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Mariama T Jallow Misses UK Road Race

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Tuesday, July 28, 2009

Brufut Marathon Run Association Extends Apologies Eight-kilometre runner Mariama T Jallow, who was supposed to make her debut appearance in the...

Cancer Prevention and Black Raspberries…

Tuesday, March 17, 2009

First there were blackcurrants, then apples and grapes … and now there are black raspberries! According to American researchers, extracts from...

Health matter Cervical cancer and the health of women

Tuesday, December 23, 2008

General Overview Cervical cancer is simply defined as an abnormal and uncontrolled overgrowth of the cells of the cervix, which annually...

Anti-apartheid activist, businessman Motlana dies

http://www.dispatch.co.za/article.aspx?id=275970

Monday, December 01, 2008

POLITICAL parties and others paid tribute yesterday to anti-apartheid activist, businessman and Mandela family physician Nthato Motlana, who died on...

Performing to fight cancer

http://www.dispatch.co.za/article.aspx?id=274048

Tuesday, November 25, 2008

THE East London Classical Players will present their final concert for the year in aid of Cancer Care. The guest artist will be Ray Palframan...

AFRICA: Cervical cancer vaults to WHO priority list

Tuesday, September 23, 2008

With cervical cancer cases rising across Sub-Saharan Africa, and 80 percent of women diagnosed too late to stop the cancer’s deadly spread, the World...

Child, 7, needs urgent overseas treatment

Monday, July 14, 2008

One Samba Bah of Bansang, a seven-year old boy, is in urgent need of overseas treatment. Suffering from a cancer on his left eye, he has been, for a...

NIGERIA: Two million at risk of radiation cancer

Monday, July 07, 2008

Nigerian environmental and health officials warn that slightly radioactive tailings found in abandoned mines in central Nigeria’s Plateau state poses...

Adieu, Beloved Comrade!

Monday, April 07, 2008

It is with sadness that we say adieu to our beloved Comrade Mugabe. He is like a much loved grandparent suffering from cancer, surrounded by 30...

Smoking a Major Risk Factor in Cancer – WHO Afra Boss

The Point

Friday, February 08, 2008

The WHO African Region recently marked World Cancer Day. In his declaration the Regional Director of the WHO in Africa, Dr. Luis Gomez Samba, said...