Blood shortage causing death in Côte d’Ivoire

 AFRICA, Côte d'Ivoire - Ivory Coast, HEALTH  No Responses »
Jan 072012
 

Lack of blood supplies and funds for transportation and donor drives is causing deaths in post conflict Côte d’Ivoire.

 Posted by sociolingo at 10:48 pm  Tagged with: Alassane Ouattara, Duékoué, Médecins Sans Frontières, World Health Organization

Africa and AIDS : A Weakening Relationship

 AFRICA, Ethiopia, HEALTH  Comments Off
Dec 052011
 

Currently Ethiopia is hosting the 16th annual International Conference on AIDs in Africa and there is a huge push for continued support of the disease to hopefully allow for even more drastically reduced numbers in the upcoming years.

 Posted by sociolingo at 8:20 pm  Tagged with: AIDS, AIDS pandemic, Ethiopia, HIV, The Global Fund to Fight AIDS Tuberculosis and Malaria

AFRICA: Sub-Saharan sanitation targets are two centuries away

 AFRICA, HEALTH  Comments Off
Nov 282011
 

It will take two centuries for sub-Saharan Africa to meet the Millennium Development Goal (MDG) to reduce by half the proportion of people without sustainable access to safe drinking water and basic sanitation

 Posted by sociolingo at 9:03 am  Tagged with: Millennium Development Goal, Sub-Saharan Africa, WaterAid
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