" KHARTOUM http://www.carolinahurricanesteamstore.com/adidas-brett-pesce-jersey , Sept. 13 (Xinhua) -- At least 8 people were killed on Wednesday and 19 others injured in a traffic accident on the road linking the Sudanese capital Khartoum and Wad Madani town of Gezira State in central Sudan, according to Traffic Police.
""The accident took place when a passenger bus collided with a mini-bus on the highway linking Khartoum and Gezira State,"" Col. Mussa Abdul-Ghader, Director of Gezira State's Traffic Police, said in a statement.
He attributed the reasons behind the accident to wrong crossing by the passenger bus coming from Khartoum http://www.carolinahurricanesteamstore.com/ , which led to its collision with the mini-bus.
He said the bodies of the accident's victims were transferred to GIAD Hospital in Gezira State, while the injured were transferred to Ibrahim Malik Hospital in Khartoum.
According to official statistics, 1,662 people were killed in traffic accidents in Sudan in 2015.
Citizens and vehicle drivers complain about poor road conditions, while the ministry of roads and bridges attributes the accidents to overloaded trucks and high speed.
Sudan's interior ministry recently said it was working out new plans to reduce traffic accidents, including installation of radars to monitor speed on the country's highways.
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by Christine Lagat
NAIROBI http://www.carolinahurricanesteamstore.com/adidas-trevor-van-riemsdyk-jersey , Sept. 14 (Xinhua) -- Countries in the Sub-Saharan African region must adopt a new strategic vision that revolves around policy reforms, innovative financing and adoption of new technologies in order to transform their health sectors, experts said on Thursday.
The experts who spoke during the launch of report on status of health in Africa in Nairobi stated that a radical policy shift, visionary leadership, research http://www.carolinahurricanesteamstore.com/adidas-teuvo-teravainen-jersey , training and technology adoption are key to transforming the critical sector against a backdrop of a rising disease burden.
Alex Ezeh, the Executive Director of Nairobi-based Africa Population Health Research Center (APHRC), said that a new vision for Africa's health sector is long overdue to help tackle soaring deaths linked to preventable ailments.
""Though several milestones have been achieved in Africa's health sector, bold actions must be taken now to avoid a relapse into the old order marked by unacceptably high rates of infectious diseases,"" said Ezeh.
He was a co-author of the report titled ""The path to longer and healthier lives for all African by 2030 published by the Lancet Commission on the future of health in Sub-Saharan Africa.
Ezeh noted that improved governance, capacity development and infrastructural upgrade are key to establishing well-functioning health systems in Africa.
He urged creation of people centered health systems that can respond effectively to both infectious and lifestyle diseases that are responsible for high death rates among Africa's productive age segment.
African states have an opportunity to revamp their health systems through enactment of robust policies, investments in research and training as well as greater collaboration with private sector.
Professor Nelson Sewankambo, the immediate Principal of Makerere University's College of Health Sciences http://www.carolinahurricanesteamstore.com/adidas-scott-darling-jersey , said that strong and accountable leadership, evidence-based research and innovative financing models are required to transform primary healthcare in Africa.
""It is evident that health outcomes in this Continent can be improved through state-led interventions that seek to streamline service delivery at all levels,"" Sewankambo remarked.
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