When four-year-old Alice Were suddenly developed a fever, her mother Miriam took her to the local medicine woman close to her house in Kangemi, a poor, cramped settlement on the outskirts of the Kenyan capital, Nairobi.
An amount of R42 million has been allocated towards a pilot project aimed at increasing access to medical examinations so former mineworkers can check whether they qualify for possible compensation.
As the Government prepares to commemorate the World No Tobacco Day today, studies indicate that more youth are becoming smokers, reports Hilary Bainemigisha.
Coordinator of youth against tobacco smoking in Sierra Leone Thursday told Concord Times that his organization and other anti-tobacco groups would be organizing a youth match against tobacco smoking in the country on May 31 this year.
Deputy army chief of defence staff yesterday told journalists that Major Musa Bangura was said to be undergoing a brain test as the Republic of Sierra Leone Armed Forces awaits the result of the psychiatrist's assessment.
Management of the Gola Forest programme based in Kenema Wednesday denied newspaper allegation of a mysterious skin disease that broke out at the Gola Forest.
The Minister of Health and Social Services on Tuesday evening urged that a new book be prescribed in Namibian schools, youth groups and in workplaces in an effort to defeat the HIV/AIDS pandemic.
