DUBLIN '€“ Africa will be hardest hit by cancer '€“ projected to be the biggest killer in the world by 2010 '€“ with a massive treatment gap leading to people dying painful and undignified deaths of cancers that are preventable, treatable and curable.
Two more people have died of swine flu bringing the number of deaths to eight since the first confirmed case of the virus in June this year.
NAIROBI: (PlusNews) - The Global Fund to fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria is one of Uganda's key health partners; over the past six years it has disbursed more than US$164 million in programme grants.
Despite a two-year-old law in Niger penalizing discrimination against people infected with HIV, seropositive women say they still receive substandard health care, are denied employment and risk losing their children because of their status.
Momma'€™s Bosom, Dear Dolly and Irma on Life and Love are some of the popular print media advice columns on issues including relationships and health. But these columns fail to adequately address HIV/AIDS-related queries from readers, according to a recent analysis.
Basic information about swine flu in question and answer format.
The World Health Organisation (WHO) says the full impact of the swine flu outbreak in Africa has yet to be seen. The agency said this at a regional conference on the pandemic, earlier this week in Johannesburg.
Can you imagine being kicked out of your home or losing your job just because you have HIV? Many people have experienced such abuse because society doesn'€™t know much about HIV. Victims of abuse also don'€™t know that they have rights. But with the re-launch of the AIDS Charter, that'€™s about to change.
Swine flu has claimed another life in the Western Cape bringing the number of fatalities in the province to two.
The outbreak of Influenza A (H1N1) that started in Mexico and the United States of America has spread to many other countries resulting in high morbidity and some mortality.
Panic over the outbreak of Swine flu in the country has seen levels of absenteeism rise in the workplace. This is according to Kaelo Consulting, a company specialising in wellness and occupational health.
MBABANE: (PlusNews) - Swaziland's correctional services are using the confinement of prisoners as an opportunity to reach this high-risk group with HIV testing and treatment.
The case of a 44 year man old suspected to have died of swine flu in KwaZulu-Natal cannot be conclusively attributed to the virus, according to a National Department of Health statement.
South African health care workers have been warned against over prescribing Tamiflu '€“one of the only antiviral drugs known to treat swine flu.
Wednesday, 5 August 2009 While the number of people being diagnosed with '€˜swine flu'€™ continues to rise steadily around the globe and in South Africa, Dr Pete Vincent of Netcare Travel Clinics maintains that there is still no need to panic as most people who contract this H1N1 virus recover fairly quickly.
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