African countries commit to prioritising immunisation
African Ministers meeting at the first ever ministerial conference on immunisation in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia,…
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Africa’s Lake Victoria named major waterborne disease breeding site
Africa’s largest fresh water source, Lake Victoria, has been named as a major breeding ground…
Africa’s health worker shortage: Where does training fit in?
Globally there is currently a shortage of over seven million health workers, which will nearly…
African leaders advocate locally developed Zika and Lassa virus vaccines
African leaders, including Ministers of Health, finance, and other line ministries from Nigeria, and at…
New treatments for Cystic Fibrosis and other disorders awarded funding at private research university
Three Case Western Reserve University faculty members recently received significant funding from the National Centre…
Action Meningitis raises awareness of disease through community theatre
International charity Meningitis Research Foundation (MRF) is working closely with the Malawi-Liverpool Wellcome Trust (MLW)…
Gauteng Health confirms four typhoid cases
The Gauteng Health Department on Sunday confirmed that four cases of typhoid fever have been…
Experts call for partnerships to fight chronic diseases
Medical experts have called on governments and the private sector in Africa to partner and…
Scientists mark ‘stunning success’ of vaccine in virtually ridding Africa of meningitis A
Five years after the introduction of an affordable conjugate meningitis A vaccine, immunisation has led…