Lesotho: Ministry Spotlights Oral Health
[Lesotho Times] THE Ministry of Health is conducting public awareness campaigns to ensure Basotho understand the importance of oral health in preventing non-communicable diseases such as tooth decay and oral cancers. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - August 25, 2017 Category: African Health Source Type: news

Lesotho: US Govt Awards $150 000 in Grants
[Lesotho Times] THE United States (US) Embassy this week came to the aid of community-based organisations from seven of the country's 10 districts, awarding them grants totaling M2 million to bolster their fight against the HIV/AIDS pandemic. (Source: AllAfrica News: HIV-Aids and STDs)
Source: AllAfrica News: HIV-Aids and STDs - August 24, 2017 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news

Notes from the Field: Preliminary Results After Implementation of a Universal Treatment Program (Test and Start) for Persons Living with HIV Infection — Lesotho, October 2015–February 2017
(Source: CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report)
Source: CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report - August 3, 2017 Category: American Health Source Type: news

'Invasive' species have been around much longer than believed
(University of the Witwatersrand) A new study, Chrysocoma ciliata L. (Asteraceae) in the Lesotho Highlands: an anthropogenically introduced invasive or a niche coloniser?, published in Biological Invasions, confirms that a shrub believed to be an invasive in the eastern Lesotho Highlands has been growing in the region for over 4,000 years. (Source: EurekAlert! - Biology)
Source: EurekAlert! - Biology - July 31, 2017 Category: Biology Source Type: news

Lesotho: Malnutrition Battle Far From Over
[Lesotho Times] CRYING helplessly in a hospital bed, *Paballo looks more like a three-month old infant than the 10-month old baby that he is. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - July 4, 2017 Category: African Health Source Type: news

Lesotho: Lesotho Taxi Drivers Help Lead Fight Against HIV
[Al Jazeera] Maseru -Tsitso Mokale drives down Moshoeshoe Road in his black taxi with a yellow stripe, scanning the pavement for potential passengers. (Source: AllAfrica News: HIV-Aids and STDs)
Source: AllAfrica News: HIV-Aids and STDs - July 3, 2017 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news

Lesotho: Govt Issues Bird Flu Warning
[Lesotho Times] LESOTHO has not banned poultry imports but only advised importers to only use approved companies when sourcing poultry products to avoid bringing into the country, the highly contagious H5N8 bird flu virus that has been reported in parts of South Africa. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - June 30, 2017 Category: African Health Source Type: news

Lesotho: Health Centre Raided Over Dodgy Drugs
[Lesotho Times] THE Ministry of Health has seized hundreds of expired drugs and medicines from a Maseru Industrial Area health centre with some from as far back as 2005. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - June 26, 2017 Category: African Health Source Type: news

Southern Africa: The SADC Wrap - Ebola Fears Flare in the DRC... Again
[Daily Maverick] From Angola to Tanzania, Lesotho to the DRC - KRISTEN VAN SCHIE brings you a weekly round-up of regional news. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - May 22, 2017 Category: African Health Source Type: news

Nigeria: Nigeria Ranks 152 for 'Low Human Development'
[Daily Trust] A report by the United Nations Development Programme ranks Nigeria 152nd position on account of "low human development" and wellbeing of its citizens, slightly above Cameroon, Zimbabwe, Rwanda and Lesotho. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - April 19, 2017 Category: African Health Source Type: news

UN strategy for eliminating HIV in sub-Saharan Africa is unfeasible, according to UCLA study
Effective care and prevention strategies have managed to reduce the spread of HIV in the U.S. and other resource-rich countries. But in sub-Saharan Africa, where more than 25 million are infected, the epidemic rages — as does the debate over how to stop it.The World Health Organization and UNAIDS have proposed using “treatment as prevention” to eliminate HIV in sub-Saharan Africa. The strategy would treat people infected with HIV to reduce their ability to infect others as a way to prevent them from transmitting the infection. UNAIDS has set goals to diagnose 90 percent of HIV-infected people and to treat 9 0 percent...
Source: UCLA Newsroom: Health Sciences - March 29, 2017 Category: Universities & Medical Training Source Type: news

Clinics for World ’ s Vulnerable Brace for Trump ’ s Anti-Abortion Cuts
Health workers say President Trump ’ s ban on abortion counseling will hurt even those health services that do not involve abortions. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - January 26, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: DIONNE SEARCEY, NORIMITSU ONISHI and SOMINI SENGUPTA Tags: Abortion Africa Medicine and Health Trump, Donald J Birth Control and Family Planning Pregnancy and Childbirth Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome Senegal Lesotho Swaziland Colombia United States Politics and Government Source Type: news

Is Cash Aid to the Poor Wasted on Tobacco and Alcohol?
Zambia’s Social Cash Transfer Programme is implemented by the Ministry of Community Development, Mother and Child Health and has been operating since 2003. As of December 2014, it reached 150,000 households and there are concrete plans to scale it up nation-wide in the near future. Photo: FAOBy Baher KamalROME, Jan 14 2017 (IPS)Not at all. Or at least not necessarily. The fact is that cash transfer programmes –regular money payments to poor households—are meant to reduce poverty, promote sustainable livelihoods and increase production in the developing world. One in four countries on Earth are applying them. But are ...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - January 14, 2017 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Baher Kamal Tags: Featured Food & Agriculture Global Headlines Health Human Rights Projects TerraViva United Nations Improving the lives of rural populations: better nutrition & agriculture productivity Source Type: news

Prince Harry Gets Heartbreakingly Honest About Dealing With Grief
Prince Harry is honoring his mother by opening up about his own grief over her death. The prince spoke with U.K.-based television outlet ITV about how he handled the tragedy and the impact it had on his mental health. “I never really dealt with what had happened,” Harry said. “It was a lot of buried emotion. For a huge part of my life I didn’t really want to think about it.”  The interview is part of a new documentary about his charity Sentebale, which he set up in memory of his mother. The organization, which he founded with Prince Seeiso of Lesotho, supports orphans and other vulne...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - December 20, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Lesotho: Mobile Technology Enabling New Approach to HIV in Lesotho
[Thomson Reuters Foundation] Travelling clinics enable on-site HIV testing as part of a wider effort to provide basic primary healthcare in remote communities (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - November 30, 2016 Category: African Health Source Type: news