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» 18.11.2009 - Heart disease discovered in ancient Egyptian mummies
» 17.11.2009 - 12 million targeted for west African Yellow Fever vaccination
» 16.11.2009 - Minister urges Ugandans to control population growth
» 16.11.2009 - UN chief calls for support to fight diabetes
» 11.11.2009 - 50 million H1N1 vaccines donation for developing countries
» 10.11.2009 - Uganda partners with media to fight HIV/AIDS
» 09.11.2009 - Seven African states in Malaria trial
» 06.11.2009 - "Uganda AIDS prevention threatened"
» 05.11.2009 - South African mortality crisis overcome
» 05.11.2009 - Dengue epidemic paralyses Cape Verde
» 02.11.2009 - First Dengue fever outbreak in Cape Verde
» 30.10.2009 - Alliance plans to immunise 130 million children against Pneumonia
» 26.10.2009 - HIV risk remains high in Sub-Saharan Africa, new report
» 22.10.2009 - African swine fever spreading in Russia
» 21.10.2009 - $1 billion required annualy to reach children with life-saving vaccines
» 20.10.2009 - Africa to accelerate efforts to achieve development goals
» 14.10.2009 - UN calls for renewed efforts to save millions of children from diarrhoea
» 13.10.2009 - UN marks 15th anniversary of the Cairo development conference
» 13.10.2009 - Ethiopia still vulnerable to serious hunger
» 09.10.2009 - African music awards to boost war against AIDS
» 08.10.2009 - Uganda set new sights to reach safe water targets
» 07.10.2009 - USAID awards $387,000 for indigenous health in Ethiopia
» 01.10.2009 - Zim health workers afforded mobility with UN bikes
» 28.09.2009 - Stakeholders discuss post-crisis reproductive health needs of populations
» 24.09.2009 - Diageo commits more funding to West Africa's access to clean water
» 23.09.2009 - UN steps up work in W/Africa and flashes urgent appeal for Ethiopia
» 23.09.2009 - Report calls for HIV-sensitive laws and policing to combat AIDS
» 22.09.2009 - New partnership to keep children free from HIV in Africa
» 17.09.2009 - Toxic wastes caused deaths, illnesses in Côte d’Ivoire - UN expert
» 17.09.2009 - Project to fight Malaria builds thriving African Mosquito net industry
» 16.09.2009 - WHO warns of possible after floods health disaster in W/Africa
» 15.09.2009 - Second US-Egypt clinical study blocked
» 11.09.2009 - Global child mortality figures dropping
» 10.09.2009 - Circumcision cost-effective means to prevent HIV - UN report
» 08.09.2009 - More people affected by West African floods
» 08.09.2009 - Diarrhoea threatens to wreaks havoc in Ethiopia
» 04.09.2009 - Forum promises new action on women’s health and rights
» 02.09.2009 - Global women’s forum make claim on economic stimulus funds
» 01.09.2009 - UK funded malaria campaign launched in Nigeria
» 28.08.2009 - Universal access to Malaria will be met, UN Envoy
» 20.08.2009 - Zimbabwe still at risk of Cholera outbreak
» 19.08.2009 - More Somali refugees moved from overcrowded Kenyan camp
» 18.08.2009 - New report offers solutions to water and sanitation service delivery
» 17.08.2009 - Côte d’Ivoire wraps up polio immunisation campaign
» 17.08.2009 - New consortium to develop drugs for neglected tropical diseases
» 13.08.2009 - $6.8 million awarded to develop global health laboratory systems
» 12.08.2009 - World population data sheet shows more growth in Africa and Asia
» 12.08.2009 - $1.5 million life-saving support needed in CAR
» 10.08.2009 - Indigenous community must be celebrated with honour, Ban
» 04.08.2009 - Scientists publish discovery of Malaria origin
» 03.08.2009 - WHO stresses breatfeeding in emergencies
» 31.07.2009 - 30 million children targeted in Nigeria's immunization campaign
» 30.07.2009 - Forum discusses role of infrastructure to health care
» 30.07.2009 - Angola gets UN support to boost access to water
» 22.07.2009 - WHO study says river blindness could be wiped out
» 22.07.2009 - Fish killing fungus could spread to other part of Africa – FAO
» 21.07.2009 - Activists urge health professionals to halt FGM
» 17.07.2009 - Aid critical in Somalia, UN
» 13.07.2009 - Doctors threaten strike on Wednesday
» 09.07.2009 - Kenyans in court over Anti-Counterfeit Act
» 08.07.2009 - New therapy against malaria in Africa announced
» 26.06.2009 - 10, 000 girls to be repatriated to Nigeria
» 22.06.2009 - New hope for MDR TB patients
» 18.06.2009 - Government dismisses swine flu cases
» 17.06.2009 - Water shortages could frustrate efforts to control cholera – Minister
» 15.06.2009 - WHO head urges fair global health policies
» 11.06.2009 - Voluntary male circumcision campaign begins in Swaziland and Zambia
» 08.06.2009 - Egypt quarantines dorm as new swine flu cases surfaces
» 02.06.2009 - Kenyan peas withdrawn from market
» 02.06.2009 - Scientists call for African genomics boost
» 29.05.2009 - Bats are vector of Ebola - scientists
» 26.05.2009 - Agencies call for funds to replenish yellow fever vaccine supplies
» 19.05.2009 - Global health advocates call for African voices against Obama's budget cut
» 18.05.2009 - Nigeria plans to reverse malaria cases by 2010
» 18.05.2009 - Angola’s cholera decreased despite floods – Minister
» 13.05.2009 - Egypt continues slaughtering pigs despite protests
» 12.05.2009 - Increasing Diarrheal related child mortality a global scandal, rights organisations
» 12.05.2009 - Global agencies call for more investment in life-saving vitamins and minerals
» 12.05.2009 - Burundi doctors continue strike over pay
» 04.05.2009 - Got you swine...!
