THE MONITOR  UGANDA By ROBERT MUHEREZA KABALE. A ghost health centre III in Kabale District has reportedly been receiving drug allocations from government. The matter came to the fore during a workshop for Kabale District Integrity Promotion Forum last Friday. During the workshop, it was discovered that drugs meant for Buhara Health Centre III, a non-governmental […]

    By Anietie Akpan, Calabar     The Society of Family Physicians of Nigeria (SOFPON) has decried current coverage of the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) in the country. They said five per cent coverage in the country is very poor and it takes care of mostly federal civil servants, which is not good enough. […]

     Linda-Gail Bekker University of Cape Town There have been great strides and many important victories in the fight against HIV. Scientific innovations and sustained investment have been the most important weapons in this ongoing battle. Nevertheless the epidemic retains a powerful grip – especially on people in Africa. In sub-Saharan Africa, 19.4 million are living with the […]

  Like any mother, Jacinta Ochieng wanted nothing more than to take her children home, all five of them, even though their birth had surprised her- she thought she had been carrying just one. Instead, she had to watch her babies, born seven weeks premature, die one by one, their fragile under-developed lungs unable to […]

 KAREN MCVEIGH A disease that claims the lives of two children under five a minute worldwide has hit drought-stricken Kenya hard, its spread driven by malnutrition. The baby lying under a red printed blanket is gasping for air. Her tiny chest is convulsed with the effort of drawing oxygen into her lungs and, as her […]