Angolas’ Health Minister worried about new cases of Tuberculosis
Angola: Cunene – On a a two-day working visit to Cunene, Sílvia Lutucuta described the…
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UNAIDS, UNICEF and WHO urge Countries in Western and Central Africa to step up the pace in the response to HIV for Children and Adolescents
At a high-level meeting in Dakar, Senegal, UNAIDS, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and…
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…
Cost of diabetes care in Africa could triple by 2030
The costs and complications of diabetes could overwhelm healthcare systems in sub-Saharan Africa and reach…
The World Health Organization urges action against HIV drug resistance threat
The World Health Organization (WHO) alerts countries to the increasing trend of resistance to HIV…
Diabetes increasing at alarming rates in sub-Saharan Africa
Sub-Saharan Africa is in the midst of a rapidly expanding diabetes epidemic that could have…
Meningitis outbreak kills 1166 in Nigeria and infects more than 14,500
Nigeria’s Health Minister has declared that the outbreak of meningitis in the country is over,…
Protect African pupils from malaria to tackle anaemia, boost learning – researchers
Providing African pupils with antimalarial drugs, insecticide-treated bed nets and education about preventing the mosquito-borne…
Kenya pledges action on respiratory diseases amid high fatalities
Kenya’s Ministry of Health will seek new partnerships to re-invigorate the war against respiratory infections…
Deforestation and malaria: what’s the relationship between the two?
Despite being a preventable and curable disease, malaria continues to affect people in 91 countries. In 2015…