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The world's first multi-country yellow fever vaccination campaign began on 23 November, with 12 million people targeted across Benin, Liberia and Sierra Leone. The push comes as the killer mosquito-borne disease is resurging in some sub-Saharan African countries and vaccine stocks are running low. (AllAfrica)

In the Liberian capital Monrovia acute malnutrition is due not only to poverty and inadequate health and sanitation services but also to factors such as high teenage pregnancy and the war's damage to the social fabric, say nutritionists, who call the condition "a social problem". (AllAfrica)

South Africans are dying younger and in greater numbers, and HIV/AIDS is to blame, according to a report released this week by the South African Institute of Race Relations. (AllAfrica)

18-year-old Mouniratou in Bobo-Dioulassou is happiness itself. Two weeks ago she took her last pill, putting an end to a six-month long treatment for tuberculosis, still a major public health problem in Burkina Faso. More than 2700 new cases were reported in 2008. (AllAfrica)

Cassava farmers in the Great Lakes region are at risk of suffering losses following an outbreak of brown streak disease and cassava mosaic that are spread by white flies. (AllAfrica)

KIDNEY treatment would soon commence in Rivers state. A consultant on kidney treatment, Dr Ibiwari Erekosima, disclosed this in in Port Harcourt, the state capital. (AllAfrica)

Isolated mountain communities hard hit by HIV and AIDS in Lesotho have begun to reap benefits from the overhaul of nine healthcare clinics over the past four years. (AllAfrica)

Twenty-four ex-miners are seeking compensation from Anglo-American after contracting silicosis, an incurable and fatal lung disease. (AllAfrica)

The United Nations Fund for Population Activities (UNFPA) has pledged to partner the Benue State government in the areas of maternal and infant mortality, HIV/AIDS and gender issues. (AllAfrica)

The Minister of Health, Prof.Babatunde Osotimehin, has disclosed the Federal Government's plan to strengthen four quality care centres. (AllAfrica)

Dr John Osuyali, Project Coordinator, Delta State Action Committee on AIDS (DELSACA), has said that N36 million would be disbursed to 12 NGOs in Delta as grant for fight against HIV. (AllAfrica)

Mbulu, the district which registered highest number of Swine flu in the country, has just reported that the disease has been contained. (AllAfrica)

First Lady, Hajiya Turai Yara'Adua, has called on policy makers to focus on issues that would reduce child and maternal mortality rate in the country. (AllAfrica)

Former Head of State and Chairman, Global 2000, Gen. Yakubu Gowon (rtd), has declared the country free from the scourge of guinea worm disease. (AllAfrica)

In a move aimed at reducing frequent overseas travelling of people with various kinds of ailments in Nigeria, Kwara State government has commenced the construction of a N2.2 billion ultra-modern Diagnostic Centre in Ilorin. (AllAfrica)

A very courageous student, Idhidhimika Victoria Noa, brought proceedings to a hush when she divulged, to a huge audience during the IOL graduation ceremony, that she has been living with AIDS for nearly six years. (AllAfrica)

The Democratic Party (DP) spokesperson, Ms Betty Nambooze, who was recently referred to a South African hospital, is steadily recovering from complicated illness, party President John Ssebaana Kizito has said. (AllAfrica)

President Museveni has said attainment of 100 per cent service delivery in the health sector has remained a challenge because of ghosts created by the medical practitioners. (AllAfrica)

Dr. Daniel Kertesz, Representative of the World Health Organisation in Ghana, on Thursday attributed the high rate of diabetes in the country to the poor lifestyles of Ghanaians. (AllAfrica)

The number of People Living with HIV/AIDS in Ebonyi State dropped significantly from 4 percent in 2007 down to 2.8 percent in 2008, the National Action Committee on Aids (NACA) has revealed. (AllAfrica)

Chairman and members of the National Council of the Order of Pharmacists expressed consideration to President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali for the efforts exerted to develop the national pharmaceutical industry and encourage investment in the private health sector in priority zones. (AllAfrica)

Donors are demanding that the government checks the increasing HIV/Aids infections, which are expected to hit 200,000 by the end of 2009 if they are to release more funds. (AllAfrica)

Over 200 medical doctors, nurses and pharmacists have been deployed to Saudi Arabia by the Federal Government to cater for the immediate health needs of the intending Pilgrims to the holy land. (AllAfrica)

Many out there, especially those engrossed in the hustle of city life, may not appreciate the magnitude of the impending food crisis. For such and more, agriculture appears secondary on the scale of things that require urgent attention from government at all levels. (AllAfrica)

With the aim of making positive impact in a society where many Indian businesses operate, an Indian philanthropic organisation, Indo Eye Care Foundation (IECF) in conjunction with Rotary Eye Institute, Navsari and Rotary Club of Lagos has conducted free successful surgeries on more than 9000 Nigerians with eye ailments in three states of the country. (AllAfrica)

The cost of first line malaria drug in the country (Allu) will be lowered to Sh400 per dose, the Government has announced. (AllAfrica)

THERE has been an outbreak of aflatoxicosis again, within Kampala. Twelve dogs have so far died of the disease. However, evidence shows that all the dogs had been fed on maize bran. (AllAfrica)

The Ministry of Information Communication Technology recently embarked on Phase Two of the $106m (sh212b) on the nation backbone infrastructure IT project. Government's noble intention is to extend 2,130km of fibre optic cable to the countryside, so as to provide high speed bandwidth for faster communication, data and information flow. (AllAfrica)

Today marks the start of a 10-day door-to-door campaign to educate Gauteng communities about HIV and AIDS. (AllAfrica)

The Kaduna based Civil Rights Congress (CRC), has lamented the plight of striking health workers in Kaduna state, accusing the state government of being insensitive to the problems of the workers . (AllAfrica)

The management of the Koforidua Hospital, in collaboration with the Nurses and Midwifery Association (NMA), has organised a five-day training workshop for its staff. (AllAfrica)

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