September 2016 DailyNews; THE Prime Minister, Mr Kassim Majaliwa, has ordered an investigation of medical personnel at Mafia District Hospital who own pharmacies around the hospital premises. The premier’s directive follows his visit at the facility yesterday, where he learnt that there were several drug outlets owned by health workers …
Read More »ZIMBABWE: New Health Television Channel for Medical Centres
September 2016 thestandard; Harare entrepreneur Tompson Dube Matambo has established a health television channel for local health institutions. The channel called Health TV has programmes that keeps viewers engaged with up to date health information that include exercise routines, healthy recipes and tips and how to manage common conditions, among …
Read More »KENYA: Expanding to Africa, Columbia Pacific opens health clinic in Nairobi
September 2016 Seattletimes; Columbia Pacific Management, a Seattle-based investment firm that runs health-care facilities in various countries, has expanded to Africa. Under the new Columbia Africa brand, the company opened its first clinic in Nairobi, Kenya, this week. The 5,300-square-foot clinic and diagnostic center offers services in family medicine, internal …
Read More »USA: Obesity and Violence Hamper U.S. Progress toward U.N. Health Goals
September 2016 ScientificAmerican; The United States performs poorly in U.N. rankings on progress towards global health goals due to its high levels of violence, alcohol abuse and childhood obesity, a study has found. The research, published in The Lancet medical journal on Wednesday, offers the first assessment of 188 countries’ …
Read More »Smoking Permanently Damages Your DNA, Study Finds
September 2016 nbcnews; Smoking scars DNA in clear patterns, researchers reported Tuesday. Most of the damage fades over time, they found — but not all of it. Their study of 16,000 people found that while most of the disease-causing genetic footprints left by smoking fade after five years if people …
Read More »SOUTH AFRICA: Health Committee Oversight Uncovers Problems in Free State’s Thabo Mofutsanyane District
September 2016 parliament.za ;The Portfolio Committee on Health conducted an oversight visit to the Thabo Mofutsanyane District in the Free State this week. On day one of the oversight, the Committee visited the Mofumahadi Manapo Mopeli Regional Hospital, and the Mphathalatsa and the Mahaig clinics. At Mofumahadi Manapo Mopeli hospital, …
Read More »Global Leaders Move Against Antimicrobial Resistance
September 2016 WHOMediaCentre; World leaders today signalled an unprecedented level of attention to curb the spread of infections that are resistant to antimicrobial medicines. Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) happens when bacteria, viruses, parasites, and fungi develop resistance against medicines that were previously able to cure them. For the first time, Heads …
Read More »Violence, Injuries Kill 5 Million People Per Year – WHO Official
September 2016 DailyMonitor; Experts from over 100 countries around the globe have convened at Tampere, Finland, for the 12th World Conference on Injury prevention and safety Promotion. According to Dr Etienne Krug, Director of the World Health Organisation (WHO) Department for the Management of Non communicable Diseases, Disability, Violence and …
Read More »Donors Pledge Billions to Battle Aids, TB and Malaria
September 2016 theglobalfund; At the launch of the Global Fund’s Fifth Replenishment, donors pledged over US$12.9 billion for the next three years, demonstrating extraordinary global commitment toward ending the epidemics of AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria for good. Hosted by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, who stressed youth engagement as a key …
Read More »Alcohol consumption and fecundability: prospective Danish cohort study
September 2016 bmj; In summary, our study showed that consumption of 14 or more servings of alcohol a week was slightly associated with reduced fecundability, but consumption of lower amounts seemed to have no discernible effect on fertility. Nonetheless, because the fetus may be particularly vulnerable to alcohol during the …
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