November 21, 2009
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Accra, Ghana (PANA)CAN 2010: Ghana FA boss says â?Group of Deathâ? will be tough * Accra, Ghana (PANA) â" Ghana's Central Bank on FriGhana cuts prime rate to 18 per cent * Accra, Ghana (PANA)Ghana records major swine flu outbreak school * Moroni, Comoros (PANA) -Government provides more money for Comoros elections * Dakar, Senegal (PANA) -CAN 2010: Group B seen as â?Group of Deathâ? *
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Health Last Updated     20/11/2009    22:43:00
Ghana records major swine flu outbreak school
Accra, Ghana (PANA) â" The Ghana Health Service (GHS) on Friday announced a maj or outbreak of pandemic influenza H1N1 (Swine flu) in a private first cycle in A c cra saying 16 cases had been confirmed among the pupils.    20/11/2009   full text...
Low-price vaccine for children in developing world
Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) - GAVI Alliance, a Geneva-based public-private partnership aimed at improving health in the worldâ?s poorest countries, has announced a fa ll in price for one of the major combination vaccines, the pentavalent, which wi l l enable GAVIâ?s partners to vaccinate millions of more children in the developi ng world.    18/11/2009   full text...
WHO to vaccinate against yellow fever in Benin, Liberia, S/Leone
New York, US (PANA) - The World Health Organisation (WHO) will next week launch a mass yellow fever vaccination campaign in the Republic of Benin, Liberia and Sierra L eone.    18/11/2009   full text...
OXFAM denounces seizure of Africa-bound medicines
Brussels, Belgium (PANA) - International aid organisation Oxfam has criticised t he Belgian Customs for the routine seizure of generic medicines sent to Africa from India or China, under the cover that they are fake.    17/11/2009   full text...
Swine Flu claims first 2 casualties in Tunisia (Corrected)
Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - Tunisia has recorded its first two deaths as a result of the A/H1N1 virus, popularly known as the swine flu.    16/11/2009   full text...
Senegal records decline in Malaria morbidity rate
Kaolack, Senegal (PANA) - The morbidity rate from malaria in Senegal has gone do wn from 22.25% in 2007 to 5.62% in 2008, according to the supervisor of the Nationa l Programme for the Fight against Malaria (PNLP), Mr. Moussa Ndour.    16/11/2009   full text...
Mauritania celebrates international day for diabetes
Nouakchott, Mauritania (PANA) - Mauritania Saturday celebrated the international day for diabetes with the free screening of potential carriers in the capital, P ANA reported from here.    14/11/2009   full text...
Prime Minister of Cape Verde hit by dengue fever
Praia, Cape Verde (PANA) - Prime Minister of Cape Verde, Jose Maria Neves, is on e of the 14,000 people affected by the dengue epidemic which has so far claimed s ix lives in the archipelago, official sources told PANA here on Friday.    13/11/2009   full text...
Senegal launches campaign against dengue fever
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - The Senegalese Health and Prevention ministry on Friday launched a national campaign to sensitize the people against the dangers of deng u e fever.    13/11/2009   full text...
International conference on diabetes opens in Mauritius
Balaclava, Mauritius (PANA) - More than 350 participants, including foreign expe rts, are taking part in a three-day international conference on diabetes which b e gan Thursday in Balaclava, northern Mauritius.    13/11/2009   full text...
Japan donates equipment to Moroni hospital
Moroni, Comoros (PANA) - Japan has donated hospital equipment to the El-Maarou f national hospital centre in Moroni.    12/11/2009   full text...
UNFPA gives Congo 5.6 million condoms
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - The representative of the UN Fund for the Population (UNFPA) in Congo, David Lawson, on Thursday presented the National Council of t h e Fight against HIV/AIDS (CNLS) ith 5.6 million male and female condoms.    12/11/2009   full text...
USAID gives Ethiopia US$ 40 mln for malaria prevention, treatment
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The US Agency for International Development (USAI D), Thursday announced a three-year, US$ 40 million grant to Ethiopiaâ?s Health Ministry and the Oromia Region Health Bureau to help deliver â?appropriate malar ia prevention, diagnosis, and treatment servicesâ?.    12/11/2009   full text...
UNICEF launches ambitious child health campaign in Somalia
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Hundreds of Somali children and women have received a h igh-impact life-saving health package from the UNICEF during the Child health Da y s Campaign in the Afgoye Corridor, a 30-kilometre stretch of road west of Mogadi s hu and the worldâ?s most densely populated settlement for the displaced.    12/11/2009   full text...
Record attendance for conference on cancer in Africa
Dar Es Salaa, Tanzania (PANA) - A record number of over 700 global government an d health leaders convene in Dar es Saalam, Tanzania, this week, for the 3rd African Organization for Research and Training in Cancer (AORTIC) meeting, in efforts to avert a devastating health and economic toll from the disease on the continent.    12/11/2009   full text...
