Universal Health 2030 Solving Complex Health System Problems
November 2016 DabangaSudan; Prices for drugs are expected to double in the wake of the recent economic decisions. Fuel prices soared after the government liberalised the fuel market. El Fasher and Ed Daein immediately witnessed significant price rises in transportation. The owners of pharmacies in the capital Khartoum expect medicine …
Read More »SUDAN: Pharmacists strike in Sudanese capital tomorrow
November 2016 DabangaSudan; About 200 pharmacies in Khartoum will close their doors on Saturday from 9 am until 5 pm, in protest against the decision of the Central Bank of Sudan to free the exchange rate of the US Dollar for the import of medicines. The Sudanese Committee of Pharmacists …
Read More »SUDAN: More Than 10 Medics, 25 SCP Leaders Held Incommunicado
November 2016 ; DabangaSudan; The 14 medical doctors detained incommunicado by Sudan’s National Intelligence and Security Services (NISS) since 31 October may be subjected to torture, says the African Centre for Justice and Peace Studies (ACJPS). At least 49 other doctors participating in the strike across Sudan have been summoned by …
Read More »AUSTRALIA; Market failure: private health insurance only worth it for ‘the pregnant, the rich and the sick’
November 2016 TheGuardian; Laura Rolfe has always had private health insurance, because her mum always had it and she believed that “it’s just what you do”. The 29-year-old account manager convinced her husband, Jason, that it was something he needed to have as well, fearing he might be left in …
Read More »SOUTH AFRICA: SA, UK to Explore Collaboration On Antimicrobial Resistance Work
November 2016 SANews; As the international community marks World Antibiotic Awareness Week, the South African and UK Departments of Health will this week host a regional conference on the surveillance of antimicrobial resistance (AMR). The two-day conference will be held at the National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) in Johannesburg …
Read More »NIGERIA: Govt to Invest N20 Billion in Green Bond to Fight Emission
November 2016 DailyTrust; The federal government has disclosed plans to invest N20 billion worth of green bond towards the reduction of emission and to fight climate change in the country. The Minister of Environment, Amina Mohammed, speaking at a briefing in Abuja on Nigeria’s participation in the on-going COP22 conference …
Read More »LIBERIA: President Sirleaf Appeals to Doctors to Show Patriotism Amid Service.
November 2016 emansion; President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf has appealed to Liberian Doctors to show patience and patriotism by continuing their service to humanity. According to a dispatch from Marrakech, Morocco, the Liberian leader in a special but passionate message observed that in 2006, at the start of the administration, the …
Read More »WEST AFRICA: West Africa Adopts ‘One Health’ Approach to Disease Control
November 2016 Vanguard; The Ministers responsible for human, animal, wildlife and environmental health in West African countries have called on the governments of all nations within the sub-region to adopt and/or implement a regional One Health framework and other initiatives for improving health security. Making the call in Dakar, Senegal …
Read More »SOUTH AFRICA: Gauteng Health On Reduction of Neonatal Deaths
November 2016 SANews; The Gauteng Department of Health is pleased with progress being made in reducing neonatal deaths at Chris Hani Baragwanath Academic Hospital. For the period January to October this year the hospital recorded 287 deaths which is slightly less compared to deaths in the past three years: 2013 …
Read More »LIBERIA:Doctors Threaten ‘Strike Action’ Over Arrears
November 2016 DailyObserver; A 72-hour ultimatum, beginning today (Tuesday), has been extended to the government to pay doctors their two-month’s arrears, including the regularization of their salary payments, to avoid a planned strike action at the end of the request, which starts on Friday. In a consensus meeting yesterday on …
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