Shout-Africa News BEIJING, –New data from the World Congress Of Cardiology has indicated that younger, and unmarried men around the world are least likely to be aware of hypertension (high blood pressure) and less likely to be receiving treatment. Whereas older women, are most aware of hypertension according to data presented today at the World Congress of Cardiology (WCC) Scientific Sessions in Beijing, China. Interim analysis of ~150,000 participants from 17 countries in the Prospective Urban and Rural Epidemiological Study (PURE) also revealed that awareness rates were similar in urban (57 per cent) and rural areas (54 per cent) in... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Saturday, June 19th 2010 |
Shout-Africa News – LONDON, — Mo Ibrahim Foundation has announced decision not to award 2010 Ibrahim Prize / Foundation to fund Leadership Fellowships for next generation of African leaders, the Prize Committee met yesterday to discuss the award of the 2010 Mo Ibrahim Prize. Following its deliberations, the Prize Committee informed the Board of the Foundation that it had not selected a winner. Last year the Prize Committee announced that it had considered some credible candidates, but after in depth review could not select a winner. This year the Prize Committee told the Board that there had been no new... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Tuesday, June 15th 2010 |
Shout-Africa News – ALEXANDRIA, Va – Father and son, Dave and Evan Fuller of Spokane, Washington will bicycle coast to coast – from Anacortes, Washington to Portland, Maine – to raise support for the work of hospice care across Africa. The Fullers are beginning their 3,500 mile ride on June 14 in support of the non-profit organization, FHSSA. FHSSA (which began as the Foundation for Hospices in Sub-Saharan Africa) builds partnerships to enhance compassionate care in Africa and is celebrating a decade of impact. Their goal is to ride an average of 100 miles each day and complete their journey... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Saturday, June 12th 2010 |
Shou – SHANGHAI — Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Friday ripped into the United States for pushing for new UN sanctions against Tehran, warning US President Barack Obama he had made a “big mistake”. The diatribe against Washington came in Shanghai, where Ahmadinejad was participating in “Iran Day” at the World Expo in China, which also backed the measures against Tehran over its suspect nuclear programme. “I think President Obama has made a big mistake… he knows the resolution will have no effect,” Ahmadinejad told a news conference. “Very soon he will come to understand he has not made the... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Saturday, June 12th 2010 |
Shout-Africa Travel News – LONDON, — Win 365 Nights in Any Radisson Blu Hotel Worldwide! Radisson Blu Hotels & Resorts, part of the Rezidor Hotel Group, has launched a “The Greatest Holiday in the World” competition, offering the winner an exceptional prize of 365 hotel nights in any Radisson Blu hotel worldwide; that can be taken with a partner, friends, colleagues and/or family, valid up until 2015. It is the first time that Rezidor has undertaken this type of comprehensive multimedia marketing campaign on such a scale. Candidates are invited to post an initial “pitch” on www.greatestholiday.radissonblu.com as to why... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Saturday, June 12th 2010 |
