Facebook developing satellite internet for Africa
Facebook and French satellite operator Eutelsat wants to launch an internet-satellite that could boost internet…
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Korle Bu gets modern eye treatment centre
The Korle Bu Teaching Hospital Department of Ophthalmology is the beneficiary of a modern specialist…
Rift Valley Fever kills four in Mauritania
The Rift Valley Fever (FVR) has claimed four lives in Mauritania, the Mauritanian Health Minister,…
Maternal and Newborn Health Innovations Project launched in Kenya
UNICEF and The Philips Foundation, together with Concern Worldwide, Maker and Gearbox, have launched the…
Salmonella unmasked as major killer of young children in Africa
Invasive Salmonella infections in sub-Saharan Africa are a major cause of child illness and deaths, a new body…
Genetic research in Africa takes a major step forward
Researchers from the African Genome Variation Project (AGVP) have published the first attempt to comprehensively…
The Republic of South Africa evaluates tuberculosis surveillance system
South Africa’s National Tuberculosis (TB) Control Programme (NTP) said it recently conducted a surveillance of…
Quacks in Kenya and 375,000 pregnancies annually
Unsafe abortions in Nairobi, Kenya are on the rise, with backstreet operators killing about 2600…
Fund to help African countries fight infection
Eight African countries are among the 13 beneficiaries of a US$100 million fund announced in…
Bid to cut childbirth mortality with game for African midwives
Researchers at The University of Manchester have developed a new board game that will help…