The US Centres for Disease Control and Prevention was forced to withdraw its Ebola experts from an out-break zone in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) several...HIV/AIDS
Initiating antiretroviral therapy (ART) may reduce the risk for neurocognitive impairment in patients living with HIV, according to study results.
The study included...
October 17th, 2018Globally, the number of babies born through caesarean section (C-section) almost doubled between 2000 and 2015 – from 12% to 21% of all births – according to a...
The implementation of National Health Insurance will demand many more nurses, a major concern because of the delay in South African Nursing Council approvals for...Weekly Roundup
The international community has sounded the alarm over a “heightened sense of fear and distrust” after three Red Cross workers fighting to contain Ebola were...Weekly Roundup
A Japanese paint producer has launched the world's first mosquito-repellent paint in Zambia to help it reach a target to eliminate malaria by 2021, the company and a...Weekly Roundup
Nearly 400 tonnes of fake medicines have been seized over two years in Ivory Coast, whose main city Abidjan is a West African haven for counterfeit drugs, The Times...
October 8th, 2018Following the legalisation of cannabis for personal use in South Africa, the SA Society of Psychiatrists and the SA Medical Association warned of its addictive nature...
October 8th, 2018Experts in Britain and Kenyan harm reduction advocate Joseph Magero have called for the cost of e-cigarettes to be cut to tackle harmful effects of smoking in the...
Having HIV is associated with a greater likelihood of cigarette smoking and using smokeless tobacco, according to US research conducted in 25 countries in Sub-Saharan...
