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Italiano KAMPALA, 25 September 2009 (PlusNews) – Ugandan health workers’ ill-treatment of HIV-positive people could adversely affect the access of these patients to treatment, a new study by local NGO Uganda Network for Law Ethics and HIV/AIDS (UGANET) has revealed.
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 IRIN  25/09/2009KANO, 25 September 2009 (IRIN) – A health worker strike, in place since 25 June, in northern Nigeria’s Adamawa state has paralysed public hospitals, forcing patients to forgo medical treatment. IRIN 24/09/2009DAKAR, 24 September 2009 (IRIN) – Lawyers and rights activists are calling on the African Union’s human rights body to move its headquarters out of The Gambia after President Yahya Jammeh on national television threatened human rights defenders and said he would kill anyone collaborating with them. IRIN 24/09/2009NAIROBI, 24 September 2009 (IRIN) – Donor-backed user fees for health services were supposed to decentralise primary healthcare and provide revenue for essential drugs: instead, advocacy groups charge, they have ended up killing the poor in the developing world. IRIN 23/09/2009JOHANNESBURG, 23 September 2009 (IRIN) – Almost every day a think-tank or a non-governmental organisation releases a new price tag for mitigating or adapting to the impact of climate change in poor countries. IRIN 23/09/2009BRAZZAVILLE, 23 September 2009 (IRIN) – Villagers in the Republic of Congo’s Plateaux nord region have started mapping their forest resources, in a move officials say will help to protect their interests. IRIN 23/09/2009ISIOLO-LAIKIPIA, 23 September 2009 (IRIN) – The drought that has ravaged parts of northeastern Kenya, killing a large number of livestock, has affected the availability of milk, in turn undermining child nutrition, say officials. Continue reading “Children are on the brink of death” in northeastern Kenya Wikinews 23/09/2009Michael Jackson’s This Is It, a documentary film based on world-famous singer Michael Jackson rehearsing for his last tour before his untimely death, will be premiered in at least 15 cinemas in cities all over the world simultaneously. The film is due to premiere on October 27 and October 28. The world cities [...] IRIN 22/09/2009DAKAR, 22 September 2009 (IRIN) – Corruption and mis-management of health services combined with low capacity, contribute to Sierra Leone having the world’s highest maternal mortality rates, Amnesty International Secretary General Irene Khan has told IRIN. Continue reading Corruption fuels maternal deaths, Amnesty says IRIN 21/09/2009NAIROBI, 21 September 2009 (IRIN) – Violent conflicts and cattle rustling have reduced in Uganda’s northeastern Karamoja region, but severe drought and increased banditry are challenging the area’s fragile stability, the International Rescue Committee (IRC) has warned in a new statement. Continue reading Drought, banditry threaten stability in Uganda’s Karamoja region – IRC |
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