Africa
Zimbabwean doctors's strike collapses
Zimbabwean doctors have ended a 40-day strike for better pay and conditions that crippled public hospitals without a deal on salary increases, their union said, but warned that members may not report for work daily due to acute fuel shortages. The...Zimbabwe fires 550 doctors and radiographers over 'unlawful' strike
A month-long impasse between government and doctors over pay and conditions has left Zimbabwe’s health care system in a critical state, after the government suspended more than 500 medical staff. The Guardian reports that the government refuses to...Zimbabwe doctors strike, demanding pay in hard currency
Doctors in Zimbabwe have gone on strike in protest over poor working conditions and have also demanded that the government pay their salaries in foreign currency. The Times reports that the strike is the second in as many months by junior doctors,...Kenya bans Marie Stopes from offering abortion services
Kenya has banned the international charity Marie Stopes from offering abortion services to women and girls after complaints it was promoting the termination of unwanted pregnancies, the government and charity officials are quoted in an IoL report as...DRC Ebola outbreak worst in the country's history
The current Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo is the most severe in the country’s history with 319 confirmed and probable cases, the health ministry has said. Reuters Africa reports that the haemorrhagic fever is believed to have...Partnership to tackle African health challenges
A 'transformative partnership' to support African investigators to tackle African health challenges in order to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals for health, has been announced by the African Academy of Sciences, the German Federal Ministry...Healthcare crisis forces Zimbabwe ministers to seek treatment in SA
Zimbabwe's vice-president, Constantino Chiwenga and foreign affairs minister, Sibusiso Moyo, who both have been reported to be seriously ill, are receiving treatment in South Africa as their country's crippled health sector is facing a critical...SA's northern provinces on high alert after Zim cholera outbreak
The Mpumalanga and Limpopo Health departments are on high alert after a cholera outbreak in Zimbabwe killed over 30 people and left nearly 4,000 hospitalised in the past 11 days, says a Sunday Times report. International aid agencies are helping...Zimbabwe declares cholera emergency after 20 die
Zimbabwe has declared a cholera outbreak in the capital Harare an emergency after 20 died from the disease and more than 2,000 people were infected after drinking contaminated water, new health minister Obadiah Moyo is quoted in The Times as...Zambia placed on list of Ebola at-risk countries
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has placed Zambia among countries at risk of an Ebola disease outbreak. Polity reports that this is due to Zambia’s porous borders shared with countries such as the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) that has...DRC reports yet another Ebola outbreak
The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has announced a new outbreak of the deadly Ebola virus, just days after a recent emergence of the disease, which killed 33 people, was declared over. Polity reports that four cases of the virus were confirmed...HIV in the military causes Mozambique concern
Health authorities in Mozambique have expressed concern at the prevalence of HIV among the country's militarily, says a BBC News report. They say 11.5% of the force is HIV-positive. The head of military health, Agueda Duarte, said the force also had...
Nigerian president need not reveal his medical treatment costs
June 13th, 2018 Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari does not have to reveal the cost of his treatment for an undisclosed illness that incapacitated him for several months, The Times reports a judge has ruled. Buhari, 75, spent a large part of last year in...Rwanda provides health insurance for 90% of citizens — Kagame
Rwandan President Paul Kagame told the World Health Assembly that Rwanda has managed to cover 90% of citizens with health insurance, reports Health-e News. “Two-thirds of the costs are covered by contributions from beneficiaries, with government...WHO raises Ebola risk in DRC to ‘very high'
Democratic Republic of Congo faces a "very high" public health risk from Ebola after the disease was confirmed in one patient in a major city, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said on Friday of last week, raising its assessment from "high"...