Universal Health 2030 Solving Complex Health System Problems
August 2017 npr; America is losing the battle against sexually transmitted infections. Cases of chlamydia, gonorrhea and syphilis all hit record-high numbers in 2015. Tens of thousands contract HIV every year in the U.S., and oral cancers caused by human papillomavirus are increasing. So startups are popping up online to …
Read More »WHO warns of imminent spread of untreatable superbug gonorrhoea
July 2017 Yahoo; At least three people worldwide are infected with totally untreatable “superbug” strains of gonorrhoea which they are likely to be spreading to others through sex, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday. Giving details of studies showing a “very serious situation” with regard to highly drug-resistant forms …
Read More »UK:More UK nurses and midwives leaving than joining profession
July 2017 bbc; More nurses and midwives are leaving the profession in the UK than joining it, for the first time since 2008, figures show. The number registered in the UK fell by 1,783 to 690,773, in the year to March. The Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) said the downward …
Read More »SUDAN: Cholera Spreads in Darfur Camps
July 2017 RadioDabanga; The state Ministry of Health placed medical tents to combat the spread of cholera in the overcrowded Kalma camp for displaced people in South Darfur. Five people died of ‘acute watery diarrhoea’, as the deadly disease is called by the Sudanese authorities, in the Nyala Academic Hospital, …
Read More »ANGOLA: Angola With Two Percent of HIV Prevalence – Inquiry
July 2017 angop; At least two percent of the Angolan population is a HIV positive with high prevalence on women affecting (2.69 percent) against men ( 1.2 percent), indicates the report of multiple inquiries and health (IIMS) 2015-2016 released on Friday in Luanda by the National Statistic Institute (INE). According …
Read More »SOUTH AFRICA: NHI Compulsory for All South Africans – Motsoaledi
July 2017 News24wire; Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi says the National Health Insurance (NHI) will be compulsory for all South African citizens. Motsoaledi announced on Thursday that the NHI white paper, which was approved by Cabinet last week, will be gazetted on Friday and that it may be fully operational by …
Read More »WHO elects first ever African director-general after tense vote
May 2017 theguardian; The World Health Organisation has its first ever director-general from Africa, after the election of Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the former Ethiopian health minister. Dr Tedros, as he is known, beat the British candidate, Dr David Nabarro, after three tense rounds of voting on Tuesday. Third was …
Read More »Congo-Kinshasa: WHO Optimistic on Controlling DRC Ebola Outbreak
May 2017 VOA; The World Health Organization’s regional chief for Africa reports prospects for rapidly controlling the spread of the deadly Ebola virus in the Democratic Republic of Congo are good. While not underestimating the difficulties that lie ahead in bringing this latest outbreak of Ebola to an end, Matshidiso …
Read More »SOUTH AFRICA: Minister Eyes R20 Billion in Med Scheme Tax Credits for NHI Fund
May 2017 SANews; Health Minister, Dr Aaron Motsoaledi, says the tax credits that are being earmarked for the establishment of the National Health Insurance (NHI) Fund amount to R20 billion. The Minister said this when he tabled the Department of Health’s Budget Vote in the Old Assembly Chamber in Parliament …
Read More »NIGERIA: Nigerian Doctors Reject Harmonised Pay With Nurses, Other Health Workers
May 2017 ThePremiumTimes; The Nigerian Medical Association, NMA, has called on the Federal Government to shelve its planned harmonisation of salaries of health workers in the country. The association’s position is contained in a communiqué issued by Mike Ogirima, President of NMA, on Sunday at the end of the 57th …
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