» 30.04.2009 - SADC issues regional warning for travelers amidst swine flu outbreak
» 30.04.2009 - Climate change increases Zambia cholera numbers
» 30.04.2009 - Cyber criminals exploiting swine flu outbreak, Interpol warns
» 29.04.2009 - West Africa is experiencing its worst meningitis epidemic in years
» 28.04.2009 - Global crisis impacting on HIV and AIDS treatment
» 28.04.2009 - Rwanda issues alert for swine flu
» 27.04.2009 - Gabonese health workers to harden strike
» 24.04.2009 - Fight against malaria needs community participation
» 24.04.2009 - WHO calls for robust intervention in the malaria fight
» 23.04.2009 - Govt threatens to withhold pay for striking doctors
» 22.04.2009 - Africa-India satellite gets a nod in Nigeria
» 22.04.2009 - Malaria still main cause of deaths in Gambia
» 17.04.2009 - Algeria records increasing cancer numbers
» 16.04.2009 - Vaccine drop to give São Tomé tourism boost
» 09.04.2009 - IFRC launches $2.1 million appeal for polio eradication
» 09.04.2009 - Libya files law suit, demands compensation over arrest
» 08.04.2009 - Lesotho ready to roll out social cash grants
» 27.03.2009 - EAC adopts plan for bird flu response
» 24.03.2009 - Africa must properly implement TB strategies - WHO
» 18.03.2009 - UN send mission to assess Sahrawi refugees situation
» 13.03.2009 - New partnership to increase funding for Africa's finght against AIDS
» 09.03.2009 - Zim Cholera deaths dropping, but...
» 20.02.2009 - Meningitis under control – Health
» 19.02.2009 - Angola vaccinates animals as rabies takes toll
» 18.02.2009 - Pharmacists suspend strike as negotiations continue
» 13.02.2009 - Southern Africa Cholera linked to Zimbabwe
» 12.02.2009 - Algeria to embark on health infrastructure development
» 12.02.2009 - Nigeria arrests 12 for killer teething mixture
» 10.02.2009 - Zimbabwe receives $11 million in humanitarian aid
» 06.02.2009 - Cholera claims 52 in Malawi
» 06.02.2009 - Include children in national AIDS strategies - HRW
» 06.02.2009 - Children escape death in hospital
» 03.02.2009 - Ebola under control - WHO
» 28.01.2009 - Cholera toll reaches 3,028 in Zim
» 26.01.2009 - Thousands could face hunger in Liberia
» 26.01.2009 - Healers ignore government order
» 26.01.2009 - Egypt confirms 53rd case of H5N1
» 23.01.2009 - Uganda bans social gatherings as meningitis toll rises
» 19.01.2009 - $5 million boost for cholera fight in Zim
» 16.01.2009 - New malaria medication expected in the market soon
» 16.01.2009 - UN calls for release of convicted gay men in Senegal
» 08.01.2009 - Over 800, 000 children targeted for immunisation in CAR
» 07.01.2009 - Children's advocacy organisation gets a boost
» 06.01.2009 - Doctors strike in Lagos leaves patients stranded
» 06.01.2009 - Angola suspends border operations as DRC grapple Ebola
» 19.12.2008 - Mugabe torment citizens to tighten his grip on power
» 19.12.2008 - Kenya rejects HRW report on ARV roll out
» 17.12.2008 - Kenyan children neglected in life saving drugs - HRW says
» 17.12.2008 - Striking health workers resume duties
» 11.12.2008 - "SA has cholera, Mugabe not"
» 09.12.2008 - African tests show malaria vaccine may come in 2011
» 05.12.2008 - African gays unite to demand AIDS treatment
» 04.12.2008 - UK sets tough new targets for UN Africa programmes
» 04.12.2008 - Mozambique fears spreading cholera epidemic
» 01.12.2008 - Milk products in Tanzania declared safe
» 28.11.2008 - Nigeria arrests seller of killer chemical on teething mixture
» 26.11.2008 - Libya extends humanitarian aid to Gaza Strip
» 26.11.2008 - Teething concoction kills 25 children in Nigeria
» 24.11.2008 - US$12.5 million for improved health services in Africa
» 21.11.2008 - Eastern DR Congo "relatively calm"
» 21.11.2008 - Ugandan scientists discover new Ebola variety
» 13.11.2008 - "Most Uganda child deaths easily preventable"
» 12.11.2008 - Stones instead of pcs to collect Sierra Leone health data
