A South African scientist who has designed a ground-breaking technology that improves the efficacy of drug treatment in children infected with HIV/AIDS has been named the 2013 Olusegun Obasanjo Scientific Award winner by the Kenya-headquartered African Academy of Sciences (AAS). [Read More]
Financing Global Health 2013: Transition in an Age of Austerity, IHME’s fifth annual report on global health expenditure, depicts financing trends that underline the resilience of development assistance for health. This year’s updated estimates show that despite lackluster economic growth and fiscal cutbacks in many developed countries, total assistance remained steady, reaching an all-time high of $31.3 billion in 2013. While annual increases have leveled off since 2010, continued international funding is a sign of the international development community’s enduring support for global health. [Read More]
Tools are now available to end deaths from malaria and move towards malaria elimination. Since 2000, global malaria deaths have fallen by 42 per cent, but continued investment and sustained political support is needed to defeat malaria. [Read More]
Antibiotic resistance – when bacteria change so antibiotics no longer work in people who need them to treat infections – is now a major threat to public health, says a new United Nations report released today. [Read More]
All is Set for 12th Extra-Ordinary Summit of EAC Heads of State on 30th April in Arusha, Tanzania5/1/2014
The 12th Extra-Ordinary EAC Summit of Heads of State is set to take place this Wednesday 30 April 2014 at the Arusha International Conference Centre (AICC) in Arusha, Tanzania.
The EAC Heads of State Summit will be considering among others, the report of the EAC Council of Ministers on Alternative Financing Mechanisms for the East African Community; the East African Community Institutional Review; Negotiations on the admission of the Republic of South Sudan into the East African Community; the Revised Model Structure, Road Map and Action Plan For the East African Political Federation. [Read More] MALE chauvinism can be traced as far back as humanity and despite efforts by various governments and civil society organisations to end the social anomaly, women continue being reduced to second-class citizens who have no say over matters concerning their lives. [Read More]
Around the world, an estimated 627,000 people died of malaria in 2012 - a grim figure considering that malaria is highly curable. At the same time, this number is a measure of progress: In 2000, the number of lives lost was 42 percent higher. More than 3.3 million additional deaths were averted during these years through strong efforts by countries to strengthen prevention and treatment efforts. [Read More]
With the launch of a new report by Save the Children this week, the momentum to achieve substantial reductions in neonatal mortality is accelerating. Ending Newborn Deaths: Ensuring Every Baby Survives is a continuation of Save the Children's No Child Born to Die campaign. The report presents a powerful reminder of the reasons for neonatal deaths, identifies eight essential areas for intervention, and proposes a five-point Newborn Promise plan to end all preventable newborn deaths, which governments and others should commit to this year. [Read More]
A typical environmental conditions with drought followed by heavy rainfall and flooding in arid areas in sub-Saharan Africa can lead to explosive epidemics of malaria, which might be prevented through timeline vector-control interventions... The aim of this study was to describe in Wajir town the environmental conditions, the scope and timing of vector-control interventions and the associated resulting burden of malaria at two time periods (1996-1998 and 2005-2007). [Read More]
During a francophone conference on HIV currently being held in France, MSF highlights the delay in the fight against the disease in French-speaking African countries and calls for them to adopt strategies that have proven to be highly effective in Southern Africa. [Read More]
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