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22/05/2012

African press review 22 May 2012

Kenya's Deputy Prime Minister Uhuru Kenyatta's political career hits a sticky patch, criticism of the Ugandan government for its response to the outbreak of nodding disease in the north of the ...

17/05/2012 - African news explained

African Aids drug safety crisis

An authority on health says hundreds of thousands of people are dying every year due to false, poisonous or sub-standard medicines the world over.

17/05/2012 - International report

Alcohol kills hundreds in Kenya

Kenya’s National Campaign Against Drugs Authority has warned that there are more bars in Nairobi than there are schools and colleges.

10/05/2012 - International report

Women pilots take health care to lake Volta

Lake Volta in Ghana takes up almost 20 per cent of the country's landmass providing a livelihood for upwards of a million people.

09/05/2012 - On-the-spot France

Food allergies spread in France

Among other delights, French cuisine is celebrated for its delectable pastries and fabulous cheeses.

02/05/2012 - Report: Ghana

Ghanaian women take to the skies to fight waterborne disease

Women around Ghana's Lake Volta are being trained as pilots and primary healthcare workersin an attempt to fight the water-borne disease schistosomiasis.

01/05/2012 - International report

Nigeria's silent killer

After Malaria and Aids, Nigeria's main cause of death is diseases caused by traditional cooking.

11/04/2012

French press review 11 April 2012

There is a bit of a breather from election coverage today. But that does not necessarily mean good news in France.

11/04/2012 - African news explained

African buffalo help TB, malaria research

Can African wildlife teach us a thing or two about human health? That's the idea behind the TB Buffalo Project in South Africa.

HIV/Aids patients sit at a counseling facility in Gulu, Uganda

05/04/2012 - Report: Uganda

Call for increased protection of homosexuals and prostitutes to stem spread of HIV/Aids

World politicians meeting in the Ugandan capital, Kampala, have agreed on the need to repeal laws discriminating against HIV/Aids which they say have contributed to an increase in the rate of ...