The East, Central and Southern Africa College of Nursing (ECSACON) and its partners are organizing the 11th Scientific Conference and 5th Quadrennial General Meeting to be held in Harare, Zimbabwe from 1 – 5 September 2014
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The East, Central and Southern Africa College of Nursing (ECSACON) and its partners are organizing the 11th Scientific Conference and 5th Quadrennial General Meeting to be held in Harare, Zimbabwe from 1 – 5 September 2014 Read more World Health Organization
People everywhere are living longer, according to the "World Health Statistics 2014" published today by WHO. Based on global averages, a girl who was born in 2012 can expect to live to around 73 years, and a boy to the age of 68. This is six years longer than the average global life expectancy for a child born in 1990. [Read More] Ministers of Health Agree to the Goal of Zero New Deaths from TB at 67th World Health Assembly6/2/2014
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The 67th World Health Assembly (WHA) took place in Geneva from 19-25th May, bringing together government delegations at the World Health Organization’s annual meeting. The WHA is the organization’s highest decision-making authority. [Read More] = http://www.stoptb.org/news/stories/2014/ns14_033.asp Tags: infectious diseases; tuberculosis Devex
Big decisions were made at last week’s World Health Assembly. But now that the annual event is over, which issues should the aid community keep an eye on in the months to come? Health experts and prominent health advocates lobbied hard at the weeklong event, and many of their efforts didn’t go unnoticed. World Health Organization member states approved the first-ever global action plan on newborn health, and they also passed a resolution that is expected to boost financing for health research and development. [Read More] Gender Links
The 2014 Regional SADC Gender Protocol @ Work Summit got off to a vibrant and inspiring start on Monday 26 May, at the Kopanong Conference Centre in Johannesburg. The summit brings together over 350 delegates, gender activists, media, government and faith based organisations from around the Southern African region to make a collaborative push for gender equality in the countdown to 2015. [Read more] = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b97p8nu8BVc ECOWAS
Personnel of the armed forces of Ghana and Togo on 28th May 2014 carried out an environmental sanitation exercise at the border town of Aflao marking the official launch by ECOWAS of the preparatory phase of the application of the anti-mosquito biolarvicide product to intensify the regional war against malaria. [Read More] ThePoint.gm
Dr Rex A. Kuye, head of Department at the Public Health and Environmental School of Health and Allied Health Sciences, University of The Gambia, has said the GEOHealth project would focus on the most pressing rural health issues in the sub-region such as water quality, workplace safety, and especially on agricultural work. [Read More] All Ghana News
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID), in partnership with Johns Hopkins University, Family Health International and the Futures Group, is hosting a regional workshop on vulnerable populations in West and Central Africa that are disproportionately affected by HIV. [Read More] Tags: infectious diseases; HIV/AIDS; USAID; WAHO Maternal Health Task Force
Capturing the discussion, themes, conclusions and next steps from a recent technical meeting convened by the MHTF, Johns Hopkins and the WHO, this resource reflects current understandings, language and practices of researchers, implementers and policymakers working at the intersection of mHealth and maternal health. [Read More] Grand Challenges Canada
Grand Challenges Canada, funded by the Government of Canada, today announces investments of $12 million in projects worldwide, aimed squarely at improving the health and saving the lives of mothers, newborns and children in developing countries. [Read More] |
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