: info
Less conflict, more work needed in Aids fight
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Source: IOL: Health - October 29, 2006 Source Type: info
Africa: UN Official Sees Bird Flu As Threat for Next Decade
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Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - October 29, 2006 Source Type: info
Liberia: China Steps in to End Lassa Fever Outbreak
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Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - October 29, 2006 Source Type: info
South Africa: Independent Investigator for Pro Sano Medical Scheme
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Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - October 29, 2006 Source Type: info
Africa: Health Coalition Targets Diseases Affecting More Than One Billion
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Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - October 29, 2006 Source Type: info
Company donates TB antibiotics
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Source: IOL: Health - October 28, 2006 Source Type: info
Unite against Aids, urges Mlambo-Ngcuka
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Source: IOL: Health - October 28, 2006 Source Type: info
Zimbabwe: Homophobia Raises HIV Risk for Gays
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Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - October 27, 2006 Source Type: info
Angola: Cunene - Red Cross Analyses Humanitarian Situation
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Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - October 27, 2006 Source Type: info
Ghana: CHPS Must Convert to Health Centres - Says Medical Doctor
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Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - October 27, 2006 Source Type: info
Botswana: Botswana Hailed for Use of Aids Money
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Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - October 27, 2006 Source Type: info
Angola: Protocol On Maternal Health, STDs Signed
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Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - October 27, 2006 Source Type: info
Sierra Leone: Stigma And Fear Prevent Uptake of Vital Services
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Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - October 27, 2006 Source Type: info
Angola: HuĂla - Red Cross Launches Campaign Against Cholera
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Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - October 27, 2006 Source Type: info
Uganda: Children Get Home Care Centre
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Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - October 27, 2006 Source Type: info
Ghana: Korle-Bu Makes a U-Turn
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Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - October 27, 2006 Source Type: info
Namibia: Aids Problems 'Insurmountable'
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Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - October 27, 2006 Source Type: info
Rwanda: Handling Fibroids in Women
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Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - October 27, 2006 Source Type: info
Kenya: Brain Surgeons Crisis Looms
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Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - October 27, 2006 Source Type: info
Uganda: Stanchart Fights Malaria
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Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - October 27, 2006 Source Type: info
Girl to get operation despite dad's refusal
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Source: IOL: Health - October 26, 2006 Source Type: info
Rules on HIV-positive doctors too restrictive
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Source: IOL: Health - October 26, 2006 Source Type: info
Stowaways found aboard ship in Port Elizabeth
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Source: IOL: Health - October 26, 2006 Source Type: info
UCT prof resigns over HIV 'concoction'
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Source: IOL: Health - October 26, 2006 Source Type: info
Nigeria: Gbagi to Overhaul Delta Medical Services
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Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - October 25, 2006 Source Type: info
Ghana: Ghana's Integrated Child Health Campaign
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Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - October 25, 2006 Source Type: info
Zambia: 'I Just Tested Poz' - New Forum for Aids Talk
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Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - October 25, 2006 Source Type: info
South Africa: South Africa Now Polio-Free
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Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - October 25, 2006 Source Type: info
South Africa: Minister to Highlight Occupational Health And Safety
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Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - October 25, 2006 Source Type: info
Nigeria: Help in Coming Home
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Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - October 25, 2006 Source Type: info
Uganda: Michael Johnson Here Tomorrow
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Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - October 25, 2006 Source Type: info
South Africa: Quarantine Orders for Extremely Drug-ResistantTuberculosis Patients
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Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - October 25, 2006 Source Type: info
Nigeria: Akunyili - Owu Kingdom's 'Mother of Medicine'
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Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - October 25, 2006 Source Type: info
Nigeria: Of Hugs, Sewing Machines & Targets
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Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - October 25, 2006 Source Type: info
Shocking figures reveal rape trends in SA
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Source: IOL: Health - October 24, 2006 Source Type: info
Manto still in hospoital after three weeks
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Source: IOL: Health - October 24, 2006 Source Type: info
Aids disability grant flawed, says Napwa
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Source: IOL: Health - October 24, 2006 Source Type: info
Africa: Scientists Discover How Body Recognises TB
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Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - October 23, 2006 Source Type: info
Angola: Sleeping Sickness Patients Benefit From New Medicine
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Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - October 23, 2006 Source Type: info
Uganda: Lugazi Youth Confront HIV/Aids Issues
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Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - October 23, 2006 Source Type: info
Nigeria: Abuja NMA Celebrates Annual Week
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Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - October 23, 2006 Source Type: info
Botswana: Call for a Kabelo Nyoka Foundation
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Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - October 23, 2006 Source Type: info
South Africa: Aids Fight Picks Up Pace in a Durban Township
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Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - October 23, 2006 Source Type: info
Namibia: Katutura Hospital Finally Being Spruced Up
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Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - October 23, 2006 Source Type: info
Uganda: Papa San Here to Preach Abstinence
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Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - October 23, 2006 Source Type: info
South Africa: South Africa Declared Polio Free
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Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - October 23, 2006 Source Type: info
South Africa: Gauteng's Bold Plan to Escape Poverty Trap
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Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - October 23, 2006 Source Type: info
Uganda: Districts Get Drugs
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Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - October 23, 2006 Source Type: info
Kenya: Roche Gives Kenyan Firms Right for Aids Drug
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Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - October 23, 2006 Source Type: info
Ghana: Herbalist Slams Doctors On HIV/Aids
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Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - October 23, 2006 Source Type: info
Golfers tee up for 'phenomenal' Red Cross
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Source: IOL: Health - October 21, 2006 Source Type: info
Africa: Faith Makes a Difference in Aids Care
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Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - October 20, 2006 Source Type: info
Africa: Will Bill Gates' Millions Save Us?
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Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - October 20, 2006 Source Type: info
Namibia: Transport Problem Cripples Keetmans Hospital
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Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - October 20, 2006 Source Type: info
Zambia: U.S. Donates K3.2bn Worth Insecticides
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Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - October 20, 2006 Source Type: info
Nigeria: Running Free Medical Services is Impossible - CMD, Plateau Hospital
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Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - October 20, 2006 Source Type: info
Sudan: Massive Aid Effort Contains Growth of Malnutrition in Darfur
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Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - October 20, 2006 Source Type: info
South Africa: Faith Makes a Difference in Aids Care
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Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - October 20, 2006 Source Type: info
Uganda: HIV Patients Get Dental Clinic
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Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - October 20, 2006 Source Type: info
West Africa: Child Deaths From HIV/Aids to Keep Growing
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Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - October 20, 2006 Source Type: info
Uganda: Muhwezi Named in NMS Financial Loss
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Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - October 20, 2006 Source Type: info
Uganda: Prayers Alone Can't Cure Aids - Janet
