All articles in 'Health'
For a pragmatist financial stability or the potential for financial stability is rated much higher t...
9th February 2009African leaders should take heed of those countries with pragmatic and humane drug policies.
27th March 2009Nicosan presents an excellent opportunity to present Nigeria as a nation of scientific achievement t...
6th April 2009Africa South of the Sahara is home to 12 percent of the world’s population – accounts for 22 percent...
11th May 2009The African continent has a consumer market of between 4 to 5 billion tablets – capsules (tab – cap)...
18th May 2009The earliest cases of AIDS occurred in central Africa, in the same regions where Koprowski's vaccine...
25th May 2009Africa has failed to accept that HIV and Aids is real and is taking great toll on the social, econom...
2nd June 2009Private financers and suppliers of health care products and services have been under siege since the...
8th June 2009Why is so-called ‘free’ health care such a mess? Simple: when health care services are ‘free’, won’t...
15th June 2009Government health officials from 13 African countries launched the first-ever push for accreditation...
27th July 2009According to the International Property Rights Index 2009, Nigeria ranked 94th out of 115 countries....
4th August 2009A scheme that promises “free” healthcare for all creates insoluble problems and has various negative...
21st September 2009SA already spends a considerable amount of money on health, yet the health status of South Africans...
9th October 2009Whilst Africa’s population is 10% of the world population, Africa bears 25% of the global disease bu...
23rd October 2009This study should not be used to argue against the use of DDT in malaria control in South Africa or...
1st November 2009Developing a vaccine against malaria, a scientific challenge for decades, is critical to defeating t...
3rd November 2009Uganda's Ministry of Health is putting unborn babies in Northern Uganda on serious health risks.
9th November 2009The root cause of malnutrition in Africa is underdevelopment linked to political, economic, ecologic...
24th November 2009Every day in Africa, about 5200 Africans contract HIV and at least 3800 Africans die of AIDS.
30th November 2009A number of factors are likely to accelerate HIV/AIDS rates amongst forced migrant populations and a...
1st December 2009AIDS has had a dramatic effect on poverty in the region - families have lost their breadwinners and...
7th December 2009Counterfeit drugs constitute 10 per cent of the global drug market, rising to 25 per cent in develop...
8th February 2010Unfortunately, not every epileptic reacts well to medicine. In 25% to 40% of patients, medications d...
28th March 2006Whether insurance systems are involved or not, hospitals and doctors may have financial incentives t...
11th April 2006For too long, the European Union, environmental groups and healthcare agencies let horribly misguide...
18th April 2006It’s bad enough when PAN uses myths, scare tactics and outright lies to pressure African governments...
10th October 2006Traditional medicine, of which 80 per cent of Ghanaians access, should be integrated into the health...
8th May 2007Unwholesome ingredients for food pose great danger to Ghanaians' health. Ghanaians have been blinded...
26th June 2007Those at the fore-front of the campaign must be conscious of the proverbial rules of the gambler: kn...
3rd July 2007Unless deliberate policy and programme responses are formulated and implemented with generous politi...
24th July 2007