EAC Council Ministers Resolve to Address Climate Change, Food Security
Written by Suleiman Mbatiah   
Wednesday, 10 March 2010

Eliminating hunger and ensuring sustainable food security within the region is a necessary step towards poverty eradication, an East African Community council was told in Kisumu, Kenya.

 
WHO adds new ACT against malaria, releases new treatment guidelines
Written by Henry Neondo   
Wednesday, 10 March 2010

malariaThe World Health Organization (WHO) has added a new Artemisinin based combination therapy to the existing one in its new guidelines for the treatment of malaria released Tuesday. The guidelines emphasize testing for malaria before treatment---a a critical step forward in the fight against malaria as it will allow for the targeted use of ACTs for those who actually have malaria.

 
Plan to reintroduce death penalty by Mauritian Government opposed
Written by ASNS   
Tuesday, 09 March 2010
The Mauritian Prime Minister’s recent announcement that he was planning to reintroduce the death penalty in an attempt to reduce drug trafficking in the country, if successfully passed,   would bring on a public health disaster and drive injecting drug use underground in a country where some 90 per cent of HIV infections are among injecting drug users (IDUs), the International Harm Reduction Association (IHRA) said Tuesday.

 
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A recent global report by UNEP and World Glacier Monitoring Program (WGMP) headquartered in Geneva says January to March heat waves that were not recurrent more than ten years ago that have been responsible for the meltdown of the snow.

Male circumcision among western Kenyan communitiesA rate of adverse events, infections and delayed healing from the practices of circumcision, either traditionally or hospitalized described as ‘shocking’ and ‘unacceptable’ by the investigators has been revealed by a survey of both traditional and medically performed circumcisions amongst a traditionally-circumcised ethnic group in Kenya.

FAO has started a major operation in support of small scale farmers in Zimbabwe as part of its joint efforts with the European Union (EU) to fight hunger this year. The organization has procured 26 000 tons of seeds and fertilizers for distribution to 176 000 vulnerable farmers — representing between 10 to 15 percent of communal farmers in the country.

Tanzania and Norway have signed a letter of intent for the establishment of a partnership between the two countries to meet the challenges of climate change.

A new study released last week shows that 40 percent of health workers in  public, private, faith based and non governmental health facilities exhibit stigma and discrimination tendencies against HIV Aids positive patients.

Egypt has plans to expand its irrigated area by at least one million hectares over the next 20 years and this could require an additional eight billion cubic meters of the controversial Nile water.

malariaThe World Health Organization (WHO) has added a new Artemisinin based combination therapy to the existing one in its new guidelines for the treatment of malaria released Tuesday. The guidelines emphasize testing for malaria before treatment---a a critical step forward in the fight against malaria as it will allow for the targeted use of ACTs for those who actually have malaria.

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