Cancer of childhood in sub-Saharan Africa
Collated Childhood cancer statistics in sub-Saharan Africa have been published for the first time as…
Browsing: Paediatric Africa
Child living with HIV maintains remission without drugs since 2008
A nine-year-old South African child who was diagnosed with HIV infection at one month of…
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…
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…
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…
Researchers model impact of vaccine campaigns on invasive Salmonella
In sub-Saharan Africa, invasive strains of non-typhoidal Salmonella (iNTS) have been found to be a…
First scientific conference of midwives opens
The first Scientific and General meeting of the Fellowship of the Ghana College of Nurses…