Africa: London Mum-to-Be Experiences What It Is Like to Become a Mother in Lesotho, Africa
[ACNS]A pregnant charity worker from London has experienced first-hand what the challenges are in pregnancy and birth for mums to be in Lesotho, Africa. (Source: AllAfrica News: Pregnancy and Childbirth)
Source: AllAfrica News: Pregnancy and Childbirth - December 9, 2013 Category: OBGYN Source Type: news
Southern Africa: Pregnant, Positive and On HIV Treatment for Life
[IRIN]Johannesburg -In theory, protecting babies from HIV infection has become relatively simple: a process involving drugs for the woman before she gives birth and then for the baby after birth. But not in Lesotho, where poor health and transport infrastructure have meant that HIV-positive people living in remote mountain regions are often the last to receive care and treatment; doctors and nurses are in short supply; and almost a quarter of the population lives with HIV. (Source: AllAfrica News: HIV-Aids and STDs)
Source: AllAfrica News: HIV-Aids and STDs - December 6, 2013 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
[Press Release] Millions Still Waiting For AIDS Revolution
New York/Johannesburg, November 25, 2013—The international medical humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) today launched a film series titled See What We See to highlight the people and places left behind despite years of unprecedented global public health efforts to treat and prevent AIDS worlwide.
Just one week before a pivotal pledging meeting for the Global Fund to fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria—hosted in the United States—MSF also expressed concern that if donors fail to meet the Fund’s minimum US$15 billion replenishment t...
Source: MSF News - December 3, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
Millions Still Waiting For AIDS Revolution
New York/Johannesburg, November 25, 2013—The international medical humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) today launched a film series titled See What We See to highlight the people and places left behind despite years of unprecedented global public health efforts to treat and prevent AIDS worlwide.
Just one week before a pivotal pledging meeting for the Global Fund to fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria—hosted in the United States—MSF also expressed concern that if donors fail to meet the Fund’s minimum US$15 billion replenishment t...
Source: MSF News - November 26, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
Africa: GSMA and Southern African Governments Agree Common Goal to Accelerate Mobile Access to an Additional 300 Million Citizens in Sub Saharan Africa
[PR Newswire]Kasane, Botswana -Today, the Vice President of Botswana, the Honourable Dr Ponatshego H. Kedikilwe, opened a meeting of the Governments of Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania and Zambia to agree common priorities to accelerate the roll out of mobile broadband in the region, with the view of creating an additional 3.2 million jobs for Sub-Saharan Africa by 2020. (Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria)
Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria - September 9, 2013 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Lesotho: Accompanying Mothers in the Mountain Kingdom
[Partners in Health]Lesotho is among the most dangerous countries for pregnant women. From conception to delivery, daunting terrain, sparse medical facilities, and cultural barriers make it difficult to access proper health care. In the Mountain Kingdom, for every 100,000 live births, 1,155 women die from pregnancy-related complications, giving Lesotho one of the highest maternal mortality ratios in the world, according to recent estimates from Measure DHS, a USAID-funded project that collects health data in 90 countries. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - July 9, 2013 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Mothers in the mountain kingdom
Imagine you are nine months pregnant and ready to give birth. You feel your contractions start. You are excited and afraid, but mostly you are in pain and praying that everything will go well.
Now imagine that it will take more than four hours to reach the nearest health facility where you can get an assisted delivery. Imagine a journey mostly on foot over mountainous terrain.
This is the reality for many women in Lesotho. Mantebaleng Ntelekoa, a young mother from a rural area in the mountains, remembers: “For all of my three deliveries, I walked two hours to the main road and then continued by minibus to the hospital....
Source: MSF News - June 7, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Lesotho NEWS Frontpage Maternal Health HIV / AIDS Source Type: news
Lesotho: Lesotho to Expand HIV and Tuberculosis Programs
[Global Fund]Maseru, Lesotho -The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria announced today that it is signing two grant agreements with the Ministry of Finance of Lesotho totaling US$17 million, to allow Lesotho to expand prevention and treatment of HIV and multidrug resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB). (Source: AllAfrica News: HIV-Aids and STDs)
Source: AllAfrica News: HIV-Aids and STDs - May 8, 2013 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Lesotho: Blood Center Strengthens Lesotho's Health Care Sector
[State Department]Washington -Lesotho's health care sector recently got a boost with the completion of a U.S.-funded center dedicated to collecting blood and disseminating it to local hospitals. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - February 17, 2013 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Lesotho: Peace Corps Helps Lesotho Hospital Train Employees
[State Department]Washington -Peace Corps volunteer Barbara Meyer of Seattle has designed two new employee training programs in her local hospital and is leading fundraising efforts for training equipment so she can improve community health in her village in Lesotho. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - January 8, 2013 Category: African Health Source Type: news
