The Week of Health in Africa
Friday, June 18th, 2010
Rwanda’s Public Health Care Option
With so much debate and controversy over providing adequate health care, one African country is setting an example for both “developed” and “developing” health care systems.
Doctors Without Borders utilizes World Cup to raise HIV awareness
Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) is working hard to bring greater attention to the serious cut in funding for HIV/AIDS. The US, especially, is taking heat for its decision to reduce the amount of funding. More:
UNICEF marks Day of the African Child with Somalia
The often unseen side of conflict is the toll it takes on health care systems. UNICEF has done well to raise more awareness for the greater need for investment in health care systems in the war-torn country of Somalia.
Zambia to be more Transparent with Health Donors
In a promising move, the Zambian President Banda told donors that more effort would be put into putting greater transparency and financial management in the Ministry of Health.
World Bank missed the boat on Tuberculosis
Thirteen years of funding a program tasked with advocacy and controlling tuberculosis has lacked serious evaluation and focus. The Change.org Global Health Blog offers greater analysis in how the World Bank has failed in the fight against Tuberculosis.
These are just some of the key highlights from the end of this past week. Follow on twitter: @scoutbanana to get up to date articles related to Health in Africa.