» 11.11.2008 - Uganda steps up anti-smoking campaign
» 07.11.2008 - Botswana eases cattle movement ban
» 07.11.2008 - Zimbabwe releases $7.3 million global fund money
» 07.11.2008 - Swaziland promotes male circumcision
» 06.11.2008 - Cholera kills 50 in remote Mozambique
» 04.11.2008 - Dramatic fall in malaria in The Gambia
» 03.11.2008 - Zimbabwe accused of misuse of Global Fund money
» 30.10.2008 - Cholera spreads to Zim's capital
» 30.10.2008 - MSF pulls out of Niger
» 29.10.2008 - Major blow for Botswana beef exports
» 29.10.2008 - Investment in human lives essential amid financial crisis
» 24.10.2008 - SA recalls White Rabbit sweets
» 24.10.2008 - EU respond to Guinea-Bissau's cholera epidemic
» 23.10.2008 - Two jailed for toxic dumping, but oil company sparred
» 23.10.2008 - US to disburse community grants to fight Malaria
» 23.10.2008 - Namibians stand up to AIDS challenge
» 22.10.2008 - Somali children given first priority in crisis food distribution
» 21.10.2008 - Thousands displaced by Kenya flash floods
» 20.10.2008 - Nigeria strengthens its health systems
» 17.10.2008 - Ghanaian president hails breast cancer treatment mission
» 16.10.2008 - Ghana joins global fight against breast cancer
» 16.10.2008 - Nigeria has hope of eradicating polio
» 14.10.2008 - NCAP requests Ghana to act against water company
» 14.10.2008 - Campaign to end Fistula upsized
» 14.10.2008 - Breakthrough to new African mystery disease
» 13.10.2008 - Malawi swaps HIV cash hand-outs for food
» 13.10.2008 - IDF calls for global action to keep diabetic children alive
» 10.10.2008 - Africa’s response to emergencies to be boosted
» 10.10.2008 - "Africa needs warning systems for wildlife diseases"
» 07.10.2008 - Spread of AIDS linked to colonialism
» 07.10.2008 - Senegal bans China milk
» 06.10.2008 - 1 million Nigerians blind
» 06.10.2008 - BHGI and Ghana combat breast cancer together
» 03.10.2008 - Africa bound drugs seized in Belgium
» 03.10.2008 - Sub-Saharan African women more infected by Genital Herpes
» 01.10.2008 - Bissau death toll escalates
» 30.09.2008 - MSF calls for free malaria treatment for greater results
» 26.09.2008 - Burkina Faso bans all Chinese dairy products
» 25.09.2008 - Major financial boost to tackle Malaria
» 23.09.2008 - More focused work needed to meet MDGs in poor nations
» 19.09.2008 - Bissau cholera outbreak kills 122
» 17.09.2008 - US disburse $362.6 million for Lesotho's development
» 17.09.2008 - H5N1 strain confirmed in Togo
» 15.09.2008 - Botswana tops charts as safest for children
» 10.09.2008 - AIDS experts urged to focus on studies fighting epidemic
» 04.09.2008 - 6 SA TB patients escape
» 04.09.2008 - Africa's harmful alcohol use frowned
» 04.09.2008 - Relief efforts increased in west Africa
» 04.09.2008 - Spend more on health, Africa told
» 04.09.2008 - More than 120 die of hepatitis in Uganda
» 03.09.2008 - Ethiopia first nation to sign health compact
» 29.08.2008 - Surgeons successfully rejoin Ugandan's cut off penis
» 28.08.2008 - Botswana faces imported TB calamity
» 26.08.2008 - AIDS deaths drop by 75 percent in Malawi
» 22.08.2008 - Nigeria accounts 10% of global maternal deaths
» 22.08.2008 - The truth about Avian Influenza
» 21.08.2008 - Bissau cholera out of control
» 18.08.2008 - UN fund Guinea Bissau to fight cholera epidemic
» 15.08.2008 - Hepatitis kills 106 in Uganda
» 14.08.2008 - Ghana calls for urgent meeting to control avian flu
» 13.08.2008 - Uganda launches mass campaign to fight AIDS infection
» 13.08.2008 - Ghana needs $1.4 billion to fight climate change
» 12.08.2008 - Avian flu strain detected in Nigeria
» 05.08.2008 - Southern African HIV infection affects all age groups
» 04.08.2008 - Rights and opportunity critical for people living longer with HIV
» 31.07.2008 - Ethiopia seals $7.5 million deal
» 29.07.2008 - Increasing child malnutrition in Mauritania
