….AS Joint Monitoring Team Ends Visit To Nimba County – By: Augustine N. Myers – The Action by Churches Together (ACT Alliance) through its Appeal Project in Nimba County, the Republic of Liberia designed to assist thousands of Ivorian refugees and host communities, has ended a 5-day intensive visit to beneficiaries and others in Nimba. Participating members include the Church of Sweden, Finn Church Aid, Lutheran Development Service (LDS) in Liberia, and the Lutheran Church in Liberia Trauma Healing and Reconciliation Program. Others include the Rural Human Rights Activates Program and Equip-Liberia. The assessment which started on Monday, November 28 to... Continue Reading
By Alfred Tembo – National Blood Services Zimbabwe (NBSZ) has roiled up sleeves in order to curb high blood shortages that usually hard hit the organisation during the festive season. In a statement, released to shout-africa.com by NBSZ Gweru head office, there are high rates of road carnages, increase demand of the precious fluid. “The period records the highest number of roads accident, major fatalities and high demands for blood and blood products. “However during this period the blood banks experience critical blood shortages, which is mainly caused by the closure of schools and the other institutions that provide Zimbabwe with safe... Continue Reading
Monday, 5 December 2011: The Hospital Association of South Africa (HASA) is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr Dumisani Bomela as the organisation’s new CEO. Dr Bomela has extensive experience in working in both the public and private health sectors, as well as the professional sector in the areas of clinical service, management and policy analysis. “HASA represents over 90% of private hospitals in South Africa and has recently undergone an operational restructuring and realigned its strategy and brand,” says HASA chairman, Dr Nkaki Matlala. “Appointing a new CEO that will help us to lead the industry, represent members’ as... Continue Reading
By Correspondent Chinyere Ogbonna – A team of medical experts at the University of Benin Teaching Hospital, UBTH, Edo State in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria have recorded the first successful stem cell transplant in the West African sub-region. The team of docters led by a haematology, Dr. Nosakhare Bazuaye performed the successful surgery on a seven year old indigent sickle cell patient who suffered a stroke and almost had a second experience. His fourteen year old brother made the donation and it was cross matched by an expert brought in from Brasel, Switzerland since the facility was not... Continue Reading
Addis Ababa, 3 December 2011 – As Africa’s AIDS conference convenes in Addis Ababa tomorrow, efforts to combat HIV in sub-Saharan Africa are under serious threat because of a massive funding crisis at the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB and Malaria, the international medical humanitarian organisation Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) said today. At the same time, recent scientific evidence shows that this is a time of great promise, with HIV treatment itself having been proven to not only save lives, but also dramatically reduce the spread of the virus from one person to another. Africa is home to countries with the world’s highest HIV... Continue Reading
