Invest in infrastructure to retain Africa’s scientists
African countries lack the infrastructure and entrepreneurial support needed to retain science graduates, thus impacting…
Browsing: Continent Africa
Initiative aims to use nanotechnology to purify water
A five-year project focusing on the use of nanotechnology for addressing environmental challenges in Africa…
Closing the breast cancer divide in sub-Saharan Africa
Researchers from Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Centre and the Uganda Cancer Institute are launching a clinical…
Only 3% of world’s healthcare workers are in Africa
African health experts are set to tackle health challenges on the continent by providing innovative…
African experts review Draft Treaty to establish AMA in 2018
The goal to establish the African Medicines Agency (AMA) in 2018 as a Specialised Agency…
Boosting clinical trials in Africa
With less than three percent of clinical trials in the continent, the Association for Good…
Physical inactivity is hurting health of people in countries like Kenya
Getting physically active is important no matter where you live: obesity and physical inactivity are…
Historic commitment from African Heads of State to advance immunisation in Africa
On 31 January, Heads of State from across Africa adopted a Declaration on Universal Access…
Nonprofit cosmetic surgery for breast cancer survivors in West Africa
The Centre for Cosmetic Surgery Ghana (CCSG) was set up in 2006 as a for-profit…
Indian healthcare providers eye Africa to boost business
‘One of the fundamental problems of Africa is the low bandwidth and its cost. As…