A study by researchers at the department of internal medicine, Radboud University Medical Centre, Netherlands reveals children from Tanzania living with HIV on the...Africa
African countries with modest national incomes are outperforming some richer nations on the continent in the fight against diseases of poverty known as neglected...Weekly Roundup
Chances are, in South Africa, if you’re suffering from a serious mental illness you will struggle to see a psychiatrist. City Press reports that at 1.52 psychiatrists...Weekly Roundup
Substandard and fake medicines pose a significant threat to Africa. These products contribute to the global threat of drug-resistant illness and undermine Africa’s...Weekly Roundup
For the first time, the type of deadly Ebola virus responsible for recent epidemics has been found in a bat in West Africa, The New York Times reports Liberian health...Weekly Roundup
Police have raided beautician and chemist properties across Rwanda in an operation to curb the illegal trade in skin-bleaching products that imperil the lives of women...Cardiology
Of the 4.3m cardiovascular deaths in Europe in 2016, 2.1m were the result of poor nutrition. The 28 EU member states account for around 900,000, Russia for 600,000 and...
January 16th, 2019About 26% of babies born in South African public hospitals are born by caesarean, the latest available figures show. Bhekisisa looks at the factors, including fear of...
As political tensions over the Democratic Republic of Congo’s (DRC) stalled presidential election results continue, and rebel groups in the east of the country show no...HIV/AIDS
People with resistance to first- and second-line antiretroviral drugs can still achieve high rates of viral suppression in the first year on third-line regimens...