» 28.07.2008 - Uganda police torture gay rights activist
» 28.07.2008 - First HIV surveillance programme in Somaliland
» 23.07.2008 - Kenya study proves malaria drugs side effects
» 22.07.2008 - Massive AIDS projects threaten African health
» 18.07.2008 - Mandela frowns at gap between rich and poor
» 18.07.2008 - Kenyan police still tops corruption index
» 16.07.2008 - Rwanda starts male circumcision program in the army
» 16.07.2008 - UK to save 1 million Nigerian lives
» 15.07.2008 - Madagascar needs more help to combat deadly RVF outbreak
» 11.07.2008 - Africa records slow birth rate
» 11.07.2008 - Dutch woman dies of Ebola like virus in Uganda
» 30.06.2008 - MDR-TB rapid tests available for poor countries
» 27.06.2008 - Africa alone reels with heterosexual AIDS epidemic
» 25.06.2008 - Ethiopia AIDS patients pull out on treatment
» 24.06.2008 - Community-directed healthcare 'most effective' - study
» 23.06.2008 - Lead intoxication causes Senegal deaths
» 20.06.2008 - Fresh polio outbreak in northern Nigeria
» 20.06.2008 - Tanzania vulture deaths may cause epidemic risks
» 19.06.2008 - SA prisoners on hunger strike
» 19.06.2008 - Gay activists' arrest "shows African HIV response gaps"
» 17.06.2008 - Egypt's renowned film-maker in coma
» 12.06.2008 - US$ 10 million for Lesotho's orphans
» 10.06.2008 - Africa lagging behind on universal access and treatment - UN
» 10.06.2008 - 2 million Malawi children targeted for vitamin 'A' supplement
» 09.06.2008 - Egypt lawmakers ban FGM
» 09.06.2008 - Tanzania controls HIV/AIDS
» 06.06.2008 - South Africa's HIV prevalence decreases
» 05.06.2008 - Ugandan gay activists arrested at HIV meeting
» 04.06.2008 - Malawi successfully reducing HIV rate
» 03.06.2008 - 3 million on ARV's, millions still lagging behind
» 30.05.2008 - Kenya combats fake drugs
» 30.05.2008 - UNICEF urges adequate health for African children
» 29.05.2008 - Egypt court upholds HIV sentences
» 19.05.2008 - Nigeria's "hidden" senator sent to jail
» 13.05.2008 - Djibouti female genital cutting linked to poverty
» 08.05.2008 - Canada sells combined AIDS drugs to Rwanda
» 29.04.2008 - 'South Africa faces threat'
» 25.04.2008 - Burkina: Meningitis kills 800
» 17.04.2008 - UN Congo mission lauded
» 16.04.2008 - Fire kills 19 Ugandan girls
» 09.04.2008 - Corrupt officials in the dock
» 31.03.2008 - Cholera kills 50 Nigerians
» 27.03.2008 - Somalia declared polio-free
» 26.03.2008 - Egypt's vocal editor jailed
» 20.03.2008 - 'Ghana mistreats refugees'
» 20.03.2008 - Habitat celebrates success
» 19.03.2008 - sub-Sahara tops urban growth
» 07.03.2008 - No-work-no-pay rule damned
» 05.03.2008 - Egypt reports new avian flu
» 19.02.2008 - US boosts Africa's malaria war
» 19.02.2008 - Tortured journalist flees Gambia
» 18.02.2008 - First ladies fight for peace
» 14.02.2008 - Niger measles fluctuates
» 12.02.2008 - Meningitis threatens CAR
» 11.02.2008 - Uganda strike causes deaths
» 08.02.2008 - Mbeki assures 2010 World Cup
» 07.02.2008 - 'Stop criminalizing HIV'
» 06.02.2008 - Gacaca jails genocide doctor
» 05.02.2008 - Uganda combats demons
» 05.02.2008 - Renewed fight against FGM
» 05.02.2008 - Global warming affects Africa
» 04.02.2008 - Tunisian doctors due in SA
» 04.02.2008 - Tremors strike Great Lakes
» 01.02.2008 - MSF halts Somalia operations
» 31.01.2008 - Meningitis rocks West Africa
» 29.01.2008 - Communities reject soda plant
» 29.01.2008 - US leader tours Africa
» 28.01.2008 - Back pain hospitalised Moi
» 25.01.2008 - Ghana: Transit point for drugs
» 24.01.2008 - SA urged to introduce PMTCT
» 23.01.2008 - Mass circumcision in Rwanda
» 04.01.2008 - Somali leader back to hospital
» 04.01.2008 - Kenya needs relief support
» 03.01.2008 - WHO alerts high risk malaria
» 03.01.2008 - Gambia increases salaries
» 02.01.2008 - Somalia: MSF medics freed
» 27.12.2007 - Cholera strikes Congo
» 26.12.2007 - What's killing Gambian soldiers?
