Accra- Ghana (PANA) -- A Ghanaian doctor has warned that by 2014, over 1. Full text...

Kwekwe- Zimbabwe (PANA) -- Health and Agriculture officials in Zimbabwe's central town of KweKwe Friday reported an outbreak of anthrax infection among people and livestock. Full text...

Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- At least 40 people, including five children, have died from a cholera outbreak in Nigeria's central State of Kwara in the past week, the local media reported Friday. Full text...

Addis Ababa- Ethiopia (PANA) -- Ethiopia's Health ministry Thursday announced it had set up a committee to look out for any Anthrax threats, and had placed one hospital on standby, as well as put many others on alert. Full text...

Lusaka- Zambia (PANA) -- After four days of talks Zambia and India have agreed to enhance cooperation especially in the field of science and technology, where India is mass producing cheap HIV/AIDS drugs desperately needed by Zambian patients. Full text...

Dakar- Senegal (PANA) -- UNDP announced Thursday that an alliance of mayors in Swaziland has received the 2001 Commonwealth Award for Action on HIV/AIDS for its innovative approach, linking local action with national policy-making and international partners. Full text...

Brussels- Belgium (PANA) -- An international conference on "health care for all" opened Thursday at the Tropical Medicine Institute of Antwerp in northern Belgium. Full text...

Bamako- Mali (PANA) -- Dutch Cooperation minister Evlyne Herfkens Wednesday handed to the Malian government an aid package of 1. Full text...

Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- Suddenly, anthrax has become the most dreaded disease in the world, since the first symptoms and three fatal case were reported in the US, on the heels of the 11 September terrorist attacks in New York and Washington DC. Full text...

Harare- Zimbabwe (PANA) -- State television Thursday quoted a senior government official as affirming that Zimbabwe was prepared to deal with anthrax attacks that have rocked the US and several other countries since America launched air strikes against Afghanistan three weeks ago. Full text...

Abuja- Nigeria (PANA) -- Doctors at Nigeria's Aso Rock Presidential Villa, have circulated to staff within the complex, information leaflets on anthrax, amid reports of a suspected scare of the disease in the northern Adamawa State. Full text...

Johannesburg- South Africa (PANA) -- President Thabo Mbeki rebuffed opposition parliamentarians over allegations that the South African government was in denial of the seriousness of the spread of HIV/AIDS. Full text...

Dakar- Senegal (PANA) -- Tuberculosis cases are rising among homeless people in Paris, where infection rates are estimated to be similar to what prevails in sub-Saharan African states, says a news release received in Dakar Wednesday. Full text...

Windhoek- Namibia (PANA) -- A medicinal plant, locally known as the devil's claw in areas it grows in Namibia and in some southern Africa countries, may be more potent in treating rheumatic disorders than standard drugs, researchers have found. Full text...

Dakar- Senegal (PANA) -- A US-based humanitarian Organisation, Evergreen Humanitarian and Relief Services, has expressed interest in working with the WHO Regional Office for Africa (AFRO), under a project aimed at improving the quality of life of orphaned and less-privileged African children. Full text...

Dakar- Senegal (PANA) -- The first two-day "Stop TB Partners' Forum" has ended at the World Bank Headquarters in Washington DC. Full text...

Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- Nigeria's northern State of Adamawa has been hit by the world-wide anthrax scare, after an envelope containing a powdery substance was sent to the General Manager of the State Broadcasting Corporation, Abba Tahir. Full text...

Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- Kenya is capable of dealing with anthrax attacks, Public Health Minister Sam Ongeri declared Wednesday, just as local health and administration officials reported two deaths suspected to be linked with the bacteria in a remote area of the country. Full text...

Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- Two people have died and more than 100 others admitted in hospital after feasting on meat suspected to be infected with anthrax in a Kenyan remote village in South Eastern Trans-Mara District, health and local government officials said Wednesday. Full text...

Livingstone- Zambia (PANA) -- A Grade Twelve student is reported to have died following an outbreak of measles at Hillcrest Technical Secondary School in Livingstone, Zambia. Full text...

Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- The Stop TB Partnership, a global coalition, which includes the World Bank and the WHO, has launched a plan to contain the epidemic, which claimed 2 million lives in 2000. Full text...

Maputo- Mozambique (PANA) -- Health authorities in Mozambique have recovered equipment donated by Portugal's First Lady, Maria Jose Ritta, and which had been auctioned off by the customs department in the port city of Beira, the State radio reported Monday. Full text...

Lagos- Nigeria (PANA) -- Worried by the wave of anthrax scare in the US and other parts of the world, including Africa, Nigeria has set up a panel to work out the country's response to a possible outbreak of the deadly bacteria disease. Full text...

Blantyre- Malawi (PANA) -- Life was slowly returning to normal Tuesday at Malawi's biggest hospital, the Queen Elizabeth Central in Blantyre, after a crippling three-week strike by its workers. Full text...

