Nurse researcher takes sugar treatment to Africa
A nurse academic has travelled from Wolverhampton to Africa to present his research on sugar treatment at leading education and medical establishments in Zimbabwe and Lesotho. (Source: Nursing Times)
Source: Nursing Times - April 8, 2016 Category: Nursing Source Type: news
‘Little Boy’ Devouring African Food
Credit: Anne Holmes/IPSBy Jeff WilliamsMombasa, Kenya, Apr 7 2016 (IPS)There is a ‘Little Boy’ who has nothing to do with the atomic bomb that the United States dropped on the Japanese city of Hiroshima on 6 August 1945. This time it is about another ‘Little Boy’ who has been devastating the harvests in many regions, especially in Africa. This ‘Little Boy’ (from El Niño in Spanish) is a band of warm ocean water that develops in the central and east-central equatorial Pacific including the coasts of South America. In Latin America the term “El Niño” refers to the Child Jesus, so named because the p...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - April 7, 2016 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Jeff Williams Tags: Africa Editors' Choice Featured Food & Agriculture Headlines Health Middle East & North Africa Poverty & SDGs Projects TerraViva United Nations Source Type: news
Lesotho: Malawi Fails to Employ 51 Doctors, Lesotho Recruits 21
[Nyasa Times] Malawi government hit hard by cash flow problems, has failed to employ 51 doctors, 21 of which have now secured jobs in Lesotho. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - November 7, 2015 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Lesotho: Free Maternal Care Has an Impressive Return On Investment
[MSF] The introduction of free deliveries at a hospital in Lesotho, the country with one of the highest maternal mortality rate in the world, drastically reduced maternal deaths during labour and delivery, making the intervention a cheap and highly effective public health measure, the international medical humanitarian organization Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) said on Tuesday. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - November 4, 2015 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Zimbabwe: Top Cop Infected Me With HIV, Woman Claims
[Zimbabwe Standard] A woman from Lesotho has accused a Bulawayo senior police officer of infecting her with HIV before hounding her out of Zimbabwe. (Source: AllAfrica News: HIV-Aids and STDs)
Source: AllAfrica News: HIV-Aids and STDs - October 11, 2015 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Lesotho: IFAD Financing to Boost Wool and Mohair Production and Increase Smallholder Farmers' Incomes
[IFAD] Rome -Today the Kingdom of Lesotho and the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) signed an agreement for a US$5.8 million loan, a $5.8 million IFAD Debt Sustainability Framework grant and an additional $7 million grant from IFAD's Adaptation for Smallholder Agriculture Programme (ASAP) to finance the Wool and Mohair Promotion Project (WAMPP). (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - June 18, 2015 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Apollo plans to assist Lesotho in healthcare sector
Apollo Hospitals is looking to engage with the southern African country of Lesotho to assist it in capacity building in the healthcare sector. (Source: The Economic Times)
Source: The Economic Times - June 16, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
What Might Make Young People Practice Safe Sex? Lottery Tickets!
Researchers working in Lesotho found that offering lottery tickets to volunteers who test negative for sexually transmitted infections is a powerful motivator for safe sex.» E-Mail This (Source: NPR Health and Science)
Source: NPR Health and Science - May 12, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Shankar Vedantam Source Type: news
Women’s Health: A safe start to life in Lesotho
MSF's Lee Butler speaks to expectant mothers in our Waiting Mothers' Lodge, a long term maternal care residence in Roma, Lesotho. (Source: MSF News)
Source: MSF News - March 11, 2015 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Emily Source Type: news
Women’s Health: Pop-up family planning in Lesotho
Lee Butler tells of the impacts of MSF's mobile family planning project in Roma, Lesotho. (Source: MSF News)
Source: MSF News - March 11, 2015 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Emily Source Type: news
Lesotho: First steps in a long walk for MSF's community treatment
MSF is introducing new community based models of care to mountainous Lesotho, where access to medicine and healthcare is difficult for many. (Source: MSF News)
Source: MSF News - December 2, 2014 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Theo Source Type: news
UCLA study: To stop spread of HIV, African governments should target hot zones
David Gerberry
Efficiency of reducing transmission of HIV in South African provinces, from red (best) to orange (moderate) to green (worst). Blue and pink bars show prevalence of HIV for men and women, respectively.
While Ebola has attracted much of the world’s attention recently, a severe HIV epidemic rages on around the world and in sub-Saharan Africa in particular. Globally, more than 34 million people are infected with HIV; in sub-Saharan Africa alone, 3 million new infections occur annually.
In an attempt to stop the spread of HIV, governments in the region are considering providing antiretroviral drugs to people w...
Source: UCLA Newsroom: Health Sciences - December 2, 2014 Category: Universities & Medical Training Source Type: news
Lesotho: Want to Know Prince Harry's Secret As He Campaigns On Aids?
[Thomson Reuters Foundation]London -Britain's Prince Harry revealed one of his biggest fears on Monday - public speaking - as he coaxed other celebrities to speak out about their secret anxieties as part of an online campaign to reduce stigma associated with HIV/AIDS. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - December 2, 2014 Category: African Health Source Type: news
A simple idea for HIV treatment: Patient centered care
What if 1 simple idea could change the lives of millions of people living with HIV ? An idea as simple as: bringing treatment close to people's homes. In Lesotho, ONE in FIVE adults is HIV...
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Source: MSF Multimedia - November 25, 2014 Category: Global & Universal Tags: http://gdata.youtube.com/schemas/2007#video Source Type: news
AIDS Is No. 1 Killer of African Teenagers
As AIDS becomes the leading cause of death of adolescents in Africa, empowering youth – especially girls - to make safe life choices and avoid HIV is crucial. Credit: Mercedes SayaguesBy Sam OlukoyaLAGOS, Nigeria, Nov 21 2014 (IPS)Two years ago, Shola* was kicked out of the family house in Abeokuta, in southwestern Nigeria, after testing HIV-positive at age 13. He was living with his father, his stepmother and their seven children.“The stepmother insisted that Shola must go because he is likely to infect her children,” Tayo Akinpelu, programme director of Youth’s Future Savers Initiative, told IPS.SNAPSHOT: ADOLES...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - November 21, 2014 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Sam Olukoya Tags: Africa Countdown to ZERO Development & Aid Headlines Health Population Poverty & MDGs Women's Health Adolescents AIDS ARV treatment death HIV Inequality Malawi Nigeria stigma Tanzania teenage girls. Source Type: news