» 20.12.2007 - Marriage scourge exposed
» 14.12.2007 - Sudan needs $2 billion
» 13.12.2007 - Uganda probes Ebola origin
» 10.12.2007 - Book exposes pregnancy risks
» 10.12.2007 - Somalia war attracts disease
» 06.12.2007 - Zambia leader hails Zim progress
» 05.12.2007 - Ebola kills 16 in Uganda
» 04.12.2007 - Somali leader hospitalised
» 04.12.2007 - TB still Kenya's fast killer
» 03.12.2007 - Africa measles falls by 91%
» 28.11.2007 - Zambian eyes AU post
» 27.11.2007 - Salt causes Angola illness
» 22.11.2007 - Queen lauds Uganda peace
» 22.11.2007 - Malaria cripples Ghana’s health budget
» 20.11.2007 - Unknown illness hits Angola
» 16.11.2007 - Guineans get free malaria drugs
» 15.11.2007 - Fever kills 96 Sudanese
» 14.11.2007 - Gambia's health minister fired
» 05.11.2007 - Zambian First Lady urges women to demand safe sex
» 31.10.2007 - Gambia: New malaria drugs available
» 29.10.2007 - Diabetes threatens Ghanaians
» 23.10.2007 - South African scientists will rise to Gates' challenge
» 22.10.2007 - Mozambique ex-leader bags Africa leadership prize
» 19.10.2007 - Ghana study reveals low life expectancy
» 19.10.2007 - Malnutrition, cholera bite DRC's war-ravaged community
» 18.10.2007 - Big boost for Lesotho nutrition
» 17.10.2007 - Nets aid Africa's malaria fight
» 16.10.2007 - Africa's ARV treatment fails
» 12.10.2007 - Sub-Saharan Africa off-track MDG targets
» 17.09.2007 - Kenya's Muslims oppose condoms
» 07.09.2007 - High attrition cripples Ethiopia's health sector
» 05.09.2007 - Sick Darfur leader allowed overseas treatment
» 05.09.2007 - Mystery disease ravages DRC
» 03.09.2007 - Row over South African minister’s health turns sour
» 30.08.2007 - MALI: Child marriage a neglected problem
» 30.08.2007 - Fact-finding humanitarian mission begins in Ogaden
» 29.08.2007 - CAR crisis displaces 291,000
» 29.08.2007 - Sudan's booming town lacks AIDS education
» 29.08.2007 - Chad: 40,000 anti-malaria nets for refugees
» 24.08.2007 - Illegal Liberians’ deportation contested
» 24.08.2007 - ‘Nutrition no substitute for ARV’
» 23.08.2007 - Angola: Luanda's residents drink suspect water
» 22.08.2007 - Boom for Malawian HIV-affected fish farmers
» 17.08.2007 - 350,000 Burundian refugees return home
» 14.08.2007 - Methanol, the alcohol that kills
» 14.08.2007 - Global Fund lifts Chad’s grant suspension
» 10.08.2007 - $20.6 million grant for Senegal’s anti-malaria campaign
» 09.08.2007 - UGANDA:‘No more Marburg cases’
» 07.08.2007 - South Africa suspends UK meat over mad cow fears
» 02.08.2007 - Africa: Falling HIV rates tell complex story
» 02.08.2007 - DRC: 27 polio cases reported
» 01.08.2007 - Ebola-like fever hits Uganda
» 01.08.2007 - Kenya Minister clashes with police
» 01.08.2007 - South Africa: Clamp down on botched circumcisions
» 31.07.2007 - Row over SA's "negligent baby death"
» 30.07.2007 - Brain drain continues to rob Africa
» 24.07.2007 - Libya: Bulgarian medics at home
» 18.07.2007 - Bulgaria requests convicted medics from Libya
» 17.07.2007 - Critical lack of health workers in Brazzaville
» 16.07.2007 - Stakeholders bang heads on 'Brain Drain' in Malawi
» 12.07.2007 - Lesotho churches bolster HIV/AIDS fight
» 11.07.2007 - Court confirms medics' death penalty
» 04.07.2007 - Liberia: Uncontrolled trash threatens public health
» 27.06.2007 - Swazi journalists barred from hospitals
» 26.06.2007 - Salt in Nigeria now iodised
» 26.06.2007 - Laura Bush emphasises nutrition for HIV/AIDS patients
» 25.06.2007 - US First Lady tours Africa
» 13.06.2007 - South Africa fires striking health workers
» 09.06.2007 - Cheap meningitis vaccine developed in West Africa
» 07.06.2007 - Zambia questions men touting HIV/AIDS cure
» 07.06.2007 - 2 million Zimbabwe children get polio vaccine
» 01.06.2007 - Antiretroviral generics to be produced in Ethiopia, Zimbabwe
» 29.05.2007 - Malawi mourns 1st Lady
» 25.05.2007 - Ex-Zambian leader hospitalised
» 24.05.2007 - New health risk for Nigerian flu
» 24.05.2007 - 5,000 Africans trained on blood safety
» 11.05.2007 - Rift valley fever kills over 100 in Tanzania
» 11.05.2007 - Togo bans Ghana chickens
» 08.05.2007 - Why Ghana’s health workers strike
» 27.04.2007 - Gambia: Scientist Disputes 'Aids Cure' evidence
» 25.04.2007 - East Africa unveils tougher malaria fight
» 24.04.2007 - Uganda AIDS patients’ difficult access to treatment
» 24.04.2007 - Zimbabwe downs malaria
» 23.04.2007 - New diarrhoea kills 4 Ethiopians
» 20.04.2007 - Ghanaian Healers can correct MDGs deficiencies
» 18.04.2007 - Sex work thrives in Zimbabwe
» 11.04.2007 - Mali finds no good way to boost health services
» 05.04.2007 - Eritrea criminalises FGM
