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Rwanda introduces vaccine for pneumococcal disease

Tue, 28 Apr 2009 10:32:00 +0200

KIGALI: International leaders in global health will join Rwandan government officials at a press conference in the coming days in Kigali to announce the first national immunisation programme against pneumococcal disease in a developing country.
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Zambia: Sanitation backlog to blame for high child mortality

Tue, 28 Apr 2009 10:16:00 +0200

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.
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Lacking safe water, children face ongoing risks

Wed, 01 Apr 2009 15:16:00 +0200

In Southern Sudan, where water is not just a basic survival need, but a game of risk, children fall victim to preventable water-borne diseases caused by contaminated water and poor sanitary conditions.
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KENYA: New centre brings HIV services to truckers

Wed, 01 Apr 2009 15:02:00 +0200

JOHANNESBURG: "Every trucker should know how to change a tyre and put on a condom," said Anisa Abdalla, a doctor in the Kenyan port city of Mombasa, at the opening of a new "roadside wellness centre" offering HIV services to truck drivers and other transport workers.
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Mobile health saving lives in the developing world

Mon, 09 Mar 2009 10:39:00 +0200

Cell phones are now a common part of our everyday lives. But not only is the technology taken for granted, its wide-reaching potential is largely unrecognised. The technology that is found in cell phones and PDAs is currently being applied to improve health services in developing countries.
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SADC ministers mark Malaria Day

Tue, 11 Nov 2008 12:41:00 +0200

Johannesburg: Health ministers from countries in the Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) are expected to convene at Mamfene in Mkhanyakude District, Northern KwaZulu-Natal on Friday, 14 November 2008, to mark international Malaria Day.
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Zambia closes border, following Arenavirus deaths in SA

Fri, 31 Oct 2008 11:02:00 +0200

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.
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China, Malawi sign health pact

Fri, 01 Aug 2008 09:49:00 +0200

Malawi and Chinese governments signed a health pact in Lilongwe earlier this week, that will see the two countries exchanging medical personnel.
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7000 Malawians die of Malaria in 2007

Fri, 01 Aug 2008 09:40:00 +0200

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.
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Food crisis, climate change, MDGs top G8 agenda

Mon, 07 Jul 2008 12:07:00 +0200

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.
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