South Sudan: End of the Road for Leper Colony
[IRIN] Juba - A once bustling community of several thousand people on the outskirts of South Sudan's capital, Juba, has been replaced by groups of people huddled under trees, surrounded by bundles piled high and the rubble that was their homes. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)

Healthcare part of White House mobility mandate
The White House on Wednesday unveiled what it called a quot;sweeping shift to mobile,quot; an initiative aimed at accelerating efforts to make new and useful services available to consumers on their mobile devices. As part of President Barack Obama's commitment to delivering a 21st century government, he issued a directive requiring that each major federal agency ndash; including the Department of Health and Human Services ndash; make two key government services the American people depend on available on mobile phones within the next 12 months. read more (Source: Healthcare IT News)