Methods to protect pregnant women from malaria are still underutilised in sub-Saharan Africa, according to a study published today in ‘Lancet Infectious Diseases’. A review of national control strategies by a team of international researchers, led by the Malaria in Pregnancy Consortium and funded by the Consortium and the Wellcome Trust, has concluded that despite… Continue reading Protection of Pregnant Women Against Malaria Remains Inadequate
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Yello fever outbreak in Uganda
Yellow fever vaccines are being imported for the north of Uganda to inoculate people against the disease which has killed about 45 people. People began falling ill about a month ago in nine northern districts, the country’s health ministry says. A health official in Kitgum told the BBC the outbreak was confirmed as yellow fever… Continue reading Yello fever outbreak in Uganda
Eradication of malaria is within reach, WHO reports
The World Health Organization, the UN agency which over ten years ago started a campaign to cut the number of malaria cases and deaths in half by 2010, reports that Malaria is fast declining in countries where it had been endemic. Just five years ago, the anti-malaria campaign was in such poor shape that this… Continue reading Eradication of malaria is within reach, WHO reports
Text messaging to combact malaria
Mobile phones could soon be helping re-assure Nigerians and Ghanaians they are getting genuine medicine.
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Reports highlight significant progress in malaria control, HIV prevention and treatment and reproductive health initiatives across the African continent
Female circumcision and Ugandan politics
(A comprehensive discussion of female genital mutilation is available here) Although Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting (FGM) has been condemned by international bodies as an abuse of human rights, a vast majority of people from the Sebei tribe in Uganda still practice the dangerous tradition. Despite the practice having been banned outright in the eastern African country… Continue reading Female circumcision and Ugandan politics
Mass circumcision in South African Prisions
South African prison ask to be circumcised An incredible number of prisoners in South Africa’s KwaZulu-Natal province are calling upon the authorities to circumcise them to help combat the spread of HIV. Health authorities say they have had more people wanting to be circumcised than their resources can manage and are overwhelmed. World Health Organization… Continue reading Mass circumcision in South African Prisions