Congress Considering Program To Help Women In Military; War Videos Prepare Doctors For Bomb Wounds

The Philadelphia Inquirer reports that Congress “is considering” a $3 million pilot program, that “would establish a Women Veterans and Service Members Joint Health Resource Center in South Jersey…

'Disease Of Poverty': University Of South Carolina Releases Journal On Cervical Cancer, Health Disparities

African-American women in South Carolina are 37 percent more likely to have cervical cancer than white women and have a death rate that is about 61 percent higher, according to a study by researchers at the University of South Carolina’s Arnold School of Public Health. South Carolina ranks 14th in the nation in deaths from cervical cancer…

South African Health Minister To Launch PMTCT Plan

South African Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi within the next two weeks is expected to launch a plan to address mother-to-child HIV transmission in an effort to reduce infant mortality in the country, The Times reports. The MTCT plan is part of a new health program adopted by President Jacob Zuma’s administration, according to The Times.