Global blindness set to ‘triple by 2050’
The number of blind people across the world is set to triple within the next…
Browsing: Health system Africa
Only 3% of world’s healthcare workers are in Africa
African health experts are set to tackle health challenges on the continent by providing innovative…
Curbing the HIV epidemic in Uganda
Uganda has made great progress in controlling the HIV epidemic and increasing access to critical…
The Regional Expert Meeting on Medicine Regulatory Harmonisation Initiative is being convened by IGAD
The Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) convened the regional expert meeting on Medicine Regulatory Harmonisation…
LSTM awarded £11 million by NIHR to establish new research unit and groups
The Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine (LSTM) has been awarded £11 million by the National…
Africa should spur herbal medicine safety, value women
Africa needs to develop standards to assure safety and benefit of its herbal medicines, says…
More Africans at risk of chronic illness: WHO
City life and its modern trappings have brought bad habits to developing African nations that…
Link between malaria resistance and breast cancer spread, study suggests
Scientists in South Africa have found a link between a particular type of malaria resistance…
Healthcare in Africa needs US$30 billion
Dr. Olamide Okulaja, a healthcare finance specialist, says between US$25 billion and $30 billion is…
GIMPA trains healthcare managers in West Africa
Forty healthcare managers from Ghana, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Togo, Gambia and Cameroon are undergoing requisite…