Diabetes prevalence persists as top global health concern
Globally diabetes is one of the biggest health concerns and in 2014 Lilly South Africa…
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Rotary recognises President Buhari for Nigeria’s commitment to ending polio
In acknowledgment of his government’s efforts to keep Nigeria polio-free, Rotary today presented President Muhammadu Buhari…
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…
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,…
China to the rescue as yellow fever hits Angola
The long-running relations between Angola and China are anticipated to end the deadly yellow fever…
Ghanaian Scientists honoured for role in meningitis vaccine development
A group of Ghanaian scientists — Abraham Hodgson, Abudulai Adams Forgor (deceased), Fred Binka, Patrick…
African finance and health ministers meet on access to vaccines
WHO spokesman, Gregory Hartl as part of efforts to prevent childhood killer diseases and drive forward…
No need to panic over Zika virus, says health department
The Department of Health on Saturday (20 February 2016) said there was no need to…
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,…