Tag Archives: Health
By Ambassador Donald Koran, opinion Today, around half the world’s population is at risk from malaria – a preventable and treatable disease that claims the life of a child every minute. Just ten years ago it was estimated that globally, … read more »
Posted in America, Asia, Australia, Europe, Ghana, Global Issues, Guinea, Middle East, Nigeria, South Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe
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Tagged Barack Obama, Disease, Health, HIV positive people, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Malaria, Rwanda, World Malaria Day
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By Imogen Lamb, April 25 is World Malaria Day, a day designed to highlight a disease that continues to kill almost 700,000 people around the world every year. Most of the deaths occur in young children under five years old. … read more »
Posted in Article, Central Africa, Congo, DR Congo, Ethiopia, Kenya, Liberia, Nigeria, Op-ed, Somali, South Africa, Sudan, Swaziland, Zimbabwe
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Tagged Conditions and Diseases, Democratic Republic of Congo, DRC, Health, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Kinshasa, Malaria, World Malaria Day
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Amira Agarib An Ethiopian maid who was allegedly tortured and burnt by a Morrocan woman has undergone cosmetic surgery at Al Qasimi Hospital. The 23-year-old had many burns on her body when she was brought to the hospital, where she … read more »
Posted in Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia
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Tagged American Society of Plastic Surgeons, Cosmetic and Plastic, Ethiopian, Health, Medicine, plastic surgery, Surgeons and Clinics, surgery, United States
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By Ugo Dosu Epidemic diseases are one of the leading causes of death all over the world, especially in under-developed and developing countries. In fact the future of several African countries is in jeopardy due to these diseases. Whether a … read more »
Posted in Article, Nigeria, Op-ed, West Africa
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Tagged Business, Disease, Epidemic, Health, Health system, Healthcare, Human resources, Indepth Africa Magazine, Nigeria
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Adorsu-Djentuh, Franklin Yayra Environmental pollution is not just limited to the air, water and the sanitary environment of our enclaves. Noise is one of the pollutions that can create disharmony and dissonance in our physical and mental environments. Sound and … read more »
Posted in Article, Ghana, West Africa
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Tagged EPA, Ghana, Health, Homowo, IndepthAfrica, Noise, Noise pollution, Pollution, United States Environmental Protection Agency
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By Ameh Comrade Godwin , dailypost Residents of Malumfashi local government area of Kastina state were on Tuesday thrown into confusion following the mysterious birth of a baby with two heads by a 19-year-old housewife, Zainab Dahiru. It was … read more »
Posted in Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Mali, Nigeria, South Africa, Togo, Zimbabwe
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Tagged Ahmadu Bello University, Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital, baby with two heads, General Hospital, Health, Medicine, Nigeria, Tuesday, Umar
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Every 30 minutes a woman or girl is raped in Kenya. That’s nearly 50 woman or girls every day, over 300 every week, over 1,200 every month and over 15,000 each year. While laws exist in Kenya to prevent such … read more »
Hazel Southam ,independent An Aids awareness scheme is teaching villagers HIV is an illness, and not caused by witchcraft. By Hazel Southam in Kasarika Sixty-nine year-old Enifa Ngulama has sold some honey. She runs to the back of her mud-brick … read more »
By:Emmanuel Agyenfra Boateng. Forget applying for College of Education,Midwifery and Nursing Training and any of the security forces training schools if you don’t know any body.I know so many readers will have their personal reservations to make about this topic.A … read more »
Posted in Article, Ghana, West Africa
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Tagged Alzheimer's disease, Cognition, Education, Ghana, God, Health, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Prison officer
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Would anyone work to support themselves or their families — and then turn over a chunk of that hard-earned money to somebody else, just because of the words used by that somebody else? A few people may be taken in … read more »
Antananarivo – A particularly severe outbreak of malaria in Madagascar has killed seven people since the beginning of the month and has left 60 others in need of hospitalisation, the country’s health minister said on Thursday. Madagascar has seen an … read more »
Posted in Daily News Wrap, East Africa, Madagascar, News
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Tagged afria travel, Disease, Health, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, india south africa, Indian Ocean, Johanita Ndahimananjara, Madagascar, Malaria, map africa, map of africa, Mosquito net, news, South Africa, travel to africa
