Africa, China to explore new opportunities for collaboration in health
Chinese and African leaders meeting at the high level 4th International Roundtable on China-Africa Health Cooperation have emphasised the need for close cooperation in the new partnerships to address some of the most pressing health challenges facing Africa.
University of Manchester midwives are to lead a major research project to improve midwifery services for women and babies in six East African countries.
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About 1 300 to 2 800 women and girls die from pregnancy-related problems and 26 000 to 84 000 women and girls are disabled by pregnancy and childbirth complications yearly, findings by Zimbabwe Women Resource Centre Network (ZWRCN) reveal.
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The third African Vaccination Week (AVW), an initiative led by the World Health Organization (WHO) is hoping to vaccinate millions of African children against deadly diseases ravaging the continent, the WHO African Regional Office said.
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An unprecedented group of public and private sector partners has finalized an agreement that will make Jadelle ®, an effective, long-acting, reversible contraceptive implant, available to more than 27 million women in the world’s poorest countries at a more than 50 percent price reduction over the next six years.
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A Ugandan-UK Healthcare Alliance, which will help improve health care for people living in the East African country, has been launched after being developed by a University of Manchester health professional.
Continue reading …New centre to accelerate drug development for diseases of low-income countries
February 24, 2013 No Comment
A new centre to boost the development of drugs to tackle the foremost diseases of low-income countries is to be created at the University of Dundee.
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The African Partnership for Chronic Disease Research (APCDR) has been awarded a 5 year funding by the Medical Research Council to research into chronic diseases on the continent.
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For Isaiah Ibeh, university professor and AIDS cure claimant, fame came like a flash. His day in the sun wasn’t even up to 24 hours.
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A new research reported in the PLoS Pathogens journal has demonstrated that the miniCD4 peptides, when formulated as a microbicide gel, could represent a powerful preventive agent against infection by the AIDS virus during sexual intercourse.
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