Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Leprosy continues to maim Africans
Modou Gaye sits on a hospital bed in Senegal, his left leg stretched the length of the mattress, the right one amputated below the knee.
Jan 24, 2014
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Health
Tens of thousands lack pain medication in Senegal (Update)
Tens of thousands of people in Senegal struggling with advanced cancer and other illnesses are left with only basic headache medicines to treat their pain because the country does not have enough morphine in stock, according ...
Oct 24, 2013
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Health
A constitutional right to health care
Uruguay has it. So does Latvia, and Senegal. In fact, more than half of the world's countries have some degree of a guaranteed, specific right to public health and medical care for their citizens written into their national ...
Jul 19, 2013
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Medications
WHO eases rules on meningitis vaccine, researchers say
In a breakthrough for the fight against meningitis in poor countries, researchers say the WHO has ruled that a key vaccine can be transported or stored for up to four days without refrigeration.
Nov 15, 2012
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