This is a selection of articles from the February 2008 archive. Click here for this month's African Health headlines.
Uganda: Hospital Waste Choking Entebbe
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Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - February 29, 2008 Source Type: news
Uganda: Save Arua Hospital, MP Tells Govt
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Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - February 29, 2008 Source Type: news
South Africa: Medical Aids Want Competition Leeway
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Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - February 29, 2008 Source Type: news
Ghana: Health Care Improves in Central Region
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Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - February 29, 2008 Source Type: news
Namibia: Mosquitoes Pose New Threat
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Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - February 29, 2008 Source Type: news
Liberia: Firestone Hosts Medical Association Meeting
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Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - February 29, 2008 Source Type: news
Gambia: Free Med Care At JFP Hospital As Taiwanese Cardiologist, Others Arrive
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Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - February 29, 2008 Source Type: news
South Africa: Sowetans Brave Weather for Health Campaign
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Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - February 29, 2008 Source Type: news
Africa: Endemic Cholera Burden 'Highest in Young Children'
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Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - February 29, 2008 Source Type: news
Seven sick after chlorine spill
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Source: IOL: Health - February 28, 2008 Source Type: news
Liberia: Whomever Expends Donors' Fund Must Account
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Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - February 28, 2008 Source Type: news
Nigeria: Senate Moves to Avert Doctors' Strike
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Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - February 28, 2008 Source Type: news
Namibia: Restrictive Laws Hamper Pain Management
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Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - February 28, 2008 Source Type: news
Namibia: Cook Up a Storm for Cancer
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Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - February 28, 2008 Source Type: news
Namibia: Visually Impaired Get Legal Training
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Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - February 28, 2008 Source Type: news
Ethiopia: U.S. Team Completes Dental Mission
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Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - February 28, 2008 Source Type: news
Eritrea: Mini-Hospital Under Construction in Edi
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Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - February 28, 2008 Source Type: news
Nigeria: Nordica Brings Assisted Reproduction Closer to Lagosians
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Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - February 28, 2008 Source Type: news
Zambia: Depo-Provera Administering Still On Hold
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Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - February 28, 2008 Source Type: news
South Africa: Committee Ticks Off Health Minister
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Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - February 27, 2008 Source Type: news
Namibia: Helao Nafidi Sits on Health Bomb
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Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - February 27, 2008 Source Type: news
Ghana: Golden Star Presents Medical Equipment
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Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - February 27, 2008 Source Type: news
Uganda: Hospitals Choke As Money is Held in Ministry of Health
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Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - February 27, 2008 Source Type: news
Nigeria: FG May Compel Private Sector to Join Insurance Scheme
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Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - February 26, 2008 Source Type: news
Nigeria: Free Health Care Jacks Up Turn Out in Hosptals
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Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - February 26, 2008 Source Type: news
Mozambique: Greater Power for Women Would Cut Mortality
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Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - February 26, 2008 Source Type: news
Botswana: Kanye Needs Hospital, Bangwaketse Tell Mogae
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Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - February 26, 2008 Source Type: news
South Africa: Cervical Cancer Vaccine Approved in Country
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Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - February 26, 2008 Source Type: news
Namibia: New Medical Facilities for Omuthiya
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Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - February 26, 2008 Source Type: news
Namibia: MVA Joins Hands With Hospital
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Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - February 26, 2008 Source Type: news
Africa: Multi-Drug Resistant Tuberculosis on the Rise Worldwide
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Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - February 26, 2008 Source Type: news
Nigeria: FCTA Elevates 219 Nurses, Midwives
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Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - February 26, 2008 Source Type: news
Uganda: Set Up Cancer Research Centre, Vice President Asks Government
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Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - February 26, 2008 Source Type: news
Angola: Health Department Analyses Sector's National Policy
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Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - February 26, 2008 Source Type: news
Zimbabwe: Scabies Hits School
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Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - February 26, 2008 Source Type: news
Uganda: Check Bias Against Male Nurses
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Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - February 26, 2008 Source Type: news
Uganda: Sh480m Medical Centre for Watoto
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Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - February 26, 2008 Source Type: news
