Tag: Africa
Doctor brain drain costs Africa $2 billion
by on Nov.26, 2011, under Health and Fitness
Sub-Saharan African countries that invest in training doctors have ended up losing $2 billion as the expert clinicians leave home to find work in more prosperous developed nations, researchers said on Friday.
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Drug-resistant salmonella found in Europe, Africa: study
by on Aug.03, 2011, under Health and Fitness
Scientists reported Wednesday a super-strain of salmonella resistant to antibiotics, notably ciprofloxacin, which is commonly used to treat infections caused by the bacteria.
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Horn of Africa aid caravan too late, again
by on Jul.26, 2011, under Health and Fitness
A besuited U.N. official wearing well-buffed shoes crouches in the orange dust near a cluster of huts in northern Kenyan, and, as his tie wafts in the breeze, raises an iPad and carefully films the rotting carcass of a cow.
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Drogba takes malaria fight to native Africa
by on Jul.23, 2011, under Health and Fitness
After six years braving England's frigid winters, a tropical disease was the last thing Chelsea's injury-prone striker Didier Drogba thought would keep him on the sidelines of the Premier League.
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Battleground South Africa
by on Jun.07, 2011, under Health and Fitness
State-owned vehicles used for pleasure instead of business?
Are taxpayer-funded vehicles being used for business or pleasure? The question was raised after a photo was taken showing a state-owned vehicle parked near Disneyland in California.
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Battleground South Africa
SOUTH Africa is playing host to an ethnic civil war that is claiming the lives of Somali nationals on a daily basis.
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Africa can feed itself within a generation: study
by on Dec.03, 2010, under Health and Fitness
African nations can break dependence on food imports and produce enough to feed a growing population within a generation despite extra strains from climate change, a study said on Thursday.
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Africa launches massive anti-polio campaign
by on Oct.27, 2010, under Health and Fitness
Fifteen countries in Africa are undertaking a mass polio immunisation campaign for 72 million children this week, the World Health Organisation said on Tuesday.
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Black-eyed pea holds tasty promise for Africa
by on Sep.27, 2010, under Health and Fitness
The black-eyed pea, one of the world's oldest cultivated vegetables, is also one of the most promising as a nutritious food product, according to researchers who gathered in Senegal on Monday.
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Cholera stalks West Africa as rains spread disease
by on Sep.11, 2010, under Health and Fitness
Patients jammed rudimentary clinics and health workers in surgical masks sprayed anti-bacterial solution on muddy paths as the government struggled to contain a cholera epidemic that has killed nearly 800 Nigerians in two months.
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Some donated malaria drugs being stolen in Africa
by on Sep.01, 2010, under Health and Fitness
Millions of free malaria drugs are sent to Africa every year by international donors. New research is now providing evidence for what health workers have long suspected: some of the donated medication is being stolen and resold on commercial markets.
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