Universal Health 2030 Solving Complex Health System Problems
July 2013 IRIN; In May, the UN World Health Organization (WHO) announced the prequalification of PrePex, the first non-surgical device for adult male circumcision. Compared to surgical circumcision, the device has fewer complications and is easier and quicker to use, allowing lower-cadre medical workers to be trained to perform the …
Read More »Ensuring healthy lives after 2015
June 2013 The Lancet; It isn’t perfect, but it is a passionate, rigorous, and radical statement about the scale of our common predicaments and the need to initiate an inflection point in the trajectory of nations. The heads of state of Indonesia (Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono), Liberia (Ellen Johnson Sirleaf), and …
Read More »UGANDA; Must Cut Baby Deaths By 42 Percent
June 2013 TheObserver; A report by Save the Children International finds that of all babies born on any given day in Uganda, at least 41 die daily within a minute of delivery from preventable causes. By the end of the year, 15,100 babies will have died on their birthday …
Read More »The war on undernutrition
June 2013 Guardian; Shocking television images of starving people, saved from death by humanitarian food drops, have become all too common over the past few decades. But there are many children across the developing world who are not starving or even hungry, yet they are struggling to get the nutritious …
Read More »More voluntary blood donors needed
June 2013 WHOBulletin; WHO calls for all countries to obtain 100% of their supplies of blood and blood products from voluntary unpaid blood donors by 2020. The need for blood and blood products is increasing every year, and many patients requiring life-saving transfusion do not have timely access to safe …
Read More »More than 270 000 pedestrians killed on roads each year
May 2013 WHOBulletin; More than 270 000 pedestrians lose their lives on the world’s roads each year accounting for 22% of the total 1.24 million road traffic deaths. WHO is calling on governments to take concrete actions to improve the safety of pedestrians. Under the banner “Make Walking Safe”, the …
Read More »KENYA:Philips – Developing Sustainable Healthcare Revitalization Projects
May 2013 CIO; Healthcare systems are stretched and a lack of clinical resources is evident with report showing Kenya to have only 2 doctors to care for every 10,000 people, compared to 24 doctors for every 10,000 people in the USA and inadequate investment in technology across many levels of …
Read More »ETHIOPIA:Ethiopian Child Mortality Rate Falls 40 Percent
May 2013 Ertagov; Ethiopia has reduced its child mortality rate by 40 percent over the last two decades. The figure is attested by the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF). The 14th Mothers International Conference said the progress in Ethiopia is impressive in preventing children’s death from preventable disease. Yet the …
Read More »ETHIOPIA:Health Extension Workers Reducing Newborn Death
May 2013 Ertagov; This is the story of a Health Extension Worker (HEW), her name isTezaru Arsicha, working at Debub Mesenkele Health Post of Dale district in Sidama Zone. It is found in the South Ethiopia Regional State. She usually makes a daily visit of six to 8 houses in …
Read More »ETHIOPIA:Debrebrhan Hospital Expanding By Over Br350 Million
May 2013 Ertagov; Expansion of the Debrebrhan Referral Hospital, which is located in North Shoa Zone of Amhara State, is happening with over 350 million Birr. This is according to ENA. Recently Minister of Health, Dr. Keseteberhan Admassu gave a visit to the hospital. The hospital has been in service …
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