Kenya: Death of Wild Doves in District Puzzles Experts
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Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - February 26, 2008 Source Type: news
Babies and poor processes swamp Bara
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Source: IOL: Health - February 25, 2008 Source Type: news
Nigeria: Don Tasks FG On Terminally Ill Patients
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Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - February 25, 2008 Source Type: news
Nigeria: Banks, Telecom Firms, Others to Contribute Pre-Profit Tax to NHIS
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Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - February 25, 2008 Source Type: news
Africa: Investing in the Health of Continent's Mothers
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Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - February 25, 2008 Source Type: news
Gambia: Two Gadhoh Members Return From Spain
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Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - February 25, 2008 Source Type: news
Nigeria: Grange Lobbies FG for New Salary for Doctors
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Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - February 25, 2008 Source Type: news
Namibia: Patient Raped in Mental Hospital
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Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - February 25, 2008 Source Type: news
Uganda: Train More Nurses
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Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - February 25, 2008 Source Type: news
Nigeria: Lagos Withdraws Case Against Tobacco Firms
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Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - February 25, 2008 Source Type: news
Namibia: Snakebite Death Probe Begins
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Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - February 25, 2008 Source Type: news
Ghana: Medical Experts Say Hiring of Continent's Health Workers is a Crime
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Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - February 25, 2008 Source Type: news
Nigeria: President Yar'Adua Receives WHO D-G
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Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - February 25, 2008 Source Type: news
Zimbabwe: Assist in Provision of ARVs, NGOs Urged
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Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - February 25, 2008 Source Type: news
Girl gets a real heart
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Source: IOL: Health - February 24, 2008 Source Type: news
Morning-after pills sell 'like hot cakes'
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Source: IOL: Health - February 24, 2008 Source Type: news
Boy drowns as lifeguards continue to strike
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Source: IOL: Health - February 24, 2008 Source Type: news
Test traditional medicines: DFL
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Source: IOL: Health - February 23, 2008 Source Type: news
Africa: 'Meningitis Season Less Deadly Than Last Year'
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Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - February 23, 2008 Source Type: news
Time to enjoy your last cigarette
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Source: IOL: Health - February 22, 2008 Source Type: news
Gambia: Sensitisation Workshop on Avian and Human Influenza
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Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - February 22, 2008 Source Type: news
Uganda: Country to Export Nurses to Europe
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Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - February 22, 2008 Source Type: news
Mozambique: About 100,000 People Are Receiving ARV Therapy
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Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - February 22, 2008 Source Type: news
Cameroon: Drive Immunizes 35,000 Children
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Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - February 22, 2008 Source Type: news
Liberia: President Bush Visits Barclay Training Center
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Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - February 22, 2008 Source Type: news
Cameroon: Immunization Drive Reaches Over 35,000 Children
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Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - February 22, 2008 Source Type: news
Gambia: Salaji Psychiatric Hospital Foundation Stone Laid
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Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - February 22, 2008 Source Type: news
Uganda: Country to Send Nurses to Europe
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Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - February 22, 2008 Source Type: news
Kenya: Medics Bear the Brunt as Violence Rocks Country
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Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - February 22, 2008 Source Type: news
Nigeria: We Are Not Yet On Strike - Medical Association
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Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - February 22, 2008 Source Type: news
Uganda: Country Declared Ebola Free
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Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - February 22, 2008 Source Type: news
Water given all-clear to use
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Source: IOL: Health - February 21, 2008 Source Type: news
Burkina Faso: Joint Takes On Cross-Border Meningitis
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Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - February 21, 2008 Source Type: news
Zimbabwe: Chitungwiza Hospital Launches Mosquito Spraying Programme
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Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - February 21, 2008 Source Type: news
South Africa: Misconduct Charges Against Doctor Dropped
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Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - February 21, 2008 Source Type: news
Nigeria: Bird Flu - Experts Caution On Bio-Security
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Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - February 21, 2008 Source Type: news
Africa: Daily HIV/Aids Report
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Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - February 21, 2008 Source Type: news
South Africa: Health Spending to Grow By 10 Percent
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Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - February 21, 2008 Source Type: news
Cameroon: CBC Launches Health Board Website
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Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - February 21, 2008 Source Type: news
Uganda: WHO Declares Country Free of Ebola