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…
Browsing: Dying Africa
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…
Despite global decline in child deaths, progress varies by country
Global child and adolescent deaths have decreased from 14.18 million in 1990 to 7.26 million…
Multidrug-resistant typhoid on the increase in sub-Saharan Africa
The incident of multidrug-resistant cases of typhoid is increasing in sub-Saharan Africa, making it difficult…
Millions of African children to get polio vaccines
The World Health Organization (WHO) said 116 million children are to receive polio vaccines in…
Zimbabwe has highest teenage fertility rate in sub-Saharan Africa
Zimbabwe has the highest teenage fertility rate in sub-Saharan Africa. A national study has revealed…
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…
First comprehensive paediatric haematology-oncology initiative launched in Africa
A US$100 million initiative to create an innovative paediatric haematology-oncology treatment network in southern and…
Cause of mysterious ‘nodding syndrome’ may have been discovered
In parts of Eastern Africa children in some communities have been afflicted by a mysterious…
Anthrax outbreak persists in Zambia despite public health efforts
For the past several months, Zambia has been combating another anthrax outbreak. A prior outbreak…