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The rate of new HIV infections has slowly declined in sub-Saharan Africa, but the region remains the area of the world most heavily hit by the epidemic and it accounts for nine of every 10 new infections among children. (AllAfrica)

The rate of new HIV infections worldwide has declined by 17 percent in the past eight years and prevention efforts can take some of the credit, according to the annual UNAIDS update on the epidemic released on 24 November. (AllAfrica)

ZIMBABWE will receive about US$180 million from the Global Fund to Fight HIV and Aids, Tuberculosis and Malaria, with the first phase of the grant expected in January next year. (AllAfrica)

OVER 100 Government health centres listed by the Ministry of Health as recipients of drugs and funding are non-existent, according to investigations by the National Medical Stores (NMS). (AllAfrica)

The wife to Kenyan Prime Minister, Ida Odinga, has called on all nations to boost the nutritional needs of their populations, especially that of mothers and infants, as a strategy of achieving sustainable development. (AllAfrica)

Cholera is on the rise in Nairobi slums, raising fears of a widespread outbreak of the deadly disease. (AllAfrica)

The Kenyan government has launched an ambitious HIV campaign to test at least one million people across the country over a three-week period. (AllAfrica)

The government has allayed fears over the spread of the H1N1 virus to 3,000 Kenyan pilgrims paying homage to the holy city of Makkah for the annual Hajj. (AllAfrica)

Gauteng MEC for Health and Social Development, Qedani Mahlangu, has ordered pharmacists and clinics to improve the management of medicines. (AllAfrica)

Human health is constantly under threat which is why governments leave no stone unturned in search of ways to eradicate diseases that have for decades remained a challenge to humankind. (AllAfrica)

No fewer than 700 patients suffering from various ailments on Sunday in Ilorin received free medical treatment from an Islamic Body, the Zakat and Sadakat Foundation. (AllAfrica)

UGANDA has been selected together with eight other African countries to implement the Global Fund's two-year pilot programme on malaria. (AllAfrica)

A new data released by the World Health Organisation (WHO) and the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) said new HIV infections had been reduced by 17 per cent in the last eight years. (AllAfrica)

The Action Congress (AC) has expressed concern over the health of President Umaru Yar'Adua, after he again travelled to Saudi Arabia on medical grounds on Monday. (AllAfrica)

A Table View woman has lodged a complaint with the provincial Health Department against Somerset Hospital, in which she accuses staff of telling her to mop up her blood after she suffered a miscarriage. (AllAfrica)

COUNTRIES with high gender inequality gaps are more likely to have hunger and malnutrition, says a report released by the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). (AllAfrica)

THE Lions Club of Kampala Central on Saturday gave free treatment to about 2,340 patients in Rusheshe Health Centre III in Buhunga sub-county, Rukungiri district. The former district governor of the club, Shem Bageine, said about sh50m was spent on the exercise. (AllAfrica)

This is a moment of truth for the Commonwealth. The anti-homosexuality Private Member's Bill introduced into the parliament of Uganda, and now proceeding through the normal legislative process, puts the Commonwealth's legitimacy and integrity to the test. (AllAfrica)

A number of health facilities throughout the country have been identified for improvement. (AllAfrica)

THE World Health Organisation has donated a consignment of swine flu vaccines that are expected to arrive in the country next month. (AllAfrica)

ZIMBABWE has made significant strides in reducing malaria incidences in its endeavour to meet the December 2010 Abuja target. (AllAfrica)

Modern goat rearing's future looks bright following the move by Makerere University researchers to come up with ways to prevent and lessen the goat disease burden. Now researchers say, they can eradicate goat diseases by either confining and separating male from female goats. (AllAfrica)

As part of efforts to find a lasting solution to the alarming spread of the H1N1 influenza, popularly known as swine flu, the World Health Organisation has disclosed that it will donate H1N1 vaccines to about 10 per cent population of every country in Africa, out of which about 14 million Nigerians will benefit. (AllAfrica)

More than one million Kenyans are expected to get tested for HIV during a national campaign launched on Monday. (AllAfrica)

A hospital set up in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) to care for United Nations peacekeepers is also bringing hope to hundreds of local people who might otherwise lack necessary treatment for their illnesses and injuries as well as screening that can ward off preventable sickness. (AllAfrica)

Some 1.6 million children throughout Guinea are receiving vaccinations, nutritional supplements and mosquito nets in a bid by UNICEF and the Health Ministry to shore up children's health, which experts say has been hit hard by unrest in recent years. (AllAfrica)

South Africa has moved swiftly to develop a male circumcision plan that would have buy-in from all stakeholders and will go beyond being a purely medical intervention, ideally also engaging men on among others HIV prevention, gender issues and alcohol abuse. (AllAfrica)

Years of working as a professional nurse have convinced Seobi Matube that having more than one sexual partner is a sure way of getting HIV. (AllAfrica)

Worried over the rapid spread of the influenza A, H1N1 virus in the African regions, representatives of African countries under the auspices World Health Organization (WHO) are meetings in Abuja to discuss the procurement and deployment the vaccines. (AllAfrica)

Malaria has for a long time been the number one killer disease in Tanzania, as in most tropical countries. (AllAfrica)

AT least 30,000 children are born with HIV in Uganda every year, the AIDS control programme manager in the health ministry, Dr. Zainab Akol, has said. (AllAfrica)

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