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World Bank funding targets Africa’s malaria fight

afrol News, 23 April - African states still not covered with malaria treated nets will be given priority in the new funding committed and aimed at meeting the 2010 target of eradicating the killer disease.

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Drumstick tree can provide Africa with clean water

afrol News, 5 March - Moringa oleifera, also known as the drumstick tree, could be the almost cost free solution to provide millions of Africans with clean water. A simple technique can make its seeds into an effective water purification remedy.

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SA baby born with external heart dies

afrol News, 5 March - A young South African baby who was born with her heart outside has died, despite groundbreaking medical efforts at a Johannesburg hospital to save her.

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Study reveals sub-standard malaria medicines in Africa

afrol News, 8 February - The first results from a large-scale study of key antimalarial medicines in ten Sub-Saharan African countries have revealed that a high percentage of medicines circulating on national markets are of substandard quality and thus may contribute to the growth of drug-resistant strains of Plasmodium falciparum, the most virulent form of malaria.

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Algeria seeks to reduce swine flu vaccines order

afrol News, 8 February - Algerian health officials are negotiating the reduction of its order of swine flu vaccines from 20 to five million doses, saying the cases of the virus have drastically declined in recent months.


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» 17.09.2009 - Project to fight Malaria builds thriving African Mosquito net industry
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» 04.08.2009 - Scientists publish discovery of Malaria origin
» 31.07.2009 - 30 million children targeted in Nigeria's immunization campaign
» 22.07.2009 - WHO study says river blindness could be wiped out
» 09.07.2009 - Kenyans in court over Anti-Counterfeit Act
» 08.07.2009 - New therapy against malaria in Africa announced
» 22.06.2009 - New hope for MDR TB patients
» 26.05.2009 - Agencies call for funds to replenish yellow fever vaccine supplies
» 30.04.2009 - Cyber criminals exploiting swine flu outbreak, Interpol warns
» 28.04.2009 - Global crisis impacting on HIV and AIDS treatment
» 18.02.2009 - Pharmacists suspend strike as negotiations continue
» 12.02.2009 - Nigeria arrests 12 for killer teething mixture
» 26.01.2009 - Healers ignore government order
» 16.01.2009 - New malaria medication expected in the market soon
» 19.12.2008 - Kenya rejects HRW report on ARV roll out
» 09.12.2008 - African tests show malaria vaccine may come in 2011
» 28.11.2008 - Nigeria arrests seller of killer chemical on teething mixture
» 26.11.2008 - Libya extends humanitarian aid to Gaza Strip
» 26.11.2008 - Teething concoction kills 25 children in Nigeria
» 07.11.2008 - Zimbabwe releases $7.3 million global fund money
» 29.10.2008 - Investment in human lives essential amid financial crisis
» 16.10.2008 - Nigeria has hope of eradicating polio
» 03.10.2008 - Africa bound drugs seized in Belgium
» 23.07.2008 - Kenya study proves malaria drugs side effects
» 25.06.2008 - Ethiopia AIDS patients pull out on treatment
» 24.06.2008 - Community-directed healthcare 'most effective' - study
» 30.05.2008 - Kenya combats fake drugs
» 08.05.2008 - Canada sells combined AIDS drugs to Rwanda
» 14.11.2007 - Gambia's health minister fired
» 31.10.2007 - Gambia: New malaria drugs available
» 23.10.2007 - South African scientists will rise to Gates' challenge
» 19.10.2007 - Malnutrition, cholera bite DRC's war-ravaged community
» 16.10.2007 - Africa's ARV treatment fails
» 16.07.2007 - Stakeholders bang heads on 'Brain Drain' in Malawi
» 09.06.2007 - Cheap meningitis vaccine developed in West Africa
» 07.06.2007 - Zambia questions men touting HIV/AIDS cure
» 07.06.2007 - 2 million Zimbabwe children get polio vaccine
» 01.06.2007 - Antiretroviral generics to be produced in Ethiopia, Zimbabwe
» 16.03.2007 - Malaria drug to be grown in Southern Africa
» 08.03.2007 - Mali govt to "beat malaria this year"
» 01.03.2007 - New, cheap malaria cure hits African market
» 23.02.2007 - Gambia expels UN rep over AIDS cure grills
» 12.02.2007 - Gambia President continues "AIDS treatment"
» 15.01.2007 - 10,000 South African educators to die of AIDS
» 08.12.2006 - Nigeria boosts research into traditional medicine
» 08.12.2006 - China exports more anti-malaria drugs to Africa
» 16.10.2006 - Africans discuss safe blood transfusions
» 08.09.2006 - Mass polio vaccination in Kenya, Somalia, Ethiopia
» 20.02.2006 - New mass campaign against polio in Sudan
» 01.02.2006 - Polio now wiped out in Egypt, Niger
» 10.11.2005 - New, cheap malaria cure for Africa presented
» 16.06.2005 - Polio at Somalia, Somaliland doorstep
» 25.04.2005 - Row over DDT use against malaria in Uganda
» 17.01.2005 - Sudan polio campaign "exceptionally successful"
» 13.01.2005 - New African pledge to eradicate polio
» 04.01.2005 - Darfur war may halt worldwide polio vaccination
» 14.12.2004 - Large child health campaign under way in Togo
» 15.10.2004 - Possible malaria vaccine presented in Mozambique
» 15.10.2004 - 7.3 million vaccinated against measles in Madagascar
» 12.10.2004 - Protests against AIDS drug price hike in South Africa
» 05.10.2004 - African polio campaign started in Nigeria
» 14.09.2004 - Uganda, Nigeria to regulate traditional healers
» 09.09.2004 - Traditional healers recognised by South African lawmakers
» 04.09.2004 - Nigeria reaffirms commitment to polio eradication
» 02.07.2004 - Niger polio situation "still a concern"
» 02.07.2004 - Little enthusiasm for generic AIDS drug plans in South Africa
» 01.07.2004 - Polio campaign in north Nigeria starts next week
» 01.06.2004 - New AIDS drug to begin distribution in Nigeria
» 18.05.2004 - Egypt soon polio-free; Niger, Nigeria later on
» 12.05.2004 - Polio vaccines now accepted all over Nigeria
» 06.04.2004 - New uses for West Africa's miracle yohimbe tree
» 15.03.2004 - First medical school in Eritrea opens
» 26.02.2004 - North Nigerian polio boycott "unforgivable"
» 25.02.2004 - Nigerian polio now spreads to Côte d'Ivoire
» 23.02.2004 - Kano state again halts Nigerian polio vaccination
» 20.02.2004 - Massive polio immunisation drive throughout Africa
» 14.01.2004 - Experimental Mozambican mass cholera vaccination begins
» 05.01.2004 - Nigerians confirm polio vaccine is safe
» 18.11.2003 - Human testing of Ebola vaccine has begun
» 08.11.2003 - Measles mass vaccination campaign launched in Guinea
» 09.09.2003 - New HIV test approved by Ugandan authorities
» 30.07.2003 - South African Nevirapine farce continues
» 17.05.2003 - 7.6 million Angolan children to be vaccinated

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