May 23, 2013
News in 'Health' section
ICRC makes urgent funding appeal to avert crisis in Mali, Niger
February 28, 2012As the situation worsens in the Sahel, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has appealed for about 10 million euros to bring aid to some 700,000 people in Mali and Niger and prevent a major humanitarian crisis in both countries.
Nelson Mandela, Africa’s iconic statesman out of hospital
February 26, 2012After being admitted to hospital on Saturday, former South African President Nelson Mendela goes back home after being discharged by doctors, a statement from the office of President Jacob Zuma said in Pretoria on Sunday.
22% deaths on Ghana roads caused by abandoned vehicles
February 23, 2012Road Traffic accident is one of the leading causes of death in Ghana today.
Statistics reveal the loss of lives and properties worth several millions of dollars, with 22% of all road accidents caused by disabled or abandoned vehicles on the roads.
Mid-night inspection catches deserting doctors, nurses unawares
February 22, 2012By Mohamed Konneh/WADR Correspondent
Sierra Leone’s Minister of Health and Sanitation has taken doctors and nurses at public hospitals by surprise by conducting mid-night inspection of conditions at the facilities.
Huge influx from Mali fighting worsens hunger in Niger
February 20, 2012Plan International has said ‘’aid efforts to fight hunger in Niger ‘’is being complicated’’ by the large influx of refugees fleeing fighting in northern Mali, with cases of malnutrition already appearing in the western region of Tillaberi hosting over 20,000 refugees.
Beninese promised better health care, reduced cost by May
February 15, 2012Benin’s government has set up a new health scheme to make health care available to the population at an affordable cost.
Sierra Leone Bennimix baby food to fight malnutrition in Africa
February 15, 2012Sierra Leone is poised to put its rebranded baby food reputed to be higly nutritious, Bennimix on the international market, as Save the Children warned that worsened child malnutrition could hit progress reducing child deaths.
UN, INTERPOL to work on drugs, weapons in West Africa
February 13, 2012A top United Nations official and the Secretary General of International Criminal Police Organization (INTERPOL), Ronald Noble, have agreed to work jointly against transnational crimes in West Africa.
Solar power lights up Sierra Leone rural hospitals
February 9, 2012A number of public hospitals in Sierra Leone, most of them in the rural areas, are being lit up by solar power.
60bn CFA free health care scheme unveiled in I. Coast
February 9, 2012Five billion CFA Francs a month is the total cost of the new health policy of the government of the Ivory Coast.
Called Universal Health Care, this policy aims to provide access to free health care by citizens.
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