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Last year on World Malaria Day, we mourned the fact that one child died every 45 seconds from this disease. This year, we have managed to slow the clock. It remains a monumental tragedy that one child dies every minute … read more »
Posted in Documents, Miscellaneous, Press Releases
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Tagged afria travel, Africa news, African news, Conditions and Diseases, Disease, Health, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, infectious diseases, Malaria, Mosquito net, World Malaria Day
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Nairobi – Eritrean President Issaias Afeworki is at the “peak of his health” the secretive Red Sea state said Monday, in a statement aimed to quash rumours the authoritarian leader is sick. Blaming “demonising campaigns” by the United States spy … read more »
Posted in Daily News Wrap, East Africa, Eritrea, News
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Tagged afria travel, Africa news, African news, Asmara, Central Intelligence Agency, Eritrea, Health, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Qatar, Red Sea, United States
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The mention of HIV or AIDS is enough to send shivers down the spine of even the most courageous. How many like the biblical character Esther, can boldly say “if I die, I die” when diagnosed with the disease? Hitherto, … read more »
Posted in Ghana, News, West Africa
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Tagged Africa news, African news, AIDS, Antiretroviral drug, cure, Ghana, God, Health, HIV, Hope, IndepthAfrica
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CAIRO: Dubai police arrested an African witch who tried to sell medical herbs to an undercover policemen, newspapers said on Thursday. The woman, who had eluded a previous court jail and deportation sentence, had already extorted large sums of money … read more »
Posted in Daily News Wrap, News
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Tagged Africa news, African news, Dubai, Health, Herb, Incense, IndepthAfrica, Prison, Shopping, United Arab Emirates, Woman
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Conjoined twin girls who were abandoned by their parents because they could not afford their care have been given new hope of surgery and returning home to their family. Veena and Vani, eight, were born joined at the head, but … read more »
Posted in Miscellaneous, Odd News
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Tagged Chile, Conjoined twins, Health, Hospital, Indepth Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Medicine, Niloufer Hospital, Santiago, Vani
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CAPE-TOWN, South-Africa, December 13, 2011/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Minister of Social Development, Ms Bathabile Dlamini, will tomorrow launch government’s Anti-Alcohol and Substance Abuse Campaign in Cape Town, Western Cape. The Campaign will be unveiled under the theme: “Towards an … read more »
November 4, 2011 by benim
A nurse who threw her hands into the air and begged for Jesus to help as a baby suffered a heart attack has been thrown out of the profession. Omolayo Abayomi ‘panicked’ when the child, who suffered from a chronic … read more »
Posted in News, Nigeria, West Africa
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Tagged Great Ormond Street Hospital, Health, Homerton University Hospital, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, IndepthAfricaMagazine, IndepthMultimedia, IndepthNigeria, IndepthSouthAfrica, jesus, Leytonstone, London, Nigeria, Nigeria news, Nigeria online, North Africa, nurse, Nursing, Pan African News, Southern Africa, West Africa
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BANGALORE: The sleuths of Women and Narcotic Squad of the Central Crime Branch (CCB) arrested a Nigerian national for allegedly trying to sell cocaine. The police have seized 114 grams of cocaine worth Rs. 6 lakh, a cash of Rs. … read more »
Posted in Crime & Corruption, News, Nigeria, West Africa
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Tagged arrest, Bangalore, Crack cocaine, Health, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, IndepthGhana, IndepthMultimedia, IndepthNigeria, IndepthSouthAfrica, IndepthWorld, India, Mumbai, Nigeria, Nigeria news, Nigeria online, North Africa, Pan African News, Southern Africa, West Africa
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September 16, 2011 by benim
Sixty percent of the 1,2 million people living with HIV and Aids in Zimbabwe are women, a recent survey has revealed. The survey, contained in a report titled: “Know your Epidemic – Know your Response”, indicated that only 20 percent … read more »
Posted in AIDS/HIV, Health, News, Southern Africa, Zimbabwe
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Tagged AIDS, Conditions and Diseases, Gender equality, Health, HIV, IndepthAfrica, IndepthGhana, IndepthMultimedia, IndepthNigeria, IndepthSouthAfrica, IndepthWorld, Nigeria, Nigeria news, Nigeria online, North Africa, Olivia Muchena, Pan African News, Southern Africa, Vertical transmission, West Africa, Zimbabwe
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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 »
Posted in News
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Tagged Africa football, Africa Nations Cup, Best Soccer Players, bundesliga, champions league, Chronic (medicine), Conditions and Diseases, Copa América, Disease, Europa League, FIFA, FIFA Women’s World Cup, football, games, Health, Health care, heart disease, Indepth Nigeria, IndepthAfrica, IndepthSoccer, Italia Serie A, La Liga, MLS, Mortality rate, premiership, Soccer, sports, World cup, world footballers, World Health Organization
