Health News SOMALIA: Too many patients, one mental health facility Wed 10 Mar, 2010. The number of people seeking mental health treatment has increased in Bosasso, the commercial capital of Somalia's autonomous region of Puntland, despite the existence of only one small health unit, officials said. Read more... SOUTH AFRICA: Long way from treatment target Fri 18 Sep, 2009. South Africa is not on track to meet its target of reaching 80 percent of people in need of antiretroviral (ARV) treatment by 2011, Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi told reporters on 15 September. Read more... GLOBAL: Breast really is best Tue 01 Sep, 2009. The debate about the safest and healthiest infant feeding choice for HIV-positive mothers in the developing world should be over, according to one of South Africa's leading HIV/AIDS researchers. Read more... KENYA: No longer a weed Mon 10 Aug, 2009. A Kenyan horticultural scientist hopes that a group of leafy green plants, previously dismissed by some as weeds, may have a significant impact on reducing malnutrition and poverty levels in Kenya. Read more... WEST AFRICA: Babies force-fed to free time for fields Mon 10 Aug, 2009. With limited access to time-saving agricultural tools and technologies, rural women in West Africa are forced to cut down on the time they spend breastfeeding, in some cases over-feeding their newborns into slumber to free time for the fields. Read more... ETHIOPIA: Concern over rising malnutrition as UN provides $6m for aid Wed 29 Jul, 2009. Ethiopia is facing challenges in providing food, health, nutrition, water and sanitation, emergency shelter, agriculture and livelihoods, according to the UN Humanitarian Coordinator, Fidele Sarassoro. Read more... SOUTHERN AFRICA: The high cost of sex work Tue 21 Jul, 2009. Southern Africa's sex workers, denied access to HIV prevention and treatment services, are paying a high price to make a living when even government-issued condoms are not always free, according to a new report. Read more... River blindness 'can be beaten' Tue 21 Jul, 2009. A study by the UN's health body has shown that the disease onchocerciasis - also known as river blindness - could be wiped out using antibiotics. Read more... Africa HIV city care questioned Tue 21 Jul, 2009. More HIV/Aids patients in Africa could be treated if funds were switched from expensive laboratory testing to local care in villages, research suggests. Read more... SOUTH AFRICA: Child migrants walking into trouble Thu 18 Jun, 2009. Up to 21,000 independent child migrants from outside South Africa are living in the country, according to a discussion document by the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF). Read more... GAMBIA: Reaching the FGM/C tipping point Thu 18 Jun, 2009. “In politics and sociology you reach a tipping point and once you’ve reached it, things change,â€� says Min-whee Kang of the UN Children's Fund. “This is what we’re aiming at to stop female genital mutilation and cutting in The Gambia.â€� Read more... EAST AFRICA: Banana blight puts livelihoods at risk Thu 18 Jun, 2009. The bacterial banana Xanthomonas wilt (BXW) disease will endanger the livelihoods of millions of East African farmers if left uncontrolled, according to specialists. First reported about 40 years ago in Ethiopia, BXW is endemic in most of Uganda, and has been reported in Burundi, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Kenya and Rwanda. Read more... Botswana circumcision drive will prevent HIV infections Fri 29 May, 2009. GABORONE (AFP) - The process of circumcising nearly half a million males in Botswana by 2012 will prevent almost 70,000 new HIV infections by 2025, a report published on Thursday said. Read more... Youth diabetes in Europe set to explode: study Thu 28 May, 2009. PARIS (AFP) - Incidence of Type 1 diabetes in children aged under five in Europe is set to double by 2020 over 2005 levels while cases among the under-15s will rise by 70 percent, according to a study. Read more... ZIMBABWE: Cholera is not going away anytime soon Wed 27 May, 2009. JOHANNESBURG, 26 May 2009 (IRIN) - Zimbabwe's cholera caseload is expected to top the 100,000 mark within the next few days, amid warnings by aid agencies that although the disease is subsiding, it has not been eradicated and could flare up again. Read more... Vitamin D boosts brain power in middle-aged men Thu 21 May, 2009. WASHINGTON (AFP) - Higher levels of vitamin D, synthesized in the skin after being exposed to the sun and found in oily fish, are associated with increased brain power among middle-aged men, according to a new British study. Read more...   [First Page] [Prev] Showing page 1 of 329 pages [Next] [Last Page]