April 2013 UHC ; Meet Majid. This 15 year old boy is the primary earner for his family in Pakistan. Majid was hit by a tractor, leaving him out of a job, with no money for an operation, and a starving family. More than 120 million people in Pakistan pay …

April 2013 GlobalHealthPolicy; At a time when global health responses are threatened by budget-cutting fever, a “deficit neutral” bill proposed by Rep. Albio Sires (D-NJ), and Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart (R-FL) would create a comprehensive strategy to get the most out of a government investment with some of the biggest returns: …

April 2013 TheHerald Online; Zimbabwe’s youth-friendly family planning initiative in nursing schools is a masterpiece other countries should tap into, an East, Central and Southern Africa-Health Community official has said. Speaking at a meeting to review progress made so far and possible ways of scaling up programmes in Harare, family …

April 2013 UNDP; The islands of the South Pacific have some of the highest rates of obesity and diabetes in the world, with obesity rates as high as 75 percent and diabetes rates as high as 47 percent. The islanders are raising the most obese generation of humans in history. …

April 2013 The Chronicle; Quite clearly, something must be fundamentally wrong with the sense of responsibility of both President John Dramani Mahama’s National Democratic Congress (NDC) administration and the striking medical practitioners employed in government hospitals across the country. For if they had shown any sense of responsibility for preserving …

April 2013 AllAfrica; A question had been nagging at Ghanaian researcher Alexander Nartey. Since Ghana’s government had made health insurance available to the country’s poor to ease the burden of health care, why were so many people still paying cash, including those seeking basic treatment for malaria? The Ghanaian government …

April 2013  Press release; The European Union has pledged more than 14.5 million Euros ($18.8 million) to support and strengthen Sudan’s health-related programs. Ambassador Tomas Ulicny, Head of delegation of the European Union to Sudan, made the pledge on Monday (April 22nd) speaking at the opening of a Global Health …

April 2013 The Chronicle; An Accra-based legal practitioner, Tuinese Edward Amuzu, has a filed writ at an Accra High Court, seeking a declaration that the strike action embarked upon by the members of the Ghana Medical Association (GMA) is unlawful, and that it contravenes section 163 of the Labour Act …

April 2013  UNAIDS; Big questions were raised about getting the best results in health and development at the World Bank’s Africa Development Forum 2013. The event brought together Ministers of Finance and Health from some 30 African countries to explore effective and creative ways to ensure the future health of …

April 2013 New Vision; Jennifer Nayiko 29 years, a resident of Kawempe has been ‘leaking’ for 10 years.  She has gone from doctor to doctor to try and stop the flow, but her condition gets worse by the day.  It all started 10 year ago, at a health centre in …