Serena Williams thrashed Russia's Dinara Safina 6-0 6-3 on Saturday to win the Australian Open title and reclaim the world number one ranking. Williams raced to victory in just 59 minutes to capture her fourth singles title at Melbourne Park, after her previous wins in 2003, 2005 and 2007, and her 10th grand slam overall.
The twelve board members of Elections Cameroon, ELECAM have taken oath of office in the presence of the president of the national assembly, Cavaye Yeguie Djibril, Prime Minister Ephraim Inoni and a cross section of cabinet ministers, political party leaders, foreign diplomats and the civil society. ELECAM is the body mandated to organize and supervise elections in Cameroon.
Swearing either to the bible or koran, they pledged to discharge their duties in all impartiality, neutrality and sincerity. Cameroon's Chief Justice Dipanda Mouelle of the Supreme Court presided over the oath taking ceremony in place of the constitutional council. <
Water is essential for life. Between seventy and seventy- five percent (70-75 %) of the earth surface is covered with water and roughly seventy percent (70%) of the human body is made up of water. Water is not only a utility, it is a human right as declared on November 26, 2002 due to registering concern over the continuing contamination, depletion and unequal distribution of water resources.
The UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights meeting in Geneva on November 26, 2002 issued a declaration stating that access to water is a human right and that water is a public commodity fundamental to life and health. The declaration, adopted by the Committee as a “General Comment”, also stipulates that water, like health, is an essential element for achieving other human rights, especially the rights to adequate food and nutrition, housing and education.
The global financial crisis could have profound implications for the health spending plans of national governments. Unless countries have safety nets in place, the poor and vulnerable will be the first to suffer. Jane Parry and Gary Humphreys report.
Dr Suwit Wibulpolprasert, senior adviser on disease control at Thailand’s Ministry of Public Health, remembers the last time the wheels came off the global economy. “There was less travel and purchase of cars and motorcycles. Sales of alcohol – as well as tobacco – were reduced. These factors resulted in fewer deaths and injuries in road accidents,” he says.
Manità Association-Cameroon, an international organization with a recently-opened branch in the Country, gathered a cream of young people at a forum dubbed: “ça dit koi à sadi?” The event on January 17, 2008 at the MOJAS-JEVAIS Platform in Bonamoussadi, Douala, sent out a message that only with health consciousness can youths advance socially and especially economically. The deaf and dumb dansed to a rythm and young musical talents were revealed as an inspiration to others.
The Medical Officer incharge of the Tuberculosis unit at the Littoral Regional Delegation of Health, Dr Elizabeth Fon, has expressed the need for an improved system of data collection to ensure adequate figures and consequently solid measures. An evaluation meeting by health personnel in various services within the region held at the Douala City Council, to take stock of past activities and check progress in future projects. Participants agreed that statistics given so far hardly reflect the realities on the field.
A non-effective strike action for health workers, called by the president of the National Syndicate of Temporary Medical Personnel in a communiqué on December 31, 2008, evoked the general discomfort with the process of integrating of workers into the public service. Health workers who protested want a better employment status, a procedure which tends to be slow as the rate of recruitment is not equivalent to that of retirement. The recruitment and integration of health workers is the duty of the Ministry of Public Service and Administrative Reforms, in collaboration with those of Public Health and of Finance.
US$ 9.7 million grant from Gates Foundation to help crucial research on children's medicines
WHO has received US$ 9.7 million in grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to work with UNICEF to conduct crucial research in children’s medicines, with the aim of increasing the number of child-size medicines designed and formulated specifically for children.
Currently, many medicines are only designed for adults. More than 50% of medicines prescribed for children have either not been developed specifically for children or have not been proven to be effective and safe for their use. Therefore, many children lack access to essential treatment because no suitable paediatric dosage or formulation of the necessary medicine exists, or those that do exist are not available or are too expensive.
Seven students and a professor from McDaniel College , USA spent three weeks in Cameroon this January 2009, experiencing and enjoying Cameroonian culture and values. McDaniel College is a private, selective college of the liberal arts and sciences offering a life-changing education to undergraduate and graduate students.
The trip was initiated by Prof Debora Johnson-Ross, PhD, a McDaniel College , Political Science and International Studies don. She was also Fulbright Lecturer, University of Buea (UB) Cameroon , 2006-2007. She has kept in touch with UB and LINK-UP ever since she first came to this part of Africa . She initiated this trip to give young Americans, at the end of their college education, a unique revolution in their lives by touching the realities of African community life.
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