…MSF report says drug supply and prices are holding back progress – London, 24 March 2011 – A promising new diagnostic test will finally help detect more people with drug-resistant tuberculosis (DR-TB), increasing the urgency to solve major pricing and supply problems linked to DR-TB medicines, according to a new report by the international medical humanitarian organisation Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF). Drug-resistant TB is on the rise and kills about 150,000 people annually, but only one in 30,000 cases is actually detected. If a patient has to wait too long for a definitive diagnosis, it can be fatal. “Now that we... Continue Reading
By Own Correspondent, from Accra, Ghana – She has been in the news for her crashing relationship with Chelsea’s midfield and Ghana’s probably best footballer in recent times Michael Essien ,then went on to Dede Ayew ,will Nadia Buari heart be won by a star. It appears that Ghanaian star actress; Nadia Buari may soon get Tinsel Town talking as she was spotted getting very close and personal with American actor, Nate Parker. Rumour has it that Nadia has recently been hanging out with some of the ace actors in Hollywood but most frequently with Mr Parker. It is... Continue Reading
THE CHILDHOOD DREAM THAT SHAPED MY PHILOSOPHY Click here for part 1 – By Ozodi Thomas Osuji – When I was four years old I had a dream that has remained in my memory since then. In the dream I was in the middle of the road in front of our house, crawling, trying to cross from the opposite side of the road to get to the side where our house is. A truck came bagging towards me and instead of crawling away I stayed in the middle of the road crying, wishing that someone, anyone, God or man, would... Continue Reading
By Ozodi Thomas Osuji – The March 12, 2011 earthquake and tsunami in Japan and consequent loss of thousands of human lives, not to talk of property, has given atheistic scientists opportunity to tell us that there is no God. They say: see, I told you, there is no God out there protecting human beings. All talk about God is fiction. Only nature exists and nature treats human beings as it treats other animals, trees and rocks. Human beings are not special at all; they were produced by nature and are destroyed by nature and that is all there is... Continue Reading
By Misheck Rusere -Zimbabwe’s Maternal Health delivery system has been dealt a major blow after the Japanese government through its Embassy re-scheduled the grant signing ceremony that was due to take place today (Friday) at the UNICEF offices in Harare. The Japanese Ambassador to Zimbabwe Koichi Morita said because of the tragical developments taking place in his home country, his embassy was no longer going to carry out any international commitments as he had received communication from Tokyo. “I have received communication from my Minister in Tokyo, to suspend all international commitments as the government is currently trying to take... Continue Reading
