News: Health
Pregnant women in Sierra Leone to get free healthcare
Pregnant women and children under-five will receive free healthcare in Sierra Leone in order to deal with the country's mortality rates.
19/02/2010
Volunteer aims to improve health in Ethiopia
One volunteer is heading to Ethiopia to take medical supplies and offer her support to those needing healthcare.
19/02/2010
India to make disability certificates more accessible
Conditions for disabled people in India are expected to improve following amendments to the rules surrounding the issue of disability certificates.
16/02/2010
Swine flu vaccine 'could be delayed' in Cambodia
A major batch of swine flu vaccine is yet to arrive in Cambodia, despite having been scheduled to get there by the end of 2009.
15/02/2010
Mongolia 'to receive grain aid from Russia'
Russia has announced its intentions to deliver grain aid to Mongolia.
11/02/2010
British firm's refinery 'a threat to health in India'
It has been alleged that one of Vedanta Resources' Indian refinery plants is polluting the local area.
09/02/2010
Gates Foundation 'to allocate more funds to health in Malawi'
Melinda Gates has revealed that the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation aims to donate more money to tackling maternal mortality in Malawi.
29/01/2010
International health research centre 'to be based in Uganda'
A centre that will unite researchers from ten different countries will be founded in Uganda and involve work into HIV, malaria and tuberculosis, it has emerged.
27/01/2010
Recovering drug addicts 'being abused in Cambodia'
People who enter drug rehabilitation centres in Cambodia are subjected to hard labour and violence, one human rights group has claimed.
26/01/2010
Extreme cold 'threatening people's health' in Mongolia
Snow and plunging temperatures in Mongolia are serving to threaten the health of its citizens, as well as aggravate poverty, the UN has claimed.
25/01/2010