» 04.04.2007 - Demolition worries Cameroonians
» 02.04.2007 - Mosquitoes with 'selfish genes' may help fight malaria
» 02.04.2007 - More aid for Lesotho's numerous orphans
» 28.03.2007 - AIDS killed 193 Tanzanian teachers
» 21.03.2007 - Over 500 succumb to meningitis in Burkina Faso
» 20.03.2007 - Cholera kills one in Senegal
» 16.03.2007 - Malaria drug to be grown in Southern Africa
» 16.03.2007 - "Alarming" HIV rise in young South African women
» 14.03.2007 - South Africa set to arrest HIV
» 09.03.2007 - Uganda decries lack of research on sleeping sickness
» 08.03.2007 - Mali govt to "beat malaria this year"
» 05.03.2007 - Homophobia in Africa "accelerates AIDS spread"
» 01.03.2007 - New, cheap malaria cure hits African market
» 28.02.2007 - Ivorian poultry producers lose millions over avian flu
» 26.02.2007 - FGM, circumcision "likely to spread HIV"
» 23.02.2007 - Gambia expels UN rep over AIDS cure grills
» 12.02.2007 - Gambia President continues "AIDS treatment"
» 01.02.2007 - Nigeria confirms first human bird flu death
» 26.01.2007 - Main malaria carriers identified in Cameroon
» 22.01.2007 - 15 million diabetics in Africa by 2025
» 17.01.2007 - Gambian President "cures" patients
» 15.01.2007 - 10,000 South African educators to die of AIDS
» 15.01.2007 - More African nations use DDT to cut malaria death toll
» 08.01.2007 - Kenya Rift Valley Fever outbreak prompts research
» 04.01.2007 - 55% of Swazi women are overweight
» 20.12.2006 - 400 new doctors to lose jobs in Kenya
» 19.12.2006 - Libya court sentences medics to death
» 14.12.2006 - Deadly infection hits Zambezi fish
» 08.12.2006 - Ebola outbreak killed 5000 gorillas
» 08.12.2006 - Nigeria boosts research into traditional medicine
» 08.12.2006 - China exports more anti-malaria drugs to Africa
» 08.12.2006 - African Muslim clerics divided on condom use
» 07.12.2006 - Health continue to hinder Africa's progress
» 29.11.2006 - Bird flu now Africa's problem
» 24.11.2006 - Drug-resistant typhoid makes leap from Asia to Africa
» 21.11.2006 - Meningitis kills 16 in Sudan
» 17.11.2006 - Scientists predict next Ebola outbreak
» 09.11.2006 - West Africa still world's least developed region
» 08.11.2006 - Nigeria govt warns against bird flu vaccinating
» 08.11.2006 - Cholera reappears with rains in Angola
» 07.11.2006 - Gambian women cannot negotiate safe sex
» 02.11.2006 - Ethiopian women reject genital cutting (FGM)
» 30.10.2006 - Sierra Leone only starting to battle AIDS
» 27.10.2006 - African ambassadors bolster malaria fight
» 20.10.2006 - Zambia's Kabwe: world's most polluted place
» 19.10.2006 - Senegalese AIDS community cries in silence
» 19.10.2006 - "Global Fund not for 1st ladies"
» 17.10.2006 - Polio returns to Kenya after 22 years
» 16.10.2006 - Africans discuss safe blood transfusions
» 11.10.2006 - Tanzania secures US$ 59 million to battle maternal mortality
» 10.10.2006 - Comoros volcano polluted island water source
» 02.10.2006 - 91% of young Cape Verdean males have high-risk sex
» 12.09.2006 - Mauritania's Prussian past revealed: A desert pharmacy
» 08.09.2006 - Mass polio vaccination in Kenya, Somalia, Ethiopia
» 08.09.2006 - SA finds new, worryingly virulent strain of TB
» 07.09.2006 - Mortality for middle-aged South Africans doubled
» 07.09.2006 - Ivorian govt resigns over toxic fumes scandal
» 06.09.2006 - "Sack SA Health Minister" - world's AIDS experts
» 07.06.2006 - Lesotho intensifies efforts to help rape survivors
» 06.06.2006 - Namibia "mystery disease" was polio outbreak
» 05.06.2006 - Tourist arrivals up in Mauritius; disaster in Réunion
» 02.06.2006 - "Female genital mutilation increases babies' mortality"
» 02.06.2006 - Kenya announces free AIDS, malaria drugs
» 01.06.2006 - Tanzanian church still opposes condoms, sex education
» 24.05.2006 - Mutated Chikungunya virus caused Indian Ocean epidemic
» 22.05.2006 - Bird flu continues to spread in Burkina Faso
» 07.04.2006 - Zimbabwean women now have world's shortest lifespan
» 06.04.2006 - Also Indian Ocean tourists hit by chikungunya virus
» 04.04.2006 - Three bird flu cases confirmed in Burkina Faso
» 04.04.2006 - Health workers turn back on Nigeria
» 03.04.2006 - Niger battles malaria
» 03.04.2006 - Researchers study Cape Verdeans' genetic structure
» 28.03.2006 - Another woman dies from bird flu in Egypt
» 27.03.2006 - Polio again spreading in Somalia
» 24.03.2006 - Namibia considers legalising prostitution
» 20.03.2006 - Uganda's gays left out of HIV/AIDS strategy
» 07.03.2006 - Mosquitoes in Paradise: Chikungunya epidemic spreads
» 06.03.2006 - "Threat from wild birds unlikely in West Africa"
» 03.03.2006 - Bird flu fears in Mauritania, Cape Verde
