Vaginal ring will help women take control of their sexual health
The fact that over half of the 35 million people living with HIV in sub-Saharan…
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Experts harp on efficient health emergency system
Experts in public health across the African continent have called for the strengthening of healthcare…
Angola’s health crisis deepens after slump in oil causes budget cuts
Angola is facing a public health emergency. Its public hospitals have been overwhelmed by a…
Meningitis may be on its way out of Africa
A vaccine programme started after an epidemic in the 1990s is on the verge of wiping…
Research boost creates more opportunities for African scientists
African research teams in Ivory Coast, Kenya, Senegal and Uganda have been awarded significant support…
MSD joins campaign to ‘Close the Immunisation Gap’ and ‘Stay Polio Free’ in Africa
MSD, known as Merck & Co., Inc. has added its voice to the World Health…
Kenya: Travellers from Angola must show Yellow Fever vaccination proof or be sent home
Kenya was among the first East African countries to react to the growing Yellow Fever…
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…
Worry as hepatitis becomes silent public health threat
Hepatitis, a medical condition that affects the liver, is silently emerging into a major public…
African countries commit to prioritising immunisation
African Ministers meeting at the first ever ministerial conference on immunisation in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia,…