Zimbabwe: Senior Doctors down tools at Parirenyatwa Hospitals
In a letter to Health Minister Obadiah Moyo and copied to permanent secretary Gerald Gwinji…
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Angolas’ Health Minister worried about new cases of Tuberculosis
Angola: Cunene – On a a two-day working visit to Cunene, Sílvia Lutucuta described the…
Ebola outbreak in Congo likely to last 6 more months, WHO says
GENEVA — The Ebola outbreak in North-eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, which has already killed…
WHO and AUC pledges deeper ties to improve people’s health in Africa
With growing momentum to advance universal health coverage, strengthen health security, and ensure sustainable socio-economic…
Botswana Leads the Way on Fighting Health Threat Endangering Millions of Lives in Africa
Gaborone Botswana’s leaders made a call for urgent action on Noncommunicable Diseases (NCDs) in the…
Rotavirus vaccine cuts diarrhoeal deaths by a third
Rotavirus vaccination can reduce the risk of infants dying from diarrhoea by almost a third,…
DRC Ebola Case Close to Uganda Border
Urgent vaccination programmes have commenced along the Uganda DRC border after a Congolese woman died…
WHO warns on alcohol consumption
More than 3 million people died as a result of harmful use of alcohol in…
Dormant leishmaniasis parasites: threat to control
Parasites that cause leishmaniasis — a neglected tropical disease transmitted by sand flies — could…
Researchers find a promising way to outwit mosquitoes
Mosquitoes are brilliant at two things – bringing misery to humans and quickly spoiling all…