Humanitarian Crisis Crippling Public Health Sector
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As a rising number of HIV/AIDS patients turn to already over-stretched public sector facilities, the ongoing humanitarian crisis is undermining the quality of care in Southern Africa&#39;s health system.
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Â· Government failed to follow up patients at riskÂ· Danger of wider infection a 'serious problem'
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Tens of thousands of tsunami survivors are at risk from diseases spread by dirty water, mosquitoes and crowding.
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The UN emergency relief agency is struggling to respond to a natural disaster that has brought death and destruction to at least eight countries.
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Survivors of the deadliest tsunami on record face serious water-borne diseases such as cholera, and will urgently need medicine and access to healthcare in the months ahead, doctors and health experts said on Friday.
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The United Nations warned on Monday of  epidemics within days unless health systems in southern Asia  can cope after nearly 13,000 people were killed and tens of  thousands left homeless by a giant tsunami.
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The world is suffering an acute shortage of doctors, nurses, and other health workers, according to a global group of health leaders.
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Israeli restrictions have caused a humanitarian crisis in Gaza and the West Bank that is growing worse, leaving hospitals unable to treat the sick and keeping farmers off their land, the International Committee of the Red Cross said.
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The massive relief operation continues to be hampered by insufficient coordination nearly a month after the tragedy.
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War in Iraq has caused a public health  disaster that has left the country's medical system in tatters  and increased the risk of disease and death, according to a  report released on Tuesday.
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Between 6,000 and 10,000 people are dying from disease and violence each month in Sudan's Darfur region as heavy rains and a marauding militia hinder U.N. efforts to respond to one of Africa's worst humanitarian crises, according to a survey of mortality rates by the United Nations' World Health Organization.
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Iraq's health system is in a far worse condition than before the war, a British medical charity says.
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Polio, which can paralyse small children, has become the latest threat to refugees already struggling with famine and disease in the camps of Darfur.
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The Government is today launching its most far-reaching plans to tackle the growing public health crisis. The most controversial announcement included
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Bad weather, smashed infrastructure and logistical snarls have made it difficult to get food and medical supplies to survivors.
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The United Nations warned on Monday of  epidemics within days unless health systems in southern Asia  can cope after more than 15,500 people were killed and hundreds  of thousands left homeless by a giant tsunami.
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A critical shortage of healthcare workers and restrictions on prescribing life-saving drugs are crippling the war on HIV/AIDS in southern Africa, medical charity Medicins Sans Frontieres (MSF) said on Thursday.