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September 13, 2011 by benim
A Vegan couple who only fed their newborn son soy milk and apple juice have lost out in their bid to have their murder convictions overturned. Jade Sanders, 27, and Lamont Thomas, 31, had appealed against their conviction four years … read more »
Posted in America, Global Issues, News
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Tagged Appeal, Apple juice, Food, Georgia Supreme Court, Health, IndepthAfrica, IndepthGhana, IndepthMultimedia, IndepthNigeria, IndepthSouthAfrica, IndepthWorld, Nigeria, Nigeria news, Nigeria online, North Africa, Pan African News, Southern Africa, Soy milk, Starvation, Veganism, West Africa
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September 9, 2011 by benim
Harare – Thousands of children die each year in Zimbabwe from HIV-related illnesses, often because they have no access to life-prolonging antiretroviral drugs, the state-run Herald newspaper reported on Thursday. “Between 6 000 and 7 000 die per year as … read more »
Posted in News, Southern Africa, Zimbabwe
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Tagged AIDS, child, Harare, Health, HIV, IndepthAfrica, IndepthGhana, IndepthMultimedia, IndepthNigeria, IndepthSouthAfrica, IndepthWorld, Nigeria, Nigeria news, Nigeria online, North Africa, Pan African News, Southern Africa, UNICEF, United Nations, West Africa, Zimbabwe
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September 6, 2011 by benim
PRESIDENT Mugabe has castigated some Government officials for contributing to the spread of HIV and Aids through promiscuity. Officially opening Zimbabwe’s second National HIV and Aids conference yesterday Mugabe said efforts should be taken to stop mother-to-child transmission of HIV. … read more »
September 6, 2011 by benim
An anguished father has told how his maimed son is lying in agony in a desperately overcrowded Tripoli hospital after being terribly injured by a grenade. Rashid Ahmed says the hospital is so busy that it is difficult to find … read more »
Posted in Libya, News, North Africa
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Tagged Facilities, Health, Hospital, IndepthAfrica, IndepthGhana, IndepthMultimedia, IndepthNigeria, IndepthSouthAfrica, IndepthWorld, Libya, Medicine, Muammar al-Gaddafi, Nigeria, Nigeria news, Nigeria online, North Africa, Pan African News, Southern Africa, Tripoli, Tunisia, West Africa
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September 4, 2011 by benim
Suddenly a vehicle screeched to a halt in front of Tripoli’s central hospital and we heard a woman’s screams as a young boy was rushed past us in the arms of a group of men and carried into the emergency … read more »
Posted in Libya, News, North Africa
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Tagged Bani Walid District, Health, IndepthAfrica, IndepthGhana, IndepthMultimedia, IndepthNigeria, IndepthSouthAfrica, IndepthWorld, Libya, Medicine, Muammar al-Gaddafi, Nigeria, Nigeria news, Nigeria online, North Africa, Pan African News, Regime, Southern Africa, surgery, Tripoli, West Africa
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Hundreds of mourners who gathered for a traditional Greek Orthodox funeral service near Athens were in for a surprise when they were served cocaine-coated biscuits. Relatives of the deceased had ordered the traditional biscuits or “kouramiedes” for the reception following … read more »
Posted in Australia, Global Issues, Miscellaneous, Odd News
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Tagged Addictions, Athens, Biscuit, Cocaine, Drugs, Health, Illegal drug trade, Substance abuse
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The word profess means to avow or lay claim to some expertise. Hence, we have professors who are university dons with specialist knowledge in particular fields of academic endeavour. The Concise Oxford Dictionary (11th Edition 2006) defines a professional as … read more »
Posted in Analysis, Ghana, Indepth Africa Magazine, News, West Africa
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Tagged About Africa, Africa news, African History, African Maps, All Africa, Arab League, breaking news, Business, Duty of care, East Africa, ethics, Hammurabi Code, Health, IndepthAfrica, IndepthGhana, IndepthMultimedia, IndepthNigeria, IndepthSouthAfrica, IndepthWorld, North Africa, Pan African News, Profession, Professional association, Professional ethics, Southern Africa, West Africa
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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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Yaounde – Cameroonian Prime Minister Philemon Yang on Saturday launched an anti-malaria campaign, promising to distribute nine million free mosquito nets. The nationwide campaign named “KO palu” (knock out malaria) will last a month and aims to ensure that the … read more »
Posted in Cameroon, Central Africa, News
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Tagged About Africa, Africa news, African History, African Maps, All Africa, Arab League, breaking news, Cameroon, Conditions and Diseases, East Africa, Health, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, IndepthGhana, IndepthMultimedia, IndepthNigeria, IndepthSouthAfrica, IndepthWorld, infectious diseases, Malaria, Mosquito net, North Africa, Pan African News, Parasitic, Southern Africa, West Africa
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