Nigeria: With thousands in urgent need, UN health agency scales up emergency response
The United Nations World Health Organization (WHO) is ramping up its response in north-eastern Nigeria,…
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US health researchers launch Zika vaccine clinical trial
US government researchers said on Wednesday they have begun their first clinical trial of a…
Filarial worm infections double the risk of HIV infection
Since the start of the HIV epidemic, there have been speculations as to why HIV…
Scientists start to grow human livers in London hospital lab
Researchers have begun to grow new livers from rejected donor organs in a breakthrough that could…
Male circumcision and HIV treatment can significantly reduce new infections in African men
Increasing the number of men who undergo circumcision and increasing the rates at which women…
Taxes cripple private health practitioners
Private health practitioners have decried the high taxes levied upon them by government as they…
Improved healthcare delivery models across Africa transform industry
The pharmaceutical industry, followed closely by healthcare information technology (IT), in Africa is predicted to…
Major strides made in Rwanda’s healthcare system
Rwanda’s health system has made major strides over the last decade, In 2013 the East…
Drive to increase local production of drugs presents vast opportunities for Ethiopian pharmaceuticals
The Government of Ethiopia is offering tax and loan incentives to encourage local pharmaceutical production…
Malaria studies show combo drugs effective in pregnancy
Although Zika virus infections have drawn the recent spotlight, malaria — another mosquito-borne disease that…