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Feb 19 New state-run pharmaceutical company to produce antiretrovirals by 2019

Feb 19 Detecting acute flaccid paralysis clusters provides early warning on polio outbreaks

Feb 19 Anglicans’ ‘unique role’ in the elimination of Malaria

Feb 19 Johnson & Johnson issues call for innovative ideas to reduce HIV infections in sub-Saharan Africa

Feb 17 UN health agency launches global Zika response strategy; Member States briefed on outbreak

Feb 16 Ghana joins USAID to push universal healthcare in Africa

Feb 16 Africa’s Lake Victoria named major waterborne disease breeding site

Feb 12 Africa’s health worker shortage: Where does training fit in?

Feb 11 Health experts meet on cancer control programmes in Congo Brazzaville

Feb 10 Ghana to host Africa Conference on Sexual Health and Rights

Feb 09 Botswana receives award for excellent control of malaria

Feb 09 Merck Recognises World Cancer Day: ‘We can .I can’ together with Uganda Ministry of Health in the heart of Africa

Feb 08 African leaders advocate locally developed Zika and Lassa virus vaccines

Feb 08 New treatments for Cystic Fibrosis and other disorders awarded funding at private research university

Feb 08 Slow progress on stillbirth prevention leaves parents of 2.6 million babies suffering in silence each year

Feb 05 Morgue with capacity of over 100 bodies opens at Mbagathi

Feb 05 Ethiopian government signs agreement to combat heart diseases

Feb 04 Health Advisor Kenya using tech to promote access to medical professionals

Feb 03 Uganda rushes to combat malaria epidemic

Feb 03 Action Meningitis raises awareness of disease through community theatre

Feb 02 Africa and Asia vulnerable to spread of Zika virus

Feb 02 London School of Tropical Medicine-led researchers publish findings from lung health study

Feb 01 Gates Foundation pays for contraceptive delivery by drone to African women

Jan 29 Meningitis deaths hit six in Ashanti