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Tanzania: Patients to Benefit From Palliative Care

Dar es Salaam — The Ministry of Health, Community Development, Gender, Elderly and Children in association with Ocean Road Cancer Institute (ORCI) has started to provide palliative care. The specialised medical care helps people live their life as fully and as comfortably as possible when living with a life-limiting or terminal illness. Palliative care identifies and treats symptoms which may be physical, emotional,.... Read more »

Posted on : Wednesday , 21st September 2016

Sh1.7b to boost better storage of biomedical materials

The United States has donated Sh1.7 billion ($17 million) to Kenya to improve its storage of biomedical materials. The money will be used to improve storage infrastructure and train public health workers and those in life-sciences like zoology, microbiology, physiology and biochemistry to mitigate the threat of infectious diseases. When not handled properly or lands in the wrong hands, infectious bacteria such as anthrax.... Read more »

Posted on : Tuesday , 20th September 2016

Tanzania: 'Enrol for Health Insurance Cover'

Tanzania Insurance Brokers Association together with Association of Tanzania Insurers jointly hands over a dummy cheque of 20m/- to disaster coordinator from Prime Minister's Office, Mr Edger Senga during their awareness walk yesterday. MEMBERS of the public have been advised to enrol themselves in health insurance arrangements so that they can be helped in case of natural disasters. The call was made in Dar es Salaam.... Read more »

Posted on : Tuesday , 20th September 2016

Tanzania: Zanzibaris Enlightened On Dental Care

Zanzibar — Over 1,000 children and adults in Malindi constituency have been provided with free dental hygiene kits in a move geared to minimise common dental problems. 'Go for Zanzibar e.V. (GOZA)' a non-Profit Organisation founded six years ago by a Germany Lady, Ms Antje Fleischer, distributed the dental hygiene kits to at least one thousand residents with the majority being children of Malindi constituency in the Stone.... Read more »

Posted on : Tuesday , 20th September 2016

Strategies to advance oral health in Africa

Oral health in Africa has just received a second boost with the August 2016 launch of the World Health Organization’s African region strategy, based on four clear objectives. This follows its publication Promoting Oral Health in Africa, launched earlier this year, which proposes proven, aff ordable and feasible interventions to address daily oral health needs in the African region. The first boost to oral health came in.... Read more »

Posted on : Saturday , 17th September 2016

Africa: Private Donors Double Investments to the Global Fund

Montreal — The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria announced today that pledges from private donors and innovative financing initiatives reached US$250 million for the coming three years, more than twice as much as in the previous period. The announcement was made at the launch of the Global Fund's Fifth Replenishment, hosted by the government of Canada, where leaders from all over the world gathered to show.... Read more »

Posted on : Saturday , 17th September 2016

Researchers converge in Nairobi to strategize the fight against NTDs

Over 200 researchers from Africa and Japan have converged in Nairobi for a two-day joint symposium to explore areas of research in the fight against Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs). The conference which started on Thursday brings together NTD Coordinators and Researchers from 40 countries to leverage on research, technology, science and innovation opportunities that will inform interventions in the fight against the.... Read more »

Posted on : Friday , 16th September 2016

Nasal spray to calm kids in dental chair

Adults might baulk at having a tooth pulled but will stoically endure the process. Children are less brave, however, and may not cooperate at all, presenting dentists with a major challenge. With this in mind, two researchers—a senior lecturer from the Faculty of Dentistry at the University of Western Cape, South Africa, and a paediatric dentist from Sudan—have been studying sedatives in the hope of finding a safe,.... Read more »

Posted on : Thursday , 15th September 2016

New blood test developed to tackle major livestock disease in Africa

The University of Dundee and the Global Alliance for Livestock Veterinary Medicines (GALVmed) have partnered to develop a simple and effective device that tests for a cattle disease that is endemic in 40 African countries and accounts for up to a 50 percent loss in milk and meat production in the continent. The device, less than 3 inches long and similar in format to a pregnancy test, can identify within 30 minutes whether or not.... Read more »

Posted on : Thursday , 15th September 2016

China�s Mindray advancing medical technologies to Africa

It is now apparent that African governments and health systems must do more to prepare for extreme health crises. The enormous amount of developmental aid pouring into Africa in recent years combined with dramatic health care gaps is focusing more attention on quality and sustainable improvements to health systems. To assist in addressing this, Mindray Medical International Limited has intensified advanced medical technologies in.... Read more »

Posted on : Thursday , 15th September 2016

Kenya: Sh26 Billion Govt Fund to Handle Chronic Diseases

The government has invested nearly Sh26 billion in the National Hospital Insurance Fund to ensure that it handles chronic diseases such as cancer that kills more than 39,000 Kenyans annually. The financing by the government, through the Ministry of Health, is to "ensure universal health coverage" where diagnosis and treatment is accessible and affordable for all Kenyans, according to Health Cabinet Secretary Cleopa.... Read more »

Posted on : Wednesday , 14th September 2016

Government to establish regional cancer treatment centres

The Government plans to establish regional cancer treatment centres in a new strategy to decongest referral hospitals in the fight against the killer disease. Health Cabinet Secretary Cleopa Mailu said the cancer centres planned for the Coast, Nyanza, Central and Rift Valley regions would save Kenyans money spent while travelling to Kenyatta National Hospital to access the treatment. Dr Mailu, who spoke during the State.... Read more »

Posted on : Wednesday , 14th September 2016