Dar es Salaam- Tanzania (PANA) -- Tanzanian President Benjamin Mkapa has asked industrialised nations to help make health a human rights issue in Africa. Full text...

Bamako- Mali (PANA) -- Mali on Monday launched a three-day mass vaccination campaign against poliomyelitis, covering children under five years of age. Full text...

Harare- Zimbabwe (PANA) -- Psychiatric disorders, resulting into insanity were on the increase in Zimbabwe, mainly due to current economic difficulties, national health experts confirmed on Monday in Harare. Full text...

Dar es Salaam- Tanzania (PANA) -- Two Dar es Salaam residents are suspected to have contracted anthrax, which was diagnosed in the US about two weeks ago and more recently in neighbouring Kenya. Full text...

Abuja- Nigeria (PANA) -- Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo Monday lauded the country's "vanguard role" in raising world-wide awareness in the fight against HIV/AIDS, as Nigerian workers staged a multi-sectoral walk/rally to boost the campaign among the population. Full text...

Accra- Ghana (PANA) -- Ghana's outgoing health minister, Richard Anane, on Monday assured the public that everything was being done to prevent anthrax infection. Full text...

Accra- Ghana (PANA) -- Ghana's Minister of Women and Children's Affairs on Monday appealed to non-governmental and civil society organisations engaged in the fight against HIV/AIDS to involve men in their programmes. Full text...

Dakar- Senegal (PANA) -- The World Health Organisation (WHO) Regional Director for Africa, Ebrahim Samba, has appealed to developed nations to make more resources available to Africa for its fight against tuberculosis (TB). Full text...

Cape Town- South Africa (PANA) -- South Africa's Partnership Against AIDS has marked its third year with a call by Deputy President Jacob Zuma for concerted action at stemming new HIV infections and providing care and support to the infected. Full text...

Dar es Salaam- Tanzania (PANA) -- A five-day regional conference of Health ministers from East, Central and Southern Africa opens Monday in Tanzania, focusing on challenges and priorities in efforts at strengthening the networking of health services. Full text...

Paris- France (PANA) -- The President of the South African Nkosi AIDS Association, Gail Johnson said extreme poverty was a major bottleneck in efforts to contain HIV/AIDS in South Africa where 1700-1900 new HIV positive cases were recorded daily. Full text...

Niamey- Niger (PANA) -- At least 11 persons are reported to have died from an outbreak of cholera since last August in two health districts of Niger, where some 161 cases have been observed. Full text...

Kinshasa- DR Congo (PANA) -- A national immunisation campaign against measles is underway in DR Congo, according to UNICEF communiqué. Full text...

Tripoli- Libya (PANA) -- Libyan revolutionary leader Col. Full text...

Freetown- Sierra Leone (PANA) -- ECOWAS chairman Alpha Oumar Konare of Mali and President Olusegun Obasanjo of Nigeria, Friday in Sierra Leone, flagged off the Synchronised National Polio Immunisation in the 15-member Community. Full text...

Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- A Kenyan herbalists association has suspended 20 of its members for misconduct through unethical practices. Full text...

Bujumbura- Burundi (PANA) -- Burundi' infectious disease specialist, Dr Athanase Ndayiragiye has recognised the age-old ability of local herdsmen to handle the anthrax bacteria that is causing awe in the United States. Full text...

Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- Panic has engulfed residents of Kenya's Tana River district after a mysterious disease that broke out there in the past three days killed 10 persons. Full text...

Dar es Salaam- Tanzania (PANA) -- The US Agency for International Development has earmarked 8. Full text...

Cape Town- South Africa (PANA) -- Anglican Archbishop Njongonkulu Ndungane is consulting governments in southern Africa, the ecumenical movement, organised labour and NGOs about declaring the HIV/AIDS situation a state of emergency. Full text...

Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- Kibera, located on the southern suburb of capital Nairobi, is one of the largest slum dwellings in east and central Africa, with a population of about 1. Full text...

Kinshasa- DR Congo (PANA) -- Bank notes carry pathogenic and non- pathogenic germs that can be transmitted from one person to another, notes a study on the potential impact of microbial flora on the Congolese Franc. Full text...

Cape Town- South Africa (PANA) -- NMG-LEVY, one the leading business service companies focused on private sector HIV/AIDS management initiatives, Thursday called on government to urgently channel resources to meet the HIV/AIDS challenge to the South African economy rather than become "side-tracked by statistical sniping". Full text...

Port Louis- Mauritius (PANA) -- Mauritius health authorities Wednesday detailed health services around the country to mobilise for all contingencies following anthrax alerts in several parts of the world this week. Full text...

Bujumbura- Burundi (PANA) -- The British NGO, Action Aid, is to grant 6 million dollars to the government of Burundi to finance several HIV/AIDS control projects in the next four years, official sources said Thursday in Bujumbura. Full text...

Bujumbura- Burundi (PANA) -- The final results of the last national vaccination campaign against poliomyelitis in Burundi in August and September show a satisfactory coverage of up to 92 per cent of the targeted, health officials said. Full text...