» 02.03.2006 - Egypt govt maintains bird flu is under control
» 27.02.2006 - Bird flu confirmed in Niger
» 27.02.2006 - Climate forecasts help predict African malaria epidemics
» 22.02.2006 - Nigeria considers vaccinating poultry
» 20.02.2006 - New mass campaign against polio in Sudan
» 14.02.2006 - Bird flu possible in eight Nigerian states
» 09.02.2006 - Criticism as more Nigerian states report bird flu
» 09.02.2006 - West African nations to ward off bird flu
» 08.02.2006 - Avian flu outbreak confirmed in Nigeria
» 08.02.2006 - Chikungunya epidemic spreads in Indian Ocean
» 03.02.2006 - "Dog food" offer for hungry children insults Kenya
» 01.02.2006 - Polio now wiped out in Egypt, Niger
» 02.12.2005 - Thousands displaced by volcano in Comoros
» 02.12.2005 - São Tomé asks for help to stop cholera epidemic
» 30.11.2005 - Botswana meets national AIDS treatment targets
» 25.11.2005 - Comoros volcano eruption causes health concerns
» 10.11.2005 - New, cheap malaria cure for Africa presented
» 09.11.2005 - Regional AIDS policy meeting held in Lesotho
» 08.11.2005 - Dead birds reported at Somaliland coast
» 02.11.2005 - Measles death strongly declining in Africa
» 31.10.2005 - Growing prostitution observed under Zambia food crisis
» 09.09.2005 - Cholera causes concern among Guinea-Bissau's neighbours
» 08.09.2005 - Human development report shocks South Africa
» 01.08.2005 - Malawi rural men: "Having AIDS is macho"
» 16.06.2005 - Polio at Somalia, Somaliland doorstep
» 15.06.2005 - Migrant workers targeted in Lesotho AIDS campaign
» 10.05.2005 - São Tomé cholera outbreak spreads rapidly
» 05.05.2005 - Nigerian polio now reaches Indonesia
» 25.04.2005 - Row over DDT use against malaria in Uganda
» 22.04.2005 - Angola's Marburg cases still not isolated
» 20.04.2005 - Polio on return, also in Nigeria
» 05.04.2005 - Angola govt downplays Marburg outbreak
» 01.04.2005 - Regional alert as Angola Marburg outbreak spreads
» 30.03.2005 - Cholera at pilgrimage event in Senegal
» 29.03.2005 - Marburg epidemic spreading in Angola
» 22.03.2005 - Angola govt denies Ebola outbreak
» 18.03.2005 - Child mortality up by 50% in Zimbabwe
» 17.03.2005 - Possible Ebola outbreak in north Angola
» 14.03.2005 - African malaria comes to town
» 09.03.2005 - Polio crosses into Ethiopia from Sudan
» 04.03.2005 - Equatorial Guinea cholera epidemic spreads
» 01.03.2005 - Nigerian women get free fistula operation
» 25.02.2005 - Cholera epidemic confirmed in Equatorial Guinea
» 23.02.2005 - Scientists link Ebola to animal carcasses
» 25.01.2005 - South Africa enraged by Catholic ban on condoms
» 24.01.2005 - Illegal abortions with alarming consequences in Malawi
» 21.01.2005 - Senegal's gay community confronts social taboos
» 17.01.2005 - Sudan polio campaign "exceptionally successful"
» 13.01.2005 - New African pledge to eradicate polio
» 12.01.2005 - Senegal's gays fight for AIDS campaign funds
» 12.01.2005 - Community health project in Somalia "successful"
» 06.01.2005 - Mandela says eldest son died of AIDS
» 05.01.2005 - "HIV-rate at 50% on Botswana-Namibia border"
» 04.01.2005 - Darfur war may halt worldwide polio vaccination
» 20.12.2004 - Botswana HIV rate at 17, not 40 percent
» 16.12.2004 - Fidel Castro's "promise to Botswana fulfilled"
» 14.12.2004 - Large child health campaign under way in Togo
» 06.12.2004 - South Africa ends race rating of blood donors
» 01.12.2004 - War in Uganda threatens AIDS successes
» 01.12.2004 - Impact of AIDS on South Africa's elderly underrated
» 01.12.2004 - Women's vulnerability focused on Botswana AIDS Day
» 17.11.2004 - Nigeria polio immunisation finally successful
» 09.11.2004 - Lutherans urge African women to speak about sex
» 27.10.2004 - New, free AIDS clinics in Lesotho, Swaziland
» 15.10.2004 - Possible malaria vaccine presented in Mozambique
» 15.10.2004 - 7.3 million vaccinated against measles in Madagascar
» 13.10.2004 - Côte d'Ivoire finds 12 new cases of polio
» 12.10.2004 - Protests against AIDS drug price hike in South Africa
» 06.10.2004 - Fast food causing obesity and diabetes in Swaziland
» 05.10.2004 - African polio campaign started in Nigeria
» 23.09.2004 - "IMF policies undermine fight against AIDS"
» 16.09.2004 - Lesotho, Uganda praised for AIDS fight dedication
» 14.09.2004 - Uganda, Nigeria to regulate traditional healers
» 09.09.2004 - Traditional healers recognised by South African lawmakers
» 04.09.2004 - Nigeria reaffirms commitment to polio eradication
» 26.08.2004 - Ghanaian King fronts work for disabled
» 24.08.2004 - HIV/AIDS campaign in Benin strengthened
» 19.08.2004 - Ghana's gays organise to fight British criminal law
