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HEALTH: It's how you spend the money that saves lives
28 July 2010
(IRIN
),
Members of the African Union (AU) reaffirmed at the end of their meeting on 27 July in Kampala, Uganda, that they would strive to spend 15 percent of their national budgets on health, but at the end of the day it is about how "effectively and efficiently" you spend the money, not about how much.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/90000/HEALTH-It-s-how-you-spend-the-money-that-saves-lives
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FOOD: Political will can solve malnutrition
26 July 2010
(IRIN
),
"Children don't vote," said Dr Robert Mwadime, of Uganda Action for Nutrition, at a session on the subject before the three-day African Union (AU) meeting opened in Kampala, Uganda. This means that political leaders in Africa often pay scant attention to the millions of children who die every year of malnutrition-related causes. Most of the audience nodded in agreement; many clapped.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/89970/FOOD-Political-will-can-solve-malnutrition
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HEALTH: Most paediatric fevers not caused by malaria
6 July 2010
(IRIN
),
More than half the paediatric fevers treated in public health clinics in Africa are caused by diseases other than malaria, according to a study by Oxford University and other research groups, whose authors caution against the "continued indiscriminate use of anti-malarials for all fevers across Africa."
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/89756/HEALTH-Most-paediatric-fevers-not-caused-by-malaria
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In Brief: Fish nets join mosquito nets against malaria
2 July 2010
(IRIN
),
New drugs to fight malaria may well lie at the bottom of the ocean, according to researchers studying over 2,500 samples from marine organisms collected at depths of over 900 metres. They have already found 300 that contain substances that can kill the parasite.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/89701/In-Brief-Fish-nets-join-mosquito-nets-against-malaria
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FOOD: Help out small farmers, report urges
2 July 2010
(IRIN
),
Small-holder farmers, who make up almost all of Africa’s agriculture sector, need more support to reduce over-dependence on increasingly costly food imports, states a new report.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/89716/FOOD-Help-out-small-farmers-report-urges
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HEALTH: Diabetes cases to double by 2030
28 June 2010
(IRIN
),
Without a major breakthrough in preventing and treating diabetes, the number of cases in sub-Saharan Africa is projected to double, reaching 24 million by 2030, according to the Brussels-based International Diabetes Federation (IDF).
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/89660/HEALTH-Diabetes-cases-to-double-by-2030
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AFRICA: Go-ahead for IDP convention
11 June 2010
(IRIN
),
African Union members have adopted plans to implement the Kampala convention on the protection of internally displaced people, including increasing their contributions to refugee and IDP funding and accelerating the convention’s ratification, signature and domestication, the AU said.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/89445/AFRICA-Go-ahead-for-IDP-convention
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AFRICA: Plugging the technology gap with help from India
14 May 2010
(IRIN
),
Investment in information technology can help Africa to improve governance, overcome poverty and deal with critical infrastructure gaps, taking India as an example, the co-chair of the World Economic Forum on Africa 2010 (WEF) said.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/89137/AFRICA-Plugging-the-technology-gap-with-help-from-India
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PHOTOGALLERY: Haiti - Focus on the elderly
7 May 2010
(IRIN
),
More than three months after the earthquake, aid workers say elderly people in Haiti are not receiving the attention they need. HelpAge International says special attention must be paid to older people - not just to their health needs but also to the unique contribution they could make to the relief effort and society.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/89053/PHOTOGALLERY-Haiti-Focus-on-the-elderly
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AFRICA: Donors spend more for health, governments less
8 April 2010
(IRIN
),
In Africa government spending on health care, as a percentage of national expenses, rose just 0.3 percent from 2001 to 2007, while donor funding of the sector during the same period increased from 15.3 to 20.1 percent, according to a review of 52 African countries’ health spending by The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria.
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/88735/AFRICA-Donors-spend-more-for-health-governments-less
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