BERLIN, GERMANY: According to
scidev.net, Olive Shisana, CEO of the South African Human Sciences Research Council, said at the World Health Summit in Berlin, Germany that infectious diseases, such as tuberculosis and HIV/AIDS, are expected to decline while non-communicable diseases, including cardiovascular disease, cancer and diabetes, will increase in Africa over the coming decades.
4 Nov 2011 11:47
Following a trade agreement reached between the World Trade Center Africa Initiative and Italy, business between Africa and Europe is set to receive a significant boost. The agreement will see business leaders from 12 African countries meet their Italian counterparts in on-site deal rooms next year, at the inaugural Afritalia Commerce Exchange.
12 Oct 2011 13:52Bizcommunity.com
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3 Oct 2011 14:57 
Rapid urbanisation over the last five decades is changing Africa's landscape and also generating formidable challenges for supplies of water and sanitation services says a new UN report released this week.
24 Mar 2011 10:04
LONDON: The panel of judges has been announced for the eighth Diageo Africa Business Reporting Awards set to take place on 30 June 2011. The annual awards aims to encourage more prolific reporting of economic opportunities in Africa and to celebrate excellence in business journalism.
15 Mar 2011 10:37LONDON, UK / WASHINGTON, DC: Banned or restricted in more than 50 countries, white asbestos continues to be widely used in China, India, Russia and Brazil, and many developing nations, according to
Dangers in the Dust, a joint report by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) and the BBC's International News Services.
22 Jul 2010 11:08[Kelvin Kachingwe] LUSAKA: Dehydration caused by severe diarrhoea is a key cause of infant deaths in Zambia, a country with one of the highest child morality rates in the world, according to a new report by Zambia's health department.
28 Apr 2009 10:16 LUSAKA: The Zambian government has closed its border to any refugees arriving from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) amid health concerns about the haemorrhagic fever which has claimed the lives of four people in South Africa.
31 Oct 2008 11:02[Gregory Gondwe] Malawi and Chinese governments signed a health pact in Lilongwe earlier this week, that will see the two countries exchanging medical personnel.
1 Aug 2008 09:49 [Gregory Gondwe] Malawi's Health Minister, Khumbo Kachali yesterday disclosed that out of four million malaria cases Malawian hospitals dealt with in 2007, 7000 people lost their lives.
1 Aug 2008 09:40 The global food crisis and climate change will be among the top issues on the agenda of United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon as he attends the Group of Eight (G8) Summit in Japan this week.
7 Jul 2008 12:07
[Gregory Gondwe] Malawi's University of Mzuzu final-year student pursuing a Bachelor of Science degree in Renewable Energy is developing a solar autoclave, the first of its kind in Malawi.
3 Mar 2008 07:46
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[Ivo Vegter: @sxswsa] Here is a roundup of the posts published on sxswsa.co.za this weekend. We're over halfway through SxSW Interactive in Austin, Texas, but there's still plenty material in the works, so keep an eye on the blog for another few days. Also, follow @sxswsa, or the entire the #sxswsa Twitter list. [view twitterfall] 14 Mar 2011 13:15