For a disease that has infected not less than six million killing another 200, 000 (two hundred thousand) every year, the toga of a serial killer might just be the right phrase. Incidentally, this is what pneumonia does in Nigeria. The above statistics are from the United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF) and World […]
Flu Symptoms, Types, and Complications of the Flu
What are the most common flu symptoms? What is the difference between a flu and a cold? Get more informations about the warning signs of flu so you can prevent flu complications, that can be mild or severe . The flu virus can settle anywhere in the respiratory tract, producing symptoms of a cold, croup, […]
World ‘must do more’ for children
More must be done more quickly to make the world fit for children by 2015, the UN children’s agency, Unicef, has said. In a new report it noted considerable strides had been made to meet pledges in education and areas of health care. But it stressed that "much more must be done" in order to […]
What Is Schizophrenia?
Although an exact definition of schizophrenia still evades medical researchers, the evidence indicates more and more strongly that schizophrenia is a severe disturbance of the brain’s functioning. In The Broken Brain: The Biological Revolution in Psychiatry, Dr. Nancy Andreasen states "The current evidence concerning the causes of schizophrenia is a mosaic. It is quite clear […]
Latest on HIV- Aids
What does AIDS stands for? Acquired immune deficiency syndrome, (AIDS), is a state that describes a highly developed position of HIV infectivity. What is HIV? Scientists discovered the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in the early eighties. HIV is a germ that is transferred from being to being during the swap of body fluids […]
Low Cost Technology Saves Poor
Most Zimbabweans – about 70 per cent of the population – live in rural areas and are engaged in smallholder agriculture. These smallholder farmers, particularly in the country’s low rainfall areas, are extremely food insecure and have little or no access to new technology. They suffer from low incomes and a generally low standard of living, […]
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