Heart-monitoring tablet named best tech innovation for Africa
A telemedicine device for monitoring heart conditions remotely has been named the best invention for…
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Air pollution could increase risk of stillbirth, research suggests
There is ‘suggestive evidence’ for a link between air pollution and a heightened risk of…
Sierra Leone’s Health Minister lifts progress on National Malaria Control Programme
Health and Sanitation Minister, Dr. Abu Bakarr Fofanah has said that Sierra Leone over the…
Malaria studies show combo drugs effective in pregnancy
Although Zika virus infections have drawn the recent spotlight, malaria — another mosquito-borne disease that…
New state-run pharmaceutical company to produce antiretrovirals by 2019
The recently established state-owned pharmaceutical company, Ketlaphela, will start to produce antiretroviral drugs in 2019,…
UN health agency launches global Zika response strategy; Member States briefed on outbreak
As World Health Organization (WHO) officials briefed United Nations Member States in New York on…
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…
Slow progress on stillbirth prevention leaves parents of 2.6 million babies suffering in silence each year
More than 2.6 million stillbirths continue to occur globally every year with very slow progress…
Africa and Asia vulnerable to spread of Zika virus
The Zika virus linked to a microcephaly outbreak in Latin America could spread to Africa…