Nigeria’s health services halved the maternal mortality rate between 1990 and 2010, but in parts of the predominantly Muslim north, which is less socio-economically advanced, women are 10 times more likely to die in childbirth than in the oil-rich, predominantly Christian south. Maternal health personnel are calling for more appropriate interventions to bridge the gap.… Continue reading Higher Maternal Mortality in Northern Nigeria Mirror Situation in Many West African States
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In Uganda, Cervical Cancer is the Silent Killer
AMOLATAR/GULU, 25 June 2012 (IRIN) – In the obstetrics and gynaecology ward of St Mary’s Hospital Lacor in northern Uganda’s Gulu District, Apilli Kilara lies on the floor under a blood-stained sheet, staring at the ceiling. Kilara, 43, and the mother of seven children, is in the advanced stages of cervical cancer. “I started experiencing… Continue reading In Uganda, Cervical Cancer is the Silent Killer
SOUTH AFRICA: Decentralizing care and treatment for drug-resistant TB
DURBAN, 14 June 2012 (PlusNews) – South Africa’s move to decentralize the treatment of drug-resistant tuberculosis (TB) has given rise to a crop of nurses equipped not only to initiate patients on HIV treatment, but also to prescribe for and monitor drug-resistant TB (DR-TB) patients. However, experts and government officials say the need for specialist… Continue reading SOUTH AFRICA: Decentralizing care and treatment for drug-resistant TB
Poverty and Culture Undermine Cervical Cancer Treatment
CAIRO, 14 June 2012 (IRIN) – On 30 April the Egyptian government launched a nationwide campaign to raise awareness of cervical cancer and offer free immunization to 15,000 unmarried women on the assumption that they would not have had any sexual contact. Cervical cancer is caused by sexually-acquired infection; prevention and treatment are unaffordable for… Continue reading Poverty and Culture Undermine Cervical Cancer Treatment