By THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN I ENCOUNTERED something on this trip to India that I had never met before: a whole new political community — India’s “virtual middle class.” Its emergence explains a lot about the rise of social protests here, as well as in places like China and Egypt. It …

Feb 8th. Dr Anisa Omar was posted to Kinango Sub-district Hospital as a clinical doctor as soon as she obtained her Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery. She was asked to report there urgently to fill a vacuum. Within two years, she found herself catapulted to a management position. She was …

Kisumu Over 240,680 low-income earners in Western Kenya are set to benefit from quality and affordable health services following an initiative by the Kisumu Medical and Education Trust (KMET) to upgrade private facilities in informal settlements. Slum dwellers will now access all services available in public and referral hospitals including …

The government should make contribution to the National Social Security Fund and the National Health Insurance Fund compulsory to both informal and formal workers as a way of increasing national saving and build funds to finance welfare spending. Speaking on Tuesday during budget hearings at The Stanley hotel, Zimele Asset …

Feb 2013: Uganda. Twice, the government has attempted to launch a compulsory health insurance scheme. Carol Natukunda weighs the cons and pros of the proposed scheme. Last week, the health minister in charge of general duties Sarah Kataike Ndoboli raised the contentious health insurance debate again. She said Uganda needs …

February 2013. Kuito — The governor of Central Bié province, Álvaro Manuel de Boavida Neto, said today, in Kuito city, that the local government will continue to invest in improving health care to populations during fiscal year of 2013. Speaking at a press conference, Álvaro Manuel de Boavida Neto stressed …

 Feb 2013: South Africa Doctors and Nurses join forces to address public health crises Following recent media reports and government’s internal investigations into the country’s healthcare system, both SAMA and DENOSA met in Pretoria on Thursday 07 February 2013 to pave a way forward. Reports on alarming incidents at our …

11 February 2013 London — UNDP Administrator Helen Clark called Monday for swift, firm measures to halt a global surge in diseases such as cancer and diabetes, saying they belong “permanently on the global development agenda.” “Failure to curb the growing epidemic of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) now will lead to …

Maputo — The Mozambique Medical Association (AMM) on Monday confirmed that it is negotiating a solution to the current doctors’ strike, now in its second week, with the Ministry of Health – but neither side has given any details about the current state of the negotiations. At a Monday press …

By Kristof Decoster On January 31, 2013 · On January 22nd, Lancet editor and Twitter afficionado Richard Horton was in a rather grumpy mood.   He was attending the  132nd WHO Executive Board meeting in Geneva and, being Richard Horton, he obviously had a number of incisive questions and blunt comments …