Rising Africa needs sound mental health
A quick Google search on mental health in Africa shows images of people locked up, in…
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Health Ministry focuses on strengthening scientific research
The Health Minister, Luís Gomes Sambo, said on Tuesday (11/10/16) in Luanda that his department…
The World Health Organization wants sugar taxes
The UN health agency recommended that countries use tax policy to increase the price of…
Global Burden of Disease study 2015 assesses the state of the world’s health
Medical journal, The Lancet publishes the most up-to-date analysis on the state of the world’s…
People in Africa are living longer but diseases of lifestyle are on the rise
Malaria, HIV, pneumonia, and diarrhoea are the leading killers on the African continent, according to…
Nigeria: graduates develop app for national health insurance scheme
Two graduate students from the American University of Nigeria (AUN) in Yola have developed an…
Climate change forces Tanzanian households to cut meals
Climate change has forced children and pregnant mothers to vary diets and skip meals, thus…
Report: New therapy makes HIV virus vanish from the blood of patient
Scientists in Britain are hopeful they may have cured HIV after the virus vanished from…
On World Day, UN urges rabies control beyond human and animal health services
Officials at the United Nations today urged human and animal health authorities around the world…
Ninety-two percent of the world’s population breathes substandard air, WHO says
The World Health Organization (WHO) says 92% of the world’s population breathes air containing pollutants…