Health in Zambia
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BOTSWANA, 2017/07/29
The World Health Organisation (WHO), has commended the African region for making significant evolution in malaria control in the last five years.
Dr Matshidiso Moeti, the WHO Regional Director for Africa, in a statement in Abuja on Tuesday, said malaria incidence and mortality rates had declined by 42 % and 66 % respectively between 2000 and 2015.
Moeti made the commendation in Kigali, Rwanda, while speaking at the Initial Africa Health Forum, launched by WHO, Africa and the Government of Rwanda.
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BOTSWANA, 2017/07/16
You can meet the majority interesting people at conferences. If you can make your way through the sea of people to get to them. The initial Africa Health Forum organised by the World Health Organisation African region was no different - hundreds and hundreds of enthusiastic participants filling the Kigali Convention Centre in Rwanda, determined to find their way to universal healthcare (UHC) on the continent.
The forum promised to examine WHO AFRO's vision for health and development across the continent, explore concrete ways for partners to contribute to the work of the organization, meet the challenges that young people face, and provide a platform to talk about innovative strategies for the public health challenges that Africa just can't seem to shake.
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NIGERIA, 2017/04/30
A drug used to combat malaria in pregnant women could as well treat sexually transmitted infections (STIs), a study shows.
Results of the study by researchers at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine found that sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine, a medicine recommended during antenatal care visit for intermittent preventive treatment (IPTp) of malaria in pregnant women in malaria-endemic areas could cut the risk of getting STIs such as gonorrhoea, chlamydia, trichomoniasis, and bacterial vaginosis.
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BOTSWANA, 2016/07/20
The United Nations Children Emergency Fund (UNICEF) has disclosed that despite successes chalked in the fight against Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) and Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS), a lot additional needed to be done particularly in Africa.
UNICEF’s Executive Director, Anthony Lake, revealed that adolescents were generally dying of AIDS at an alarming rate and that the disease remained the leading cause of death in Africa.
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BOTSWANA, 2015/09/22
Malaria death rates have plunged by 60 % since 2000, but the ancient killer remains an acute public health problem with 15 nations mainly in sub-Saharan Africa accounting for some 80 % of cases and deaths globally, according to a new United Nations statement released today.
“World malaria control is one of the great public health success stories of the completed 15 years,” said Dr. Margaret Chan, Director-General of the UN World Health Organization (WHO). “It’s a sign that our strategies are on target, and that we can beat this ancient killer, which still claims hundreds of thousands of lives, mostly children, each year.”
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BOTSWANA, 2015/07/18
An increasing number of children are receiving life-saving vaccinations around the world, according to the new data released by two United Nations agencies.
In a press release issued before today, the World Health Organization (WHO) and UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) confirmed that the number of nations reaching and sustaining 90 % vaccination coverage for their children with the required three doses of diphtheria-tetanus-pertussis containing vaccines (DTP3) had doubled since 2000.
In 2000, 21 million children did not receive even a initial dose of DTP, a figure that has presently dropped to 12 million, the WHO and UNICEF said.
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ZAMBIA, 2014/03/31
The World Bank has announced that it will give Zambia US$ 67 million to improve the utilization of maternal, newborn, child health and nutrition services.
The bank said in a statement, issued here, that the World Bank Board of Directors has approved a US$52 million International Development Agreement (IDA) credit and US$15 million grant to help Zambia improve its health delivery systems and utilization of maternal, newborn, child health and nutrition services.
The project will due benefit about 1.2 million women of reproductive age, inclunding pregnant and lactating women. It will as well benefit about 1.1 million under-5 children.
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ZAMBIA, 2013/07/14
Zambian President Michael Sata says education and increased funding to the health sector are key to reducing the number of new HIV infections in the country.
President Sata said this Friday at the same time as he met representatives from the UNAIDS, Churches Health Association of Zambia (CHAZ) and the National AIDS Council (NAC) part others.
Initial Lady Christine Kaseba as well attended the conference in her capacity as vice-chairperson of the Organisation of African Initial Ladies (OAFLA).