Dengue fever affects 700 in Cape Verde daily
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Cape Verde records between 700 and 800 new cases of deng ue fever every day, the Communications Manager of the West and Central Africa Re g ional Office of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Socie t ies (IFRC), Ms. Noora Kero, told PANA Wednesday.    11/11/2009   full text...
Report: 90 percent of Africans not protected by smoke-fee laws
Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) - With African nations poised to record the highest increa se in the rate of tobacco use among developing countries, nearly 90 percent of people on the continent remain witho ut meaningful protection from secondhand smoke, according to a new report released Wednesday.    11/11/2009   full text...
WHO, Glaxo sign pact for donation of 50m doses of H1N1 vaccines
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Pharmaceutical company GlaxoSmithKline(GSK) is to d onate 50 million doses of pandemic H1N1 vaccine to the World Health Organization (WHO), under an agreement signed at WHO headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, the organization said in a statement Tuesday.    10/11/2009   full text...
Mauritius to set up high risk diseases surveillance centre
Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritius will establish a centre based on the mo del that exists in the United States, to strengthen surveillance, detection and c ontrol high risk pandemic diseases such as "chikungunya", dengue fever and swine flu (A H1N1), an official source told PANA here.    08/11/2009   full text...
Senegalese film director, Samba Félix Ndiaye, dies
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - The Senegalese film director, Samba Félix Ndiaye, died Friday in Dakar, the Senegalese capital, of neuromalaria, the Association of Sen e galese film directors (CINESEAS) told PANA.    07/11/2009   full text...
WHO supports research on genetically-modified mosquitoes
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The World Health Organisation (WHO) has supported on-goi ng research to sterilize the malaria-causing mosquito insects and called on coun t ries to prepare policies that would enable them to effectively utilize the resul t s of a study on how to stop the vector from reproducing.    05/11/2009   full text...
Bamako hosts first African congress on neuro-sciences
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The first African congress on neuro-sciences will be held from 15 to 18 November at the International Conference Centre of Bamako, Mali's c apital, organisers told PANA.    05/11/2009   full text...
African states face new health catastrophe as GF plans budget cuts
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - A global campaign is underway to urge US President Barac k Obama to avert a looming health catastrophe that African nations face as a res u lt of a 15 per cent budget cut, which could deny each African state as much as 1 million mosquito-bed nets a year, activists said here Thursday, ahead of a key m e eting on future funding.    05/11/2009   full text...
1st Annual Neglected Tropical Diseases meeting starts in Uganda
Entebbe, Uganda (PANA) - The first Annual Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs) Con trol Partnersâ? Meeting organised in the WHO African Region started here Thursday.    05/11/2009   full text...
Nigeria records first swine flu case, but...
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Although Nigeria has now reported its first case of swin e flu, the country is yet to be listed among African countries that have officia l ly reported confirmed human cases of the H1N1 pandemic to the World Health Organ i sation (WHO), PANA reported Thursday.    05/11/2009   full text...
Africans urged to fight obstetrical fistula in Sub-Sahara Africa
Tambacounda, Senegal (PANA) - The reproductive health expert of the United Natio ns Population Fund (UNFPA), Fanding Badji, on Wednesday, in Tambacounda, 561 kil o metres east of Dakar, the Senegalese capital, called on African governments to s h ow more political will in the fight against obstetrical fistula in Sub-Sahara Af r ica.    04/11/2009   full text...
Jammeh resumes HIV/AIDS treatment programme
Dakar, Senegal (PANA) â" Gambian President Yahya Jammeh will resume his 'contro versial treatment programme' for carriers of the HIV/AIDS with a new batch of pa t ients whose ailments have reached the crisis point, Dr. Tamsir Mbowe, the Direct o r General of the â?Presidential Treatment Programmeâ? told pro-government newsp apers on Tuesday.    03/11/2009   full text...
First clinical trial for vaccine against malaria
Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - A group of researchers announced Tuesday the launch of a maiden clinical trial of a vaccine against malaria, which will benefit seven Af r ican countries, an authorised source in the Rwandan capital told PANA here.    03/11/2009   full text...
Libya, Malta exchange information on swine flu
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libya and Malta agreed on Monday to exchange expertise i n the areas of medical techniques and information on the avian flu pandemic.    02/11/2009   full text...
WHO/UNICEF launch new action plan against pneumonia
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - More than five million children could be saved over six years if a comprehensive plan to tackle pneumonia is adopted worldwide, according to UNICEF and the World Health Organisation (WHO).    02/11/2009   full text...
'Shift malaria drugs distribution to private hospitals'
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Researchers and scientists attending a global malaria co nference here Monday sought a bigger policy shift in the distribution of malaria drugs to target private hospitals, most frequented by mi llions of people seeking treatment for malaria in Africa.    02/11/2009   full text...
