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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)

Cabinet minister Beth Mugo's confirmation that the nine deaths at Kamiti Maximum Prison were caused by cholera is significant in two ways. (AllAfrica)

Four people lost their lives when the Mozambican police opened fire on a mob destroying a cholera treatment centre in the northern province of Cabo Delgado earlier this month, according to a report in the Beira daily paper "Diario de Mozambique". (AllAfrica)

Fifteen years ago, Dan On'gayi was the first person in the western Kenyan village of Emuhaya to go public with his HIV status; at the time, the reaction from his community was so vitriolic he considered taking his own life. (AllAfrica)

The Ministry of Health (MoH) has urged the Vision for Alternative Development (VALD), Coalition of NGOs in Tobacco Control (CNTC), and the Media Alliance in Tobacco Control (MATCO), to educate the youth on the hazardous effects of tobacco use and exposure, to sensitise the public and other stakeholders on the previsions of the Tobacco Control Bill, its passage, and enforcement. (AllAfrica)

President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua yesterday flewout of the country again to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia for another round of medical check- up. (AllAfrica)

Congolese women in Karamoja region should not be blamed and victimised for the increase in HIV prevalence in the sub region, the army has said. (AllAfrica)

So much has been woven around figures. Statistics on infections with HIV/AIDS are reeled out daily, as if they are what should matter. It is time to dwell on issues of how to make those living with HIV/AIDS live meaningful lives and make it less of a burden for the affected. It is also time to focus energies on preventing further infections. (AllAfrica)

South West Coordinator of National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS), Mr. Taiye Adeleye, has bemoaned the State of the nation's health care system, saying NHIS was poised to addressing the trend. (AllAfrica)

THE Government will amend the law so that people suspected of stealing government drugs cannot be released on bail until their cases are disposed of. (AllAfrica)

Barclays Bank partnered with Virika Hospital to sponsor nutrition education among pregnant women who are HIV-positive. (AllAfrica)

This year, to commemorate the World AIDS Day, December 1, The New Vision, in conjunction with the parliamentary committee on HIV/AIDS, will award individuals who have played a remarkable role in the fight against HIV in their communities. Profiles of the people nominated by the public will be published everyday until the end of November. (AllAfrica)

This year, to commemorate the World AIDS Day, December 1, The New Vision, in conjunction with the parliamentary committee on HIV/AIDS, will award individuals who have played a remarkable role in the fight against HIV in their communities. Profiles of the people nominated by the public will be published everyday, until the end of November (AllAfrica)

President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua will leave Abuja today for the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. (AllAfrica)

Borno State Action Committee on human immuned virus/Acquired immune deficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS) (BOSACA has commence distribution of food, relief materials and instructional aids to schools. (AllAfrica)

SA's biggest private hospital group, Network Healthcare Holdings (Netcare), has seen increased demand for private healthcare despite the global recession, underscoring the healthcare sector's resilience to market conditions. (AllAfrica)

THE condition of MMD National Secretary, Katele Kalumba who is admitted to the University Teaching Hospital (UTH) is stable, hospital public relations manager, Pauline Mbangweta has said. (AllAfrica)

THE Organisation of African First Ladies against HIV and AIDS (OAFLA) maternity protection workshop for First Ladies starts today at Golfview Hotel in Lusaka. (AllAfrica)

Some Senators yesterday expressed concern over a bill establishing Rwanda Biomedical Centre (RBC), saying the new body would be too big to manage. (AllAfrica)

With a view of providing sustainable high quality health services to all Rwandans, Management Sciences for Health (MSH) - an arm of the Ministry of Health, yesterday launched the Integrated Health Systems Strengthening Project (IHSSP). (AllAfrica)

SIX suspected cholera cases have been recorded in Mabvuku, Harare, as the municipality battles to provide sufficient water to residents in the eastern and western parts of the city. (AllAfrica)

THE Global Fund to fight Tuberculosis, Aids and Malaria (GFTAM) has extended the country's Round 5 grant with additional funding of about US$37.9 million after the country failed to meet its targets. (AllAfrica)

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)

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