by Darasimi Oshodi The World Hepatitis Day was recently observed. So this post is my own way of contributing to the sensitisation on Hepatitis. The First Service in my church on Sunday is tagged ‘Empowerment Service’, where issues like entrepreneurship, academics, health, wealth, purpose, etc., are addressed. At one of our services, a medical doctor,… Continue reading Deadlier than HIV: Hepatitis B – by Darasimi Oshodi
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Democratic Republic of Congo Gets Boost for HealthCare
NAIROBI, 31 March 2013 (IRIN) – The British government has announced a major new programme aimed at providing essential healthcare to six million people in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The five-year, US$270.7 million project will focus on rebuilding health facilities, training health workers, and supplying drugs and equipment. Civil war has destroyed much… Continue reading Democratic Republic of Congo Gets Boost for HealthCare
Hope for millions with a new meningitis vaccine
For over a century, epidemics of bacterial meningitis have swept across Africa, arriving with the dry harmattan winds to kill with terrifying speed. But on Monday, a drive will start to inoculate tens of millions of West Africans with a new vaccine in what scientists hope will be the beginning of the end of ravaging meningitis epidemics.