The News Review:
- Africa: Allocate 15 Percent of Budget to Health, African Govts Told
- NIGERIA: Shoddy private health centres closed down
- Society provides health services to the poor
- State Plan ’sham’ on indigenous issues
- Gambia: Male Brainstormed on Safe-Motherhood
- PAHO, UNICEF Working Together To Support LAC Countries
- … : International Conference on Primary Health Care and Health…
Africa: Allocate 15 Percent of Budget to Health, African Govts Told
AllAfrica.com – Apr 29, 2008
"The 15% Campaign Coordinator stressed that poor reproductive and sexual health is at the core of Africa’s high disease burden, and that HIV is primarily a sexual and reproductive health issue, and costs Africa 1. 6 million lives annually. "Poor reproductive health systems also impact greatly on infant and child health leading to 4. 8 million child deaths a year, and over half of non disease maternal deaths globally are in Africa. Considering that TB is now the biggest killer of HIV positive persons, and malaria now has an increasing impact on maternal and child mortality. It is clear that without massive investment to rebuild our public health systems Africa may die out slowly and painfully," Sankore said. To him, "training and retention of African health workers is particularly crucial.
NIGERIA: Shoddy private health centres closed down
Reuters AlertNet – Apr 29, 2008
“The influx of people to my clinic has increased recently as some of the patients are not getting the attention they need from government hospitals,” he said. The Lagos state government says it has developed a four-year infrastructure development plan for secondary health care. “We are going to construct five 100-bed maternal and child health complexes [in the grounds of already existing hospitals],” Idris pledged. The Lagos health commissioner said five general hospitals had already been rehabilitated. In another survey, the Drug Quality Control Laboratory analysed 813 samples of drugs and related products in 258 private and public pharmacies, and found that 15 percent of them were defective. All rights reserved.
Society provides health services to the poor
The Tide – Apr 29, 2008
The managing director said although the prevalence rate of HIV and AIDS had dropped in the last three years, as a result of the public awareness campaigns, a lot still needed to be done. ?The HIV and AIDS scourge has drifted our attention from other issues. A lot of work has to be done on the issue of maternal and child health acre, to reduce the rates of death in the country,?? he said. He said the organisation would launch a new malaria drug for children in accordance withthe new policy of the Federal Ministry of Health. Related Articles
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State Plan ’sham’ on indigenous issues
NEWS.com.au – Apr 29, 2008
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Mr Stoner slammed the State Government for failing to place "serious priority" on closing the gap between indigenous and non-indigenous Australians. The news comes ahead of today’s release of The Health and Welfare of Australia’s Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples 2008, which aims to provide a comprehensive overview, largely at a national level, of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health and welfare. The national report looks in detail at demographic and population characteristics, maternal and child health, health risk factors, disabilities, mortality and access to services. Compiled by the Australian Bureau of Statistics, the report will be released today in Sydney. Share this article.
Gambia: Male Brainstormed on Safe-Motherhood
AllAfrica.com – Apr 29, 2008
The sensitisation exercise was funded by World Health Organisation (WHO). GA_googleFillSlot(”AllAfrica_Story_Inset”);Speaking at the ceremony, Bafoday Jawara, the Principal Nursing Officer said men involvement in reproductive child health, would go a long way in reducing maternal deaths and pregnancy complications. He noted that, death from many pregnancy complications and child birth were actually preventable and every minute a woman loses her life and joined the call for male involvement in maternal health. Famara Fatty, the senior nursing officer, said men had important role to play in society, and that they are partners and agents of change.
PAHO, UNICEF Working Together To Support LAC Countries
Medical News Today – Apr 29, 2008
It works with all the countries of the Americas to improve the health and the quality of life of people of the Americas, and serves as the Regional Office for the Americas of the World Health Organization (WHO). UNICEF is on the ground in over 150 countries and territories to help children survive and thrive, from early childhood through adolescence. The world’s largest provider of vaccines for developing countries, UNICEF supports child health and nutrition, good water and sanitation, quality basic education for all boys and girls, and the protection of children from violence, exploitation, and AIDS. UNICEF is funded entirely by the voluntary contributions of individuals, businesses, foundations and governments.
… : International Conference on Primary Health Care and Health…
AllAfrica.com – Apr 29, 2008
He said: “In this regard, a decreasing trend has been noted in under-five mortality which fell from 188 per 1000 live births in 1970 to 165 per 1000 live births in 2005. This decrease is largely the fruit of intensification of health interventions related to child survival, especially immunization”. Dr Sambo illustrated other successes recorded with the drop in measles mortality in the region by 91% between 2000 and 2006; the reduction in polio-endemic countries from 46 in 1988 to just one in 2008; the 99% reduction in guinea worm cases, from nearly 900 000 in 1989 to less than 4000 cases in 2007; the reduction of leprosy-endemic countries from 44 in 1990 to two in 2007, and the increase in the proportion of AIDS patients on antiretroviral treatment from 1% in 2003 to 37% by the end of 2007. Still, much remains to be done, said the Regional Director, who pointed out that Africa, with only 11 % of the world’s population, continued to bear a disproportionate 25% of its disease burden. He attributed this to the inability of health systems to perform optimally citing as reasons population movements caused by political crises, the implementation of structural adjustment programmes in the 1980s and the burden of external debts, among others. Dr Sambo stated that evidence from within and outside the region had shown that the PHC approach remained not only appropriate for strengthening health systems but also a valid health promotion tool.
