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,...Africa
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...Africa
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...Africa
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...Africa
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...Africa
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...Africa
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...Africa
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...Africa
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...Africa
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...
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...
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...Africa
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"...Africa
Although the rapid World Health Organisation response to the outbreak of Ebola in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is a far cry from the tragically slow reaction to the West African outbreak in 2014, experts warn there is no room for...Africa
Ebola has killed 17 people in northwest Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and, reports News24, the health ministry is describing the fresh outbreak as a "public health emergency with international impact." "Twenty-one cases of fever with...Africa
Opposition from homophobic Ugandan politicians has forced the postponement of a conference about how to combat the epidemic among LGBT Ugandans and other at-risk populations. 76Crimes reports that the Conference on Key and Priority Populations in...
