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South Africa: Health Department to Fight Doctors
Fri, 09 Jan 2009 07:55:45 GMT
The health department would oppose the bid by dispensing doctors to have the courts scrap the laws controlling the fees they may charge for medicines they provide to their patients, health department spokesman Fidel Hadebe said yesterday.
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Uganda: New HIV Cases Alarm Doctors
Fri, 09 Jan 2009 05:48:21 GMT
DOCTORS have raised a fresh alarm over the rate at which Ugandans are becoming infected with HIV, especially married people.
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Zimbabwe: Number of Cholera Cases Climbs to Nearly 36,000 - UN
Thu, 08 Jan 2009 21:49:21 GMT
The United Nations World Health Organization (WHO) says the number of suspected cases of cholera in Zimbabwe has now reached almost 36,000 while nearly 1,780 people have died from the infection since the outbreak began over five months ago.
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Zimbabwe: Cholera Death Toll Still Rising
Thu, 08 Jan 2009 20:02:33 GMT
The official death toll as a result of the cholera outbreak has continued to rise, and in less than a week the figure has increased by more than a 100 reported deaths.
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Africa: Daily HIV/Aids Report
Thu, 08 Jan 2009 17:19:29 GMT
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Nigeria: Lagos Medical Doctors Suspend Strike
Thu, 08 Jan 2009 16:01:40 GMT
Normalcy is expected to return to Lagos State government-owned hospitals today as doctors employed by the state return to work following the suspension, yesterday, of the three-day strike called by the Medical Guild. The Guild said it was suspending the strike for 90 days to enable the authorities look into the issues it had raised concerning the welfare of doctors and the deplorable state of healthcare delivery in the state, amongst others.
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Uganda: Support MP's Move On Genital Mutilation
Thu, 08 Jan 2009 13:45:27 GMT
The decision by Kinkizi County East Member of Parliament, Dr. Chris Baryomunsi, to present a private member's Bill seeking to abolish female genital mutilation (FGM) is laudable. It is, in fact, long overdue.
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Congo-Brazzaville: Where Water is Bad for Your Health
Thu, 08 Jan 2009 13:29:22 GMT
Insufficient water of an adequate hygienic standard means people in the Congo, even those in the capital, run a constant risk of diarrhoea.
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Nigeria: Lagos Doctors Suspend Strike
Thu, 08 Jan 2009 12:43:44 GMT
Medical doctors in the employment of the Lagos State government under the aegis of Medical Guild yesterday announced the suspension of the indefinite strike they embarked upon last Monday over what they described as poor condition of service.
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Zambia: Body to Check Medicines' Adverse Effects Launched
Thu, 08 Jan 2009 11:42:47 GMT
THE Pharmaceutical Regulatory Authority (PRA) has set up a vigilance unit to improve the safe and rational use of medicines to prevent their adverse reactions to patients.
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