In 2016, Samsung will be launching Digital Villages in Kenya, Ethiopia and Tanzania
Samsung Electronics Africa announced (on 18 February) that it will bolster its Corporate Citizenship efforts in…
Monthly Archives: February, 2016
New state-run pharmaceutical company to produce antiretrovirals by 2019
The recently established state-owned pharmaceutical company, Ketlaphela, will start to produce antiretroviral drugs in 2019,…
Detecting acute flaccid paralysis clusters provides early warning on polio outbreaks
An early-warning system based on statistical modelling that maps occurrences of the most common symptom…
Anglicans’ ‘unique role’ in the elimination of Malaria
The Bishop of Matabeleland, Cleophas Lunga, has opened a cross-border round table on the elimination…
Johnson & Johnson issues call for innovative ideas to reduce HIV infections in sub-Saharan Africa
Johnson & Johnson issued a call for innovative ideas as part of the DREAMS Innovation Challenge,…
UN health agency launches global Zika response strategy; Member States briefed on outbreak
As World Health Organization (WHO) officials briefed United Nations Member States in New York on…
Ghana joins USAID to push universal healthcare in Africa
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID), in collaboration with the Ghana Ministry of…
Africa’s Lake Victoria named major waterborne disease breeding site
Africa’s largest fresh water source, Lake Victoria, has been named as a major breeding ground…
Africa’s health worker shortage: Where does training fit in?
Globally there is currently a shortage of over seven million health workers, which will nearly…
Health experts meet on cancer control programmes in Congo Brazzaville
A regional conference on cancer registration and National Cancer Control Programme for African French speaking…