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,…
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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…
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…
Botswana receives award for excellent control of malaria
Botswana has received the 2016 African Leaders Malaria Alliance (ALMA) award, in recognition of its…
Merck Recognises World Cancer Day: ‘We can .I can’ together with Uganda Ministry of Health in the heart of Africa
While people across the globe were recognising World Cancer Day (4th February): ‘We can .I…
African leaders advocate locally developed Zika and Lassa virus vaccines
African leaders, including Ministers of Health, finance, and other line ministries from Nigeria, and at…
New treatments for Cystic Fibrosis and other disorders awarded funding at private research university
Three Case Western Reserve University faculty members recently received significant funding from the National Centre…
Slow progress on stillbirth prevention leaves parents of 2.6 million babies suffering in silence each year
More than 2.6 million stillbirths continue to occur globally every year with very slow progress…
Action Meningitis raises awareness of disease through community theatre
International charity Meningitis Research Foundation (MRF) is working closely with the Malawi-Liverpool Wellcome Trust (MLW)…