Africa should spur herbal medicine safety, value women
Africa needs to develop standards to assure safety and benefit of its herbal medicines, says…
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Emergency preparedness and response to improve in West Africa
Ministers working in the areas of health, agriculture and wildlife in the West African sub-region…
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…
Africa has highest rate of high blood pressure, WHO says
Africa has the highest rate of high blood pressure in the world, affecting about 46%…
Indian healthcare providers eye Africa to boost business
‘One of the fundamental problems of Africa is the low bandwidth and its cost. As…
World’s first malaria vaccine in the offing
It is now confirmed. Mass vaccinations with the world’s first malaria vaccine, RTS,S, whose trial…
A step towards better nutrition for African children
Fortification of foodstuffs could be one of the most cost-effective health interventions for addressing micronutrient…
Prevalence of drug-resistant tuberculosis in West Africa higher than previously thought
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (TB) could become a serious public health threat in West Africa unless effective…
GIMPA trains healthcare managers in West Africa
Forty healthcare managers from Ghana, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Togo, Gambia and Cameroon are undergoing requisite…
Post-Ebola, West Africans flock back to bushmeat, with risk
Photo by Jared Belson As the deadly outbreak of Ebola has subsided, people in several…