Ethiopia: Swaziland to Draw Lesson From Health Sector Practice
[Ethiopian Herald] A high-level Swaziland delegation has expressed desire to draw lesson from Ethiopia's health sector achievements. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - January 27, 2016 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Hail to the Cowpea: a Blue Ribbon for the Black-Eyed Pea
Nteranya Sanginga is the Director General of the International Institute of Tropical AgricultureBy Nteranya SangingaIBADAN, Nigeria, Jan 5 2016 (IPS)2016 is the International Year of Pulses, and we at the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture are proud to be organizing what promises to be the landmark event, the Joint World Cowpea and Pan-African Grain Legume Research Conference. Nteranya Sanginga, Director General of the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA). Courtesy of IITAThe March event in Zambia should draw experts from around the continent and beyond and offer an opportunity to share ideas...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - January 5, 2016 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Nteranya Sanginga Tags: Conferences Development & Aid Education Environment Featured Food & Agriculture Global Headlines Health Projects TerraViva United Nations Agricultural Research for Development Arab Brazil Central America’s cereals develop Source Type: news
Weak Agriculture Finance Feeds Malnutrition in Zimbabwe
By Ignatius BandaBULAWAYO, Zimbabwe, Dec 15 2015 (IPS)Successive poor harvests have diminished Ndodana Makhalima’s household food stocks and the family’s nutrition status.
A subsistence farmer in Lupane, about 110 kilometres north of Zimbabwe’s second city, Bulawayo, 56 year-old Makhalima has learnt to live with hunger on his door step. Farmers will have limited access to climate smart agricultural knowledge and skills as cash strapped Zimbabwe cuts technical assistance from agricultural extension officers. Credit: Busani Bafana/IPS“In the past I could eat umxhanxa (a mix of maize and melon) and inkobe...
Source: IPS Inter Press Service - Health - December 15, 2015 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Ignatius Banda Tags: Africa Climate Change Development & Aid Economy & Trade Editors' Choice Education Featured Food & Agriculture Headlines Health Poverty & SDGs TerraViva United Nations Bulawayo Famine Early Warning Systems Network (FEWSNET) farm Source Type: news
UNISON takes the ‘route of shame’ in defence of workers’ rights
To mark today’s Human Rights Day, UNISON is taking part in a ‘route of shame’ in London, visiting six embassies and high commissions whose countries have appalling records on workers’ rights.
A letter will be delivered by hand to the residing ambassador or high commissioner of Colombia, Turkey, Bahrain, South Korea, Qatar and Swaziland – countries that systematically deny rights to workers and actively seek to undermine or ban trade unions.
The letters will be presented by UNISON assistant general secretary and TUC president Liz Snape.
Head of the union’s international department Nick Crook said that the ...
Source: UNISON Health care news - December 10, 2015 Category: UK Health Authors: Demetrios Matheou Tags: Article News colombia international qatar social media trade union bill 2015 trade union rights working internationally Source Type: news
Africa: Losing My (global Fund Board) Virginity
[GFO] In the past week, I travelled from Mbabane in Swaziland to Geneva in Switzerland. When I was a boy, growing up in Swaziland, we frequently got mail that had been sent, initially, to Switzerland. In the 1970s, no one knew where Swaziland was. Today, the little Southern African kingdom has one of the highest HIV prevalence rates in the world. Part of the answer to this crisis may lie in Geneva since this is where the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria is headquartered. I was there as a guest (Source: AllAfrica News: HIV-Aids and STDs)
Source: AllAfrica News: HIV-Aids and STDs - November 23, 2015 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Swaziland: Kingdom Bottom in Health Ranking
[Swazi Media] Swaziland has come last in a study of the healthiest nations in the world. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - November 3, 2015 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Swaziland: Global Fund Hails Swaziland Partnership At Grant Signing
[Global Fund] Mbabane -Swaziland and the Global Fund deepened their partnership with the signing of three grants totaling more than US$66 million, to expand prevention and treatment for HIV and tuberculosis. (Source: AllAfrica News: HIV-Aids and STDs)
Source: AllAfrica News: HIV-Aids and STDs - October 15, 2015 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Southern Africa: New Regional Grant Has Sights Set On Malaria Elimination in Southern Africa
[GFO] Elimination 8 (E8) has set the formidable target of full malaria elimination in Botswana, Namibia, South Africa and Swaziland by 2020. Termed the "frontline four", these countries are nearing elimination of the disease after achieving a 75% decline between 2000 and 2012. According to the most recent World Malaria Report, incidence is now as low as 0.25-2.13 (per 1000 population) in these four countries. (Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria)
Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria - October 6, 2015 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Swaziland: False Claim of Obama Support for King
[Swazi Media] The Swazi Observer, a newspaper in effect owned by King Mswati III, has falsely claimed the US President Barack Obama 'is fully behind' and 'endorses' the King's pledge to personally rid Swaziland of AIDS. (Source: AllAfrica News: HIV-Aids and STDs)
Source: AllAfrica News: HIV-Aids and STDs - August 3, 2015 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
South Africa: Mozambique, South Africa and Swaziland Fight Malaria
[AIM] Maputo -The governments of Mozambique, South Africa and Swaziland on Monday renewed their determination to share experiences and resources in the struggle to eradicate malaria. (Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria)
Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria - July 28, 2015 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
People Are Asking Google If Climate Change Is Real
This year is shaping up to be the hottest on record. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration on Monday released temperature data for June, ranking it as the warmest June in history. As temperatures remain high, people are turning to Google to ask about climate change -- what it is, if it's real and how to stop it, among other queries. (Though Google's data doesn't necessarily reflect people's attitude toward climate change or other environmental issues, there is a consensus in the scientific community that climate change is happening, that humans are largely responsible for ...
Source: Science - The Huffington Post - July 21, 2015 Category: Science Source Type: news
Swaziland: Fighting HIV and Aids in Swaziland
[Gender Links] Ezulwini, 9 July: Various participants showcased case studies of gender aware HIV and AIDS intervention strategies during the third Swaziland Gender summit. These included a presentation on Pvenevtion of Mother to Child Transmission (PMCT) as well as writing seminars for those affected by HIV and AIDS. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - July 10, 2015 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Exploring risk of experiencing intimate partner violence after HIV infection: a qualitative study among women with HIV attending postnatal services in Swaziland - Mulrenan C, Colombini M, Howard N, Kikuvi J, Mayhew SH.
OBJECTIVE: To explore risks of experiencing intimate partner violence (IPV) after HIV infection among women with HIV in a postnatal care setting in Swaziland. DESIGN: A qualitative semistructured in-depth interview study, using thematic analysis wi... (Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated))
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - May 23, 2015 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Risk Factor Prevalence, Injury Occurrence Source Type: news
Swaziland: Health Minister - HIV Response Can Help Tackle Malaria in Southern Africa
[Key Correspondents] Sibongile Ndlela-Simelane, Swaziland's minister of health and social welfare, has called for lessons learned from the HIV response in Southern Africa to be applied to the response to malaria. (Source: AllAfrica News: HIV-Aids and STDs)
Source: AllAfrica News: HIV-Aids and STDs - May 5, 2015 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
Swaziland: In Swaziland, Progress Towards Malaria Elimination
[GFO] New national strategic plan could make southern African nation first on continent to achieve elimination (Source: AllAfrica News: HIV-Aids and STDs)
Source: AllAfrica News: HIV-Aids and STDs - April 16, 2015 Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news
