THANKS FOR TUNING IN TO LAST WEEK'S DISCUSSION ON: HIV/AIDS ACTION PLAN
You can listen to this week's episode of AFRICAN HEALTH DIALOGUES: HIV/AIDS ACTION PLAN at http://www.blogtalkradio.com/africanviews/2011/09/10/african-health-dialogues
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ABOUT (SEPTEMBER 17TH'S) EPISODE: Life Expectancy in Africa, has it improved or declined?
Life expectancy represents the average life span of a newborn and is an indicator of the overall health of a country. Life expectancy can improve by awareness education, discipline to maintain good health and welfare and can fall due to famine, war, disease and poor health. Life expectancy is one of the best methods to determine a country's societal performance standard.
Unfortunately, AIDS has taken its toll in Africa, Asia and even Latin America by reducing life expectancy in 34 different countries (26 of them in Africa). Africa is home to the world's lowest life expectancies with Swaziland (33.2 years), Botswana (33.9 years) and Lesotho (34.5 years) rounding out the bottom.
Between 1998 and 2000, 44 different countries had a change of two years or more of their life expectancies from birth and 23 countries increased in life expectancy while 21 countries had a drop.
If you are interested in joining our discussion, send us an email at: healthdialogues@africanviews.org to schedule and announce your participation on the show, otherwise please mark your calendar and call in during the show to participate.
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WHEN: SATURDAY, September 17, 2011
TIME: 12: 00 PM-1: 00 PM EASTERN STANDARD TIME
SKYPE ID: AFRICANVIEWS
CONTRIBUTORS AND LISTENERS DIAL-IN NUMBER: (760) 283-0850
CO-HOST: Dr. Ladi Owolabi CO-HOST: Dr. Susanna J Dodgson
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ABOUT AFRICAN HEALTH DIALOGUES
African Health Dialogues is a weekly health care discussion on AV radio about awareness, progress and gaps, costs and accessibility of medical /pharmaceutical products and services within the African and African Diaspora communities Worldwide.
The program is being facilitated by African Views (AV), Life-Scope Africa Foundation (LAF), Medical Journal of Therapeutics Africa (MJoTA), and Phameds International. Objective of the program is to provide health literacy, advocacy, and inspire consensus and leadership roles in improving public health care status in underserved communities
Host: Dr. Ladi Owolabi
Host: Dr. Susanna J. Dodgson
Producer: Mr. Wale Idris Ajibade
Regular Contributor on Private Sector's perspective: Mr. Folusho Obe
Quality control: Mr. William A. Verdone
Sponsors:
African Views (AV)
Life-Scope Africa Foundation (LAF)
Medical Journal of Therapeutics Africa (MJoTA)
Phameds International
UPCOMING EPISODES
· HIV/AIDS Action Plan
· Malaria Eradication Programs
· Clinical Trials in Africa - Challenges & Benefits
· Counterfeit & Substandard Drugs in Africa, A major issue
· Mobile and e- Health care delivery in Africa (?)
· Child Maltreatment Prevention
· Autism
· Sleeping Sickness
· Mental illness
· Preventing and treating infection: hand-washing, vaccination, sleep, diet
· Preventing and treating insect-borne disease: glass windows, screens, sprays, plants such as pyrethrum, pills such as artemisinin, antibiotics
· Preventing and treating cardiovascular disease: diet and exercise, maintaining normo-tension
· Preventing and treating cancer: diet, exercise, not smoking, not breathing in carcinogens.
· Preventing and treating diabetes: diet and exercise, herbal medicines
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