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AFRICA: Mobile phones for healthplusnews.org | 04 May 2011Some 80 health professionals and telecom operators are meeting in the Ghanaian capital Accra to explore ways to use mobile phones for better healthcare delivery. What we are trying to do here is to find out what mobile technology applications will help us fix some of Africas health problems, said Fiemu Nwariaku, professor of surgery in Ghana and a moderator at the 2-3 December Mobile Health Africa Summit. The efforts are aimed particularly at improving healthcare for underserved populations.
Ghana | Planning and Management of Development | Public Policy | Trade and Environment Twin Boost for TB Treatment in Swazilandips.org | 08 Apr 2011The fight against tuberculosis in Swaziland will be reinforced on two fronts this month. A new tool for the quick and accurate diagnosis of TB will begin its roll out and a monthly stipend for treatment supporters will help ensure patients get through the lengthy and unpleasant course of TB drugs. Swaziland declared TB a national emergency on Mar. 24, World Tuberculosis Day. Swaziland has an estimated 11,000 TB patients, including 400 who have drug resistant strains of the disease.
Swaziland | Health and Environment | Planning and Management of Development | Research Nigerian Women Stand Up to be Countedips.org | 08 Apr 2011As Nigeria tries again to begin its staggered general elections on Apr. 9, spare a thought for the women who will be putting themselves forward as candidates in an overwhelmingly male field. Men say they have what it takes and that women are weaker vessels who have no powers, Adebimpe Akinsola, who is seeking election to the Lagos State House of Assembly told IPS. They have always intimidated women. But now we want to tell them that where there is no woman, nothing can be done successfully.
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