LAGOS (Reuters) – The Nigerian city of Lagos on Monday shut down and quarantined a hospital where a man died of Ebola in the first recorded case of the highly infectious disease in Africa’s most populous country. Patrick Sawyer, a consultant for the Liberian finance ministry in his 40s, collapsed on arrival at Lagos airport … Read more
From Sapa The World Health Organization says its spokesman Glenn Thomas was on board the Malaysian jetliner that was shot down over Ukraine. Gregory Hartl, a spokesman for the Geneva-based U.N. health agency, says the 49-year-old Briton was traveling to Melbourne, Australia, to attend the 20th International AIDS conference, which starts Sunday. Hartl told reporters … Read more
GENEVA (Reuters) – Fifty new cases of Ebola and 25 deaths have been reported in Sierra Leone, Liberia and Guinea since July 3, as the deadly virus continues to spread in families, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Tuesday. In a statement, the United Nations agency said that the latest figures from health ministries in the three countries showed a total of 844 cases … Read more
Ahead of the Vodacom Durban July this weekend, one of South Africa’s favourite horse-racing events, the South African horse breeding industry is in the spotlight. South Africa is known to breed high quality horses, at low prices, but is internationally impeded by the reality of African Horse Sickness. An industry that could be worth R1bn … Read more
By Kwasi Kpodo ACCRA (Reuters) – West African countries and international health organisations adopted a fresh strategy on Thursday to fight the world’s deadliest Ebola epidemic, which has killed hundreds of people in Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia. At a two-day meeting in the Ghanaian capital, Accra, officials committed to better surveillance to detect cases of the virus, enhance … Read more
By Kwasi Kpodo ACCRA (Reuters) – West African states lack the resources to battle the world’s worst outbreak of Ebola and deep cultural suspicions about the disease remain a big obstacle to halting its spread, ministers said on Wednesday. The outbreak has killed 467 people in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone since February, making it the largest and deadliest ever, according … Read more
If anyone has chutzpah, it must surely be Johannesburg entrepreneur Irvine Green. He has continually risked all to pursue a range of business ideas, with the obstacles to success almost always linked to government red-tape. Or, what he calls “meddling”. The Biznews.com small business expert shares his story of economic struggle to illustrate which business … Read more
Over the last few years, with improved treatments and in the face of extensive government intervention, South Africans have lost their sense of urgency over the HIV/Aids pandemic. However, as Adcock senior executive Stavros Nicolaou points out, the battle against HIV/Aids is far from won. Although some 2.2m South Africans are receiving treatment for Aids, … Read more