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Mali
Graft pauses Mali health aid

afrol News, 8 December - Three projects fighting malaria and tuberculosis in Mali have seen their international funding suspended as government found "evidence of misappropriation and unjustified expenditure."
Tanzania
Pedal power may clean up Tanzania slum

afrol News, 19 November - The slums of the Tanzanian capital, Dar es Salaam, are an unhealthy and smelly place due to freely flowing sewage. Now, a researcher has found a low-threshold technology without needing electricity that could clean up the slum.
Kenya
E-payment for a cup of water in Kenya

afrol News, 22 October - In a rural district grossly neglected by Kenyan authorities, private actors have introduced groundbreaking technology to provide basic services. E-payment, microfinance and solar energy secure safe water for villagers.
Africa | World
World Bank funding targets Africa’s malaria fight

afrol News, 23 April - African states still not covered with malaria treated nets will be given priority in the new funding committed and aimed at meeting the 2010 target of eradicating the killer disease.
Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone's health strike ends

afrol News, 29 March - The almost two weeks strike by Sierra Leone's health workers ended yesterday after government made an offer to double salaries of the striking workforce.
Kenya | World
World longest toilet queue upcoming in Kenya

afrol News, 19 March - The Kibera Slum in Nairobi is becoming the site of "the world's longest toilet queue" this weekend, organisers of a World Water Day event in Kenya promise.
Africa | World
UNAIDS partner with rock icon to fight AIDS

afrol News, 3 March - The lead United Nations agency tackling the AIDS epidemic, along with rock and roll icon Annie Lennox, have launched an action plan to empower women and girls to protect themselves against HIV.
Africa | World
Africa more vulnerable to non-communicable diseases’ deaths

afrol News, 25 February - With often preventable, non-communicable diseases such as heart attacks, strokes, diabetes, cancer and chronic respiratory illness accounting for 60 percent of all global deaths, experts from around the world gathered at a United Nations forum to draw up plans to reverse the trend.
Algeria
Algeria seeks to reduce swine flu vaccines order

afrol News, 8 February - Algerian health officials are negotiating the reduction of its order of swine flu vaccines from 20 to five million doses, saying the cases of the virus have drastically declined in recent months.
Botswana
Botswana youth get World Bank funding

afrol News, 8 February - The World Bank has awarded P1 million (about $100,000) to Botswana artists for the project aimed at encouraging behavioural change among youth and adults in Francistown. The young artists had submitted a funding proposal through the National AIDS Coordinating Agency last year.
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» 02.02.2010 - SA announces measles outbreak
» 02.02.2010 - African leaders tackle malaria
» 27.01.2010 - Nigeria seizes fake drugs
» 10.12.2009 - Efforts intensify to fight malaria in Kenya and Nigeria
» 07.12.2009 - SA urged to improve health care for migrants
» 04.12.2009 - WHO eyes tobacco control in Africa
» 04.12.2009 - Inaugural 'Health Worker Leadership Award' honours Kenyan midwife
» 25.11.2009 - Zimbabwe losing its women and children
» 24.11.2009 - A quarter of world population live without electricity
» 24.11.2009 - Global HIV infections down by 17 percent
» 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
» 10.11.2009 - Uganda partners with media to fight HIV/AIDS
» 09.11.2009 - Seven African states in Malaria trial
» 30.10.2009 - Alliance plans to immunise 130 million children against Pneumonia
» 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
» 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 - Project to fight Malaria builds thriving African Mosquito net industry
» 16.09.2009 - WHO warns of possible after floods health disaster in W/Africa
» 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 - $1.5 million life-saving support needed in CAR
» 10.08.2009 - Indigenous community must be celebrated with honour, Ban
» 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
» 17.07.2009 - Aid critical in Somalia, UN
» 09.07.2009 - Kenyans in court over Anti-Counterfeit Act
» 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
» 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...!
» 28.04.2009 - Global crisis impacting on HIV and AIDS treatment
» 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
» 09.04.2009 - IFRC launches $2.1 million appeal for polio eradication
» 08.04.2009 - Lesotho ready to roll out social cash grants
» 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
» 12.02.2009 - Algeria to embark on health infrastructure development
» 10.02.2009 - Zimbabwe receives $11 million in humanitarian aid
» 19.01.2009 - $5 million boost for cholera fight in Zim
» 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
» 19.12.2008 - Mugabe torment citizens to tighten his grip on power
» 17.12.2008 - Striking health workers resume duties
» 13.11.2008 - "Most Uganda child deaths easily preventable"
» 07.11.2008 - Zimbabwe releases $7.3 million global fund money
» 30.10.2008 - Cholera spreads to Zim's capital
» 30.10.2008 - MSF pulls out of Niger
» 23.10.2008 - US to disburse community grants to fight Malaria
» 22.10.2008 - Somali children given first priority in crisis food distribution
» 20.10.2008 - Nigeria strengthens its health systems
» 17.10.2008 - Ghanaian president hails breast cancer treatment mission
» 14.10.2008 - NCAP requests Ghana to act against water company

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