Africa has highest rate of high blood pressure, WHO says
Africa has the highest rate of high blood pressure in the world, affecting about 46%…
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International partnership combats Rift Valley Fever outbreak in West Africa
Experts from the Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations (FAO/UN), World Health Organization…
World’s population increasingly urban
We live in an urban century. Already more than 50% of the global population lives…
More Africans at risk of chronic illness: WHO
City life and its modern trappings have brought bad habits to developing African nations that…
H.E. the First Lady of Zambia praises Starkey Hearing Foundation on its first-ever graduates of Starkey Hearing Institute
Zambia’s First Lady Esther Lungu attended the inaugural graduation of students who received certificates as…
Link between malaria resistance and breast cancer spread, study suggests
Scientists in South Africa have found a link between a particular type of malaria resistance…
Malaria control improves for vulnerable in Africa, but global progress off-track
The World Health Organization’s (WHO) World Malaria Report 2016 reveals that children and pregnant women…
Indian healthcare providers eye Africa to boost business
‘One of the fundamental problems of Africa is the low bandwidth and its cost. As…
Study finds high prevalence of multidrug-resistant HIV
While multidrug-resistant forms of infections, such as tuberculosis, have become a growing problem for people…
New study reveals three deadliest cancers in South Africa
A new Global Burden of Disease Study urges increased prevention efforts and vigilance in early…