Addis Ababa, 30 August 2006-- Efficient knowledge management and enhanced use of information and communication technology could help Africa overcome the digital divide, strengthen its health systems, improve health outco…
Read moreAddis Ababa, 30 August 2006 -- The WHO Regional Office for Africa has developed a strategy to optimize child survival, growth and development, and reduce mortality among children less than five years of age, current…
Read moreAddis Ababa, 30 August 2006-- The World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Director for Africa, Dr Luis Sambo, has proposed measures to check sickle-cell disease. The prevalence of sickle-cell trait ranges between 10% an…
Read moreAddis Ababa, 30 August 2006-- Prospects are still bright for “Kicking Polio Out of Africa” despite setbacks suffered in eradication efforts over the last three years, the World Health Organization says. “The goal of P…
Read moreAddis Ababa, 30 August 2006-- “With the detection of avian influenza in the African continent, the risk of an influenza pandemic will persist. This potentially catastrophic situation requires strong government leadership…
Read moreAddis Ababa, 29 August 2006-- Low investment in health, huge out-of-pocket payments for health services, inadequate health financing policies and limited coverage by health insurance constitute some of the major challeng…
Read moreAddis Ababa, 28 August 2006-- African countries have been urged to establish or strengthen their medicines regulatory authorities (MRAs) with a view to checking the proliferation of harmful, inefficacious, counterfeit an…
Read morePrime Minister Meles Zenawi opens WHO meeting, proposes measures to tackle health worker shortage in Africa Addis Ababa, 28 August 2006 -- Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi has described the shortage and high…
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