Issue 9: Dec 2008-Jan 2009

FOCUS
PREVENTING MATERNAL DEATH IN AFRICA
Curiously, 23 countries in the world with the worst mortality rates are all in sub-Sahara Africa. And if nothing is done to improve access to maternal care in Africa, 2.5 million would die before the end of the decade.

DESPATCHES
YOU ARE WHAT YOU EAT

Off course, you are what you eat. Whatever goes into the body as food nourish the system and inspires good health.

SPECIAL REPORT
NAFDAC AND THE CONTROL OF HERBAL MEDICINES IN NIGERIA
With increasing reports of patients experiencing negative health consequence caused by the use of herbal medicines, safety remains the starting point in the evaluation of traditional medicines and procedures, even though traditional medicine practice has become a main source of livelihood for a significant number of the population who depend on it as their main source of income.

OFF THE BLOCK
PROMOTING AFRICA'S ECONOMIC PARTNERSHIP
The percentage of Africa's population living in extreme poverty has continued to increase because the politics and economics of globalisation have systematically stripped them of their assets and national resources, leaving them with an unbearable debt burden.

and many more...