Botswana Leads the Way on Fighting Health Threat Endangering Millions of Lives in Africa
Gaborone Botswana’s leaders made a call for urgent action on Noncommunicable Diseases (NCDs) in the…
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DRC Ebola Case Close to Uganda Border
Urgent vaccination programmes have commenced along the Uganda DRC border after a Congolese woman died…
Zimbabwe cholera outbreak contained
The ministry of health in Zimbabwe says it has managed to contain the cholera outbreak…
WHO launches first investment case to save up to 30 million lives
WHO recently published its first investment case, setting out the transformative impacts on global health…
WHO warns on alcohol consumption
More than 3 million people died as a result of harmful use of alcohol in…
Targeting 1.5 million missed TB cases
The Global Fund, the World Health Organization (WHO), the Stop TB Partnership and 13 countries with…
Dramatic drop in global measles cases
In 2016, an estimated 90 000 people died from measles – an 84% drop from…
Kenya: Maternal Deaths Increase as Nurses’ Strike Persists
The number of mothers who have died in childbirth doubled to 857 in the first…
Marburg re-emerges in Uganda
Excerpts from a press release issued by Uganda’s Ministry of Health The Ministry of Health…
Cholera deaths to be reduced by 90% by 2030?
An ambitious new strategy to reduce deaths from cholera by 90% by 2030 has been…