» 18.08.2004 - Cholera outbreak in Guinea "under control"
» 16.08.2004 - Bushmeat warning after new Cameroon virus
» 06.07.2004 - Church leaders alarmed by Swaziland crisis
» 02.07.2004 - Niger polio situation "still a concern"
» 02.07.2004 - Little enthusiasm for generic AIDS drug plans in South Africa
» 01.07.2004 - Polio campaign in north Nigeria starts next week
» 23.06.2004 - Polio eradication fails as Nigerian virus hits Darfur
» 14.06.2004 - "Funky, punchy condoms" for South Africa
» 11.06.2004 - IMF urged to ease requirements on Zambia
» 01.06.2004 - New AIDS drug to begin distribution in Nigeria
» 28.05.2004 - Brain drain: "Europe poaching African healthcare workers"
» 24.05.2004 - Ebola outbreak confirmed in southern Sudan
» 18.05.2004 - Egypt soon polio-free; Niger, Nigeria later on
» 12.05.2004 - Polio vaccines now accepted all over Nigeria
» 04.05.2004 - Church decries Swaziland's "tragedy beyond comprehension"
» 04.05.2004 - Namibia aid appeal "ignored"
» 14.04.2004 - Nigerian polio strikes in Botswana
» 06.04.2004 - Rwandan women surviving genocide now face AIDS
» 06.04.2004 - New uses for West Africa's miracle yohimbe tree
» 23.03.2004 - New virus infections from bushmeat found in Central Africa
» 15.03.2004 - First medical school in Eritrea opens
» 08.03.2004 - African AIDS widows left without inheritance
» 05.03.2004 - More than 2,000 cholera cases in Mali
» 04.03.2004 - "South African govt undermining own AIDS programme"
» 03.03.2004 - Wireless healthcare project in Uganda wins award
» 01.03.2004 - More than 650 cholera cases in Togo
» 26.02.2004 - North Nigerian polio boycott "unforgivable"
» 25.02.2004 - Nigerian polio now spreads to Côte d'Ivoire
» 25.02.2004 - Strong efforts against AIDS in Malawi
» 23.02.2004 - Kano state again halts Nigerian polio vaccination
» 20.02.2004 - Swaziland declares national disaster
» 20.02.2004 - Climate extremes steer malaria outbreaks in African Highlands
» 20.02.2004 - Massive polio immunisation drive throughout Africa
» 18.02.2004 - "HIV infection rate declines" in South Africa
» 06.02.2004 - Humanitarian crisis in Lesotho grows
» 03.02.2004 - Frustration over South African AIDS budget cuts
» 29.01.2004 - Is the African AIDS pandemic a bluff?
» 29.01.2004 - Public health law approved in Cape Verde
» 28.01.2004 - Cholera outbreak in Mozambique, Zambia spreads
» 23.01.2004 - Efforts against Guinea worm in Togo, Mali, Ghana
» 16.01.2004 - Ebola also causes epidemics in ape populations
» 15.01.2004 - Harare water quality rescued by foreign aid
» 14.01.2004 - Experimental Mozambican mass cholera vaccination begins
» 09.01.2004 - New polio cases in Benin, Cameroon
» 08.01.2004 - Hope for those with HIV in Rwanda
» 05.01.2004 - Nigerians confirm polio vaccine is safe
» 23.12.2003 - European satellite to assist solving the Ebola enigma
» 19.12.2003 - AIDS reduces life expectancy by over 20 years
» 02.12.2003 - South African AIDS activists nominated for Nobel Peace Prize
» 01.12.2003 - Now 40% of Botswana's pregnant women have HIV
» 01.12.2003 - Gender violence fuels African AIDS crisis
» 26.11.2003 - Now more than 10 million AIDS orphans
» 20.11.2003 - Cholera outbreak continues in Benin
» 19.11.2003 - South African govt approves AIDS drug treatment
» 19.11.2003 - Cholera epidemic puts 500,000 Malians at risk
» 18.11.2003 - Human testing of Ebola vaccine has begun
» 17.11.2003 - Eleven Congolese Ebola deaths officially confirmed
» 11.11.2003 - African security to relatively improve in 2004
» 11.11.2003 - Conservative action on AIDS by Nigerian church
» 08.11.2003 - Measles mass vaccination campaign launched in Guinea
» 03.11.2003 - Senegalese artists, business unite against AIDS
» 23.10.2003 - Polio outbreak in Nigeria spreads across West Africa
» 09.09.2003 - New HIV test approved by Ugandan authorities
» 30.07.2003 - South African Nevirapine farce continues
» 29.07.2003 - Senegalese singer to raise AIDS awareness
» 23.07.2003 - Rwandan HIV/AIDS control plan financed
» 26.06.2003 - Equatoguinean malaria project sponsored by oil industry
» 20.06.2003 - Unsafe water kills 55 Mozambicans, daily
» 30.05.2003 - Djibouti to control AIDS, malaria and TB
» 23.05.2003 - Soweto to get new hospital
» 20.05.2003 - AIDS: "Women live with exhaustion, grief and depression"
» 19.05.2003 - South Africa's DJ Khabzela in AIDS polemics
» 17.05.2003 - 7.6 million Angolan children to be vaccinated
» 02.05.2003 - Efforts to stop SARS from entering Africa
» 30.04.2003 - Zambian govt responds to sexual abuse report
» 30.04.2003 - South African minister "freaks out" in aircraft

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