Mobile game to tackle infant mortality in Africa turns to crowdfunding
A team of doctors based in Oxford and Kenya launched a crowdfunding campaign to raise…
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‘Merck More than a Mother’ marks the International Women’s Day
Merck, a leading science and technology company, announced the start of its African Embryologists Training…
Medicines for Malaria Venture announces collaborative agreement with S Kant HEALTHCARE Ltd
Medicines for Malaria Venture (MMV) has established a new collaboration with S Kant HEALTHCARE Ltd…
Ugandan wins International award for promoting healthcare
The awards ceremony recognised her for her innovation and paramount role in promoting healthcare. Thirty-five (35)…
Vaccine cuts rate of major disease in African children in half
A vaccine against pneumococcal disease, which is a major killer of children in Africa, has…
Partnership seeks to boost West Africa’s health sector
A high level meeting took place on 25 February 2016 between a delegation of the…
Worry as hepatitis becomes silent public health threat
Hepatitis, a medical condition that affects the liver, is silently emerging into a major public…
Next Einstein Forum launches global call for a new era in science and technology in Africa
In less than a week, the first global forum for science on African soil will…
NHIS to register over 25,000 ‘poor’ in Ghana’s Upper East Region
The Upper East Regional branch of the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) has launched an…
African countries commit to prioritising immunisation
African Ministers meeting at the first ever ministerial conference on immunisation in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia,…