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Vice President Goodluck Jonathan yesterday assured Nigerians that President Umar Yar'Adua who is currently receiving treatment at the King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia for a heart condition, is doing fine and responding well to treatment. (AllAfrica)

Last month, the International Monetary Fund and the African Export-Import Bank made $800-million in credit available to Zimbabwe. This initiative is meant to help the country restore its ravaged economy. (AllAfrica)

The Indian Association is to send 11 children to India for open heart surgery. The body's Executive Committee Chairman, Naren Mehta, said the children will be leaving on Monday, November 30, for Narayana Hrudalaya Hospital in Bangalore, India, where they will spend three weeks. (AllAfrica)

PRESIDENT Umaru Yar'Adua who is recuperating in a hospital bed in Jedah, Saudi Arebia has expressed sadness and disappointment over the widespread rumour of his death which rocked the nation since Wednesday; just as his Personal Physician, Dr. Salisu Banye, FWACP, has confirmed that the President is suffering from "Acute Pericarditis", (an inflammatory condition of the coverings of the heart). (AllAfrica)

THE decision of the World Health Organisation (WHO) to exclude Nigeria from the ongoing mass vaccination campaign to protect people from the yellow fever disease in West Africa, is absurd and bound to be counter-productive. (AllAfrica)

UGANDA'S average temperature will increase by up to 1.5 degrees Celsius in the next 20 years as a result of global warming, according to the State of the Uganda Population Report, released yesterday by finance minister Syda Bbumba. (AllAfrica)

THE just-ended workshop for Organisation of African First Ladies Against HIV and AIDS will go a long way to ensure that maternity protection is used as a preventive and care strategy against mother-to-child transmission of HIV. (AllAfrica)

The government will assist the families of nine inmates who succumbed to Cholera at Kamiti prison in funeral and burial arrangements. (AllAfrica)

GROUP OF 20: Africa gets seat at policy table (AllAfrica)

As part of the ongoing 2009 Trade fair currently underway at the Independence Stadium in Bakau; the Business Coalition against HIV/AIDS the Gambia (BUCAHA), last Tuesday held a forum on the theme 'My Day of BusinessÂ'. (AllAfrica)

The Gushegu District Director of Health Services, Mr. Mark Bugri Ayaba has called on the Ministry of Health to post at least 103 additional health personnel to facilitate quality healthcare delivery at the Ultra-modern Gushegu Government Hospital and to ensure maximum utilization of the facility. (AllAfrica)

The Gushegu District Director of Health Services, Mr. Mark Bugri Ayaba, has called on the Ministry of Health to post at least 103 additional health personnel to facilitate quality healthcare delivery at the ultra-modern Gushegu Government Hospital, and also to ensure maximum utilisation of the facility. (AllAfrica)

Some specialized clinics at the Jos University Teaching Hospital (JUHT) will from December 1st 2009 be moved from the temporary site of the hospital along Murtala Muhammed Way to its permanent site at Lamingo area in Jos, a statement by the Chief Public Relations Officer of the hospital Mrs. Ngozi Okpara said. (AllAfrica)

THE Acting Chairman of Kwali Area Council, Mr. Danlami Saleh Yebu, Tuesday said his administration is carrying out free anti-natal care services for pregnant women in all health centres in the 10 wards of the council. (AllAfrica)

The 'Future Youth Development Association' in Farato recently held a massive cleansing exercise at the Farato Health post in western region. The purpose of the cleansing exercise was to ensure a healthy environment within the campus of the post as well as the surrounding areas as the health post plays a major role in creating health for the people of Farato. (AllAfrica)

The Boca Loho Foundation from the Netherlands, on Monday 23 November donates to health centres through the Vision Development Foundation of the Gambia in Churchill's Town. (AllAfrica)

THE Western Regional branch of the Ghana National Association of Chemical Sellers (GNACS), the Food and Drugs Board (FDB), the Pharmacy Council and the Ghana Police Service, have given their commitment to collaborate effectively in the fight against drug peddling in the region. (AllAfrica)

The State House in Abuja declared yesterday that President Umaru Yar'adua, who departed the country in a hurry last Monday to seek medical treatment in Saudi Arabia, is suffering from acute pericarditis, an inflammation of the fibrous sac surrounding the heart, otherwise known as pericardium. It was the first time in two and a half years of his presidency that the State House revealed Yar'adua's ailment to the public. (AllAfrica)

The Federal Government yesterday foreclosed the possibility of integrating traditional and herbal medicines into the nation's health system, insisting that though its efficacy had received global acclaim, the secrecy by practitioners and the absence of a well coordinated approach to their activities had remained a drawback to its recognition by government. (AllAfrica)

For the uninitiated, any talk about the scary Vesico Vaginal Fistula and its sibling, Recto-Vaginal Fistula in Nigeria, is easily linked to the northern parts of the country. (AllAfrica)

Panic has gripped Mwanza as 142 primary school pupils, teachers and villagers have tested positive to swine flu infection at Ilula village in Kwimba District in the region. (AllAfrica)

GOVERNOR Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State, yesterday, called on Nigerians to fervently pray for the quick recovery of President Umaru Yar'Adua to enable him fulfill his vision of a great Nigeria. (AllAfrica)

The permanent secretary (PS) in the Ministry of Health, Newman Kahiya has given an ultimatum to Princess Marina Hospital staff to deliver or get sacked. "There is no question about it. If you don't deliver there is no reason for us to keep you," he told the staff yesterday. (AllAfrica)

Nigeria accounts for the highest number of Vesico Vaginal Fistula (VVF) in the world, Minister of Health Prof. Babatunde Osotimehin has said.The health minister, who made this known at the foundation laying ceremony of National Vagina Fistula (VVF) Centre in Kwali area council, Abuja, said the administration is committed to addressing issues of VVF in Nigeria. (AllAfrica)

I could never have a cup of tea without sugar. Some people think I am living dangerously, and they could be right. Although sugar is not something people fear to ingest, just like any other food, too much of it is certainly bad. And for the extremists any sugar is too bad for your health. (AllAfrica)

That women and girls are particularly vulnerable to HIV and AIDS is well established, but a new report reveals how little we know about what countries are doing, or not doing, to address their vulnerability. (AllAfrica)

New data in the 2009 AIDS epidemic update shows HIV infections in the world have reduced by 17 percent over the past eight years. (AllAfrica)

South Africa has secured an additional $108 million from the Global Fund to finance its HIV prevention projects over the next five years. (AllAfrica)

Every November 19, the world celebrates the World Toilet Day (WTD) as it is a day set aside to inform governments all over the world of the dangers that the sanitation sector is witnessing. (AllAfrica)

THE National Medical Stores has discovered over 100 non-existent health centres that have for years received drugs and funding from the Government. (AllAfrica)

FIRST Lady Thandiwe Banda has said that Prevention of Mother-to-Child Transmission (PMTCT) of HIV/AIDS is the surest way of saving humanity from extinction. (AllAfrica)

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