Tag Archives: Health care
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation/Prashant PanjiarBy custom, many Ethiopian parents won’t name a child for weeks, in case the baby dies. Sebsebila Nassir, pictured above with a health worker, named her newborn daughter Amira—’princess’ in Arabic—on her immunization card the … read more »
Posted in Article, Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Nigeria
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Tagged Bill Gates, Ethiopia, ethiopia addis ababa, ethiopia latest news, Ethiopian, ethiopian news, Ethiopians, Health care, IndepthAfrica, Kerala, latest ethiopian news, Melinda Gates, Millennium Development Goals, news ethiopia, United Nations, World Economic Forum
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by Ayo Olukotun The country is still reeling from the shock of the exposure of the horrible and dehumanizing condition of the Ikeja Police College. So frighteningly degraded is the shape of the college that the President following his unscheduled … read more »
By Emily Cooper,independent (GETTY IMAGES) Darfur and the DRC are two of the most dangerous places on earth, with armed factions fighting for control of territory and regular violent clashes. But far more dangerous than … read more »
Posted in Article, Health, South Sudan, Sudan
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Tagged Darfur, Getty Images, Health care, IndepthAfrica, North Sudan, SouthSudan, Sudan, sudanese news, Warrap, World Vision
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Lagos – A lawyer for one of the men accused of planning a 2010 dual car bombing in Nigeria’s capital says his client has died while awaiting trial. Festus Keyamo said on Saturday in a statement that Tiemkenfa Francis Osvo, … read more »
Posted in Daily News Wrap, News, Nigeria, West Africa
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Tagged Abuja, Africa news, African, African news, Boko Haram, car bomb, Health care, Indepth Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, Indepth Nigeria, Indepth Soccer, Keyamo, Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta, Nigeria, Request for Comments
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Dr Ramya Ramaswami Maternal mortality among black African women in the UK is up to seven times higher than it is among white women. Doctors’ surgeries are misunderstanding their obligations to migrant patients, says Dr Ramya Ramaswami The Confidential Enquiry … read more »
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Tagged Health care, HIV, Home Office, Indepth Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, National Health Service, NHS, Obstetrics, Pregnancy, Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists
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September 14, 2011 by benim
The World Health Organization says chronic diseases, like heart disease, diabetes, and cancer, are the world’s leading killer — and it says many of those lives could be saved by simple diet and lifestyle changes. In a new report released … read more »
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Bujumbura – A cholera outbreak has killed at least seven people in western Burundi, where it has infected more than 400 people in the past three weeks, the health ministry said on Monday. Authorities are treating as an epidemic the … read more »
Posted in Burundi, East Africa, Health, News
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Tagged About Africa, Africa news, African History, African Maps, All Africa, Arab League, breaking news, Bujumbura, Burundi, Cholera, Cibitoke, East Africa, Haiti, Health, Health care, IndepthAfrica, IndepthGhana, IndepthMultimedia, IndepthNigeria, IndepthSouthAfrica, IndepthWorld, North Africa, Pan African News, Rumonge, Southern Africa, West Africa
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Prisoners in Uganda are subjected to hard labour under conditions resembling slavery and face routine abuse and exploitation by officials, Human Rights Watch said in a report Thursday. Detainees, including pregnant women and the disabled, are often caned, stoned or … read more »
Posted in East Africa, News, Uganda
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Tagged 1996 War Crimes Act, About Africa, Africa news, African History, African Maps, All Africa, Arab League, breaking news, Donald Rumsfeld, East Africa, Health care, HIV, Human Rights Watch, IndepthAfrica, IndepthGhana, IndepthMultimedia, IndepthNigeria, IndepthSouthAfrica, IndepthWorld, New York City, Nigeria, Nigeria news, North Africa, Pan African News, Prison, Southern Africa, Uganda, West Africa
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GABORONE, Botswana – Botswana’s government has told 1,478 civil servants considered essential workers they will be fired for taking part in a nationwide strike that has dragged on for more than a month, officials said Friday. Akanyang Mmoi, a spokesman … read more »
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Tagged About Africa, Africa news, African History, African Maps, All Africa, Arab League, Botswana, breaking news, Civil service, East Africa, Gaborone, Government, Health, Health care, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, IndepthGhana, IndepthMultimedia, IndepthNigeria, IndepthSouthAfrica, IndepthWorld, North Africa, Pan African News, percentage, Southern Africa, West Africa
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The International Organization for Migration (IOM) and the Kenyan government on Wednesday appealed to the world to provide migrants with equal access to health care as those available for its nationals. IOM’s Regional Medical Health Coordinator for Africa and Middle … read more »
Posted in East Africa, Kenya, News, Refugees/Migrants
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Tagged Africa maps, Africa news, African news, African tribes, breaking news, Dadaab, East Africa, Embassies and Consulates, Health care, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, IndepthNigeria, IndepthWorld, International Organization for Migration, Kakuma, Libya, Middle East, News local news, World news
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February 10, 2011 by benim
President Jacob Zuma has reassured the nation about the health of its favorite citizen, Nelson Mandela, but cautioned South Africans not to be surprised to hear the aging anti-apartheid icon has to seek medical treatment from time to time. The … read more »
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Tagged Africa maps, Africa news, African National Congress, African news, breaking news, Embassies and Consulates, Health care, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, IndepthNigeria, Influenza-like illness, Jacob Zuma, Johannesburg, Nelson Mandela, South Africa, Southern Africa
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November 24, 2010 by benim
I am touring a health facility in Gombore, about 60 minutes from the main road. It’s small, but it’s part of a larger effort that is making a real difference in Ethiopia. Ethiopia is one of the most rural countries … read more »
Posted in East Africa, Ethiopia, Health, News
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Tagged Addis Ababa, Africa news, Ethiopia, Ezekiel J. Emanuel, Health care, Health policy, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, National Institutes of Health, United States
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November 18, 2010 by benim
The family of an elderly Quebec woman who died in hospital after waiting six hours in the emergency room to see a doctor has filed a complaint with the facility. Last Tuesday, Therese de Repentigny’s daughter took her to the … read more »
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Tagged Alberta, Canada, Deaths in ERs, emergency department, emergency medicine, emergency rooms, ER, Fernande Blais, health budgets, Health care, health care debate, Health economics, Health Medical Pharma, Healthcare in Canada, healthcare reform, IndepthAfrica, Medicine, Montreal, montreal woman, Montreal Woman Dies, political-news, Therese de Repentigny, Triage, Waiting times., Winnipeg, woman died
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November 1, 2010 by benim
If we spent more on health care, would we be healthier? That’s not a conclusion that leaps out at me after going through the annual report on health spending in Canada published by the Canadian Institute for Health Information. The … read more »
October 28, 2010 by benim
Targeting: Hillary Clinton (U.S. Secretary of State) Sponsored by: CARE An estimated 100 to 140 million girls and women worldwide are currently living with the consequences of female genital cutting, also called female circumcision. Female genital cutting includes several different … read more »
October 25, 2010 by benim
The Kenyan Government is stepping up efforts to reduce maternal mortality in the country. The Ministry of Public Health and Sanitation recently launched the National Road Map Strategic Plan for this purpose. The country has already made some advances in … read more »
Posted in Article, East Africa, Health, Kenya, News
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Tagged Developing country, Health care, Kenya, Maternal death, Maternal health, Millennium Development Goal, Reproductive health
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Nigeria bomb suspect dies in jail
Lagos – A lawyer for one of the men accused of planning a 2010 dual car bombing in Nigeria’s capital says his client has died while awaiting trial. Festus Keyamo said on Saturday in a statement that Tiemkenfa Francis Osvo, … read more »