Scientists aim high as Nairobi malaria confab opens
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The worldâ?s largest malaria conference opened here Mon day, with a call for substantial and sustained support for research to guide evidence-based policies and the developm ent of new malaria tools, which together could save countless lives.    02/11/2009   full text...
Shocking pictures on cigarette packs in Mauritius soon
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - New cigarette packs with shocking pictures of some diseases related to tobacco use will soon appear on the Mauritian market, official sources in Port-Louis told PANA Sunday.    01/11/2009   full text...
Cape Verde launches website to monitor dengue fever
Praia, Cape Verde (PANA) â" A website to monitor dengue fever, which is affecti ng several Cape Verde islands for the first time, has been launched in the archi p elago, sources told PANA on Saturday.    31/10/2009   full text...
Kenyan envoy dies on duty in Brazil
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenyaâ?s Ambassador to Brazil, Pius Barasa Namachanja, died of heart attack while attending a meeting to discuss agriculture at the Bra z ilian city of Uberaba, Kenyan officials said here Friday.    30/10/2009   full text...
'Only 800 physiotherapists to 140 million Nigerians'
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - The President of the Nigeria Society of Physiotherapy (N SP), Adeoluwa Jaiyesinmi, on Thursday painted a gloomy picture of the ratio of p h ysiotherapists to the Nigerian population, saying "there are only 800 physiother a pists attending to 140 million Nigerians." Jaiyesinmi made this startling revelation in his address to the golden jubilee c elebration of the society and the 49th annual scientific conference in Lagos, th e commercial capital of the country.    29/10/2009   full text...
Germany donates 23m euros to fight HIV/AIDS in Central Africa
Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - Germany has granted 23 million euros to the Organiza tion coordinating the fight against Endemics in Central Africa (OCEAC) as part o f its project for the fight against HIV/AIDS in Central Africa.    27/10/2009   full text...
Swine Flu: WHO gives Kenya clean bill of health
Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The World Health Organisation (WHO) has given Kenya a clean bill of health over the swine flu fever.    24/10/2009   full text...
Global Fund, Nigeria pact provides resources for 30m bednets
Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria and Nigeria's Ministry of Health Friday announced a newly-signed agreement, worth US$285 million, that will provide the resources for 30 million bednets, half the number needed to meet universal coverage by December 2010.    23/10/2009   full text...
Cholera spreads in Nigerian state, kills 70
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Cholera, an infectious gastroenteritis disease, has cont inued to spread in Nigeria's northern Borno state, where it has killed 70 people in the past two weeks and forced the closure of at least a public school, government officials said.    23/10/2009   full text...
WHO donates drug to Mali to fight swine flu
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The World Health Organisation (WHO) has donated to the Malian government more than 15,000 Tamiflu doses and laboratory kits to enhance the country's fight against swine flu.    22/10/2009   full text...
National conference on drugs starts in Mauritius
Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - A three-day national conference on drugs and meas ures to reduce risks began in Mauritius Tuesday, PANA reported.    20/10/2009   full text...
Swine flu cases rise in Zimbabwe (corrected)
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Cases of swine flu are on the rise in Zimbabwe, health authorities said Tuesday, without giving the cause.    20/10/2009   full text...
Renewed cholera outbreak kills five in Zimbabwe
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Health authorities in Zimbabwe said Tuesday a renewed outbreak of cholera had killed five people in two provinces, and warned of a rec u rrence of the disease on last year's scale, in which more than 4,000 people died .    20/10/2009   full text...
Nigerian govt asks hospitals to treat gunshot victims
Lagos, Nigeria (PANA) - Nigeria's federal government has directed all public hos pitals to treat victims of gunshots and road accidents without demanding a polic e report, reversing a standing order that has led to the death of many victims, t h e local press reported Tuesday.    20/10/2009   full text...
Anti-drug campaign launched in Libya
Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Kadhafi Foundation for Development (FKD) on Thursday launched its first anti-drug campaign, entitled "Wake up, we need you!", in the Libyan capital, Tripoli.    16/10/2009   full text...
Mali marks World Handwashing Day
Bamako, Mali (PANA) - Some 10.000 Malian children simultaneously washed their hands with soap Thursday in Bamako, as Mali marked the second World Day for the washing of hands with soap.    16/10/2009   full text...
New swine flu cases hit Zimbabwe
Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Health authorities in Zimbabwe Friday reported a new o utbreak of swine flu at a boarding school near the capital, Harare.    16/10/2009   full text...
Cote d'Ivoire says avian flu kills crows
Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organis ation (FAO) in Cote d'Ivoire on Thursday confirmed cases of the H5N1 virus (avia n flu) in the commercial capital, Abidjan, following positive results returned o n tests on dead crows.    15/10/2009   full text...
UN: Protect hospitals from natural hazards
New York, US (PANA) - The UN on Wednesday called for urgent global action to better protect hospitals from natural disasters.    14/10/2009   full text...
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