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Kenya: Synovate Now Launches Opinion Poll on Health
Sat, 11 Feb 2012 15:48:05 GMT
[Nairobi Star]
IPSOS Synovate and the Kenya Healthcare Federation yesterday launched an opinion poll that will help track and highlight key areas of interest concerning the health sector.
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Kenya: Ministries Withdraw Support for HIV Fund
Sat, 11 Feb 2012 15:05:59 GMT
[Nairobi Star]
Plans to create a HIV trust fund have grounded after the two ministries of health withdrew their support. Health ministers Beth Mugo and Prof Anyang' Nyong'o have understandably declined to sign a joint memo that should be presented to the Cabinet by Special Programmes minister Esther Murugi.
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Kenya: Siaya Technicians Threaten to Strike
Sat, 11 Feb 2012 07:30:40 GMT
[Nairobi Star]
LABORATORY technicians drawn from various government hospitals in Siaya county have threatened to join the strike called by doctors. The Association of Kenya Medical Laboratory Scientists Organization, Siaya branch chairman Romlas Okwany complained over strenuous allowances.
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Angola: Country Facing Major Public Health Challenge - Health Official
Sat, 11 Feb 2012 07:17:03 GMT
[ANGOP]
Luanda -
Angola is facing a major public health challenge following the increase of communicable and non-communicable diseases, with emphasis to chronic degenerative diseases and traumatisms resulting from road accidents and domestic violence.
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Kenya: Health Workers Issue 21-Day Strike Notice
Sat, 11 Feb 2012 07:16:20 GMT
[Nairobi Star]
The government has until March 1 to raise allowances to medics, or face a nationwide strike from the health practitioners. This comes after the health workers, through Kenya Health Professionals Society, issued a 21-day strike notice to government over what they termed as government failure to fulfil their side of the agreement.
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Ghana: Doctors Sack Minister and Send Asiedu Nketiah Away
Sat, 11 Feb 2012 06:42:06 GMT
[Ghanaian Chronicle]
Kumasi -
FOR the countless time running, the National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) has failed to convince members of the Society of Private Medical Practitioners (SPMDP) to reverse their decision not to participate in the ongoing Health Insurance Capitation programme being piloted in the region.
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Uganda: Nodding Disease - Unlocking It Will Take Years of Research
Sat, 11 Feb 2012 06:30:10 GMT
[Observer]
Dr. Monday Busuulwa is a medical epidemiologist with the African Field Epidemiology Network (AFENET).
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South Africa: Pensioners Set to Benefit From NHI
Sat, 11 Feb 2012 06:21:49 GMT
[Biz-Community]
The introduction of the National Health Insurance (NHI) initiative has been examined as to the impact it will have on those who do not have any medical cover, yet one of the overlooked areas is the fact that it will also help to alleviate a major cost burden for those in retirement.
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Tanzania: U.S., Tanzania Governments and Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric Aids Foundation (egpaf) Celebrate Success of HIV Care and Treatment Programs
Fri, 10 Feb 2012 19:19:33 GMT
[Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric Aids Foundation]
The U.S. Government under the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) - with funding through the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the Tanzanian Ministry of Health and Social Welfare (MOHSW), and the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation (EGPAF) - is commemorating the conclusion of eight years of life-saving HIV/AIDS care and treatment programs.
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Africa: Counting the Costs of Brain Drain
Fri, 10 Feb 2012 19:07:23 GMT
[AfricaFocus]
According to a study published in the British Medical Journal in November 2011, nine sub-Saharan countries (Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Nigeria, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe) invested some $2 billion in costs of educating doctors who subsequently emigrated to the United States, United Kingdom, Australia, or Canada.
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