Africa blogwatch
Uganda: Is the ICC a carrot or stick to the LRA?
Africa: Grant Boosts Joint Fight Against Neglected Diseases
The health organisations that will receive the funds say buying and delivering drugs to control five of the most devastating NTDs could cost as little as US$0.50 per person each year if drug delivery programs are brought together.
The five diseases targeted in the projects are trachoma — an eye infection causing blindness; intestinal worms; onchocerciasis – also called river blindness; schistosomiasis; and lymphatic filariasis — also known as elephantiasis.
Although usually non-fatal and easily curable, NTDs are widespread in poor settings and often cause chronic disability. They also increase people’s vulnerability to other, fatal diseases.
Kenya: Outrage Over Sex Tourism Report
Women Parliamentarians and hoteliers reacted angrily to revelations of sexual exploitation of children and pledged to step up the fight against the vice.
Kenya Women Parliamentary Association asked the Government to close all villas at the Coast, which are used by sexual pests to exploit children.
The Central African Republic has been declared eligible for debt reduction.
East Africa: UN Musters Partners to Fight Health Risks Threatening Millions in Floods
With increased risks of cholera, dysentery, measles and malaria threatening millions of people in Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia due to severe drought followed by the worst floods in recent memory, the United Nations health agency has called for concerted action to ensure the continuation of vital services including vaccination programmes.
The Head Heeb on group health insurance for people working in the informal sector in Nigeria (the sector in which most people in Nigeria work).
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