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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,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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%...
Nigerian president need not reveal his medical treatment costs
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,...
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....
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...
WHO moves rapidly on DRC Ebola outbreak but sceptics warn against complacency
Although the rapid World Health Organisation response to the outbreak of Ebola in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is a far cry...
New Ebola emergency in the DRC
Ebola has killed 17 people in northwest Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and, reports News24, the health ministry is describing the fresh outbreak as...
Uganda Aids conference stalls in face of homophobia
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...
Addiction epidemic sees Nigeria ban cough syrups containing codeine
Nigeria has announced a ban on the production and import of cough syrup containing codeine after its investigation into its role in an addiction...
Zimbabwe legalises cannabis for medicinal and scientific use
Zimbabwe has legalised production of cannabis for medicinal or scientific use, according to new regulations. The Times reports that a statutory instrument entitled Production...
WHO opposes banning meat products from SA after listeriosis outbreak
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has recommended against a trade ban on South African meat products as a result of the on-going listeria outbreak....
500 Kenyan doctors in work boycott after brain surgery debacle
More than 500 senior doctors in Kenya’s biggest referral hospital have boycotted work, demanding the reinstatement of their colleague who was suspended for performing...
Rwanda's life-saving drones expand into Tanzania to serve 12m people
The world’s first national drone delivery network, started in Rwanda by the Silicon Valley company Zipline, is now opening in Tanzania, serving 1,000 clinics...
Leaders urged to commit to stalled malaria-free Africa initiative
African nations must renew their commitment and strengthen instruments to attain a malaria-free continent by 2030, leaders heard at a high-level briefing held on...
Zambians riot over cholera curfew
Police in Zambia have arrested 55 people in Lusaka after residents rioted over a curfew and ban on street vending imposed to control a...
Tanzania to increase the use of TB-sniffing giant rats
The use of giant rats to sniff out tuberculosis (TB) in Tanzania is set to nearly double by the end of the year due...
Zimbabwe says WHO is the 'biggest loser'
The Zimbabwean government has said that the World Health Organisation (WHO) was the "biggest loser" following its decision to revoke the appointment of President...
Madagascar plague surfaces in Seychelles but WHO rates risk as low
The Madagascar plague is spreading with 449 cases reported as at October 10, as well as three cases of the bubonic strain and one...
Madagascar panics as plague spreads
Crowds of fearful residents flock to their local pharmacies before dawn, desperate to buy masks and antibiotics to stave off a plague outbreak sweeping...
Disguised Uganda minister catches corrupt hospital workers
Uganda’s State Minister of Health for General Duties disguised herself as a patient and caught two medical workers demanding a bribe for free government...
Motsoaledi slams ‘health tourism’ by African leaders
Criticism by SA’s Health Minister of African leaders who seek medical treatment overseas was met with a silence at a recent meeting of the...
Zambia backs down on mandatory HIV testing
The Zambian government appears to have backed down on its decision to introduce mandatory testing for HIV. According to a Lusaka Times report, Health...
Novartis testing new anti-malaria pill in Africa
Novartis has begun testing a new anti-malaria pill in Africa, advancing development of an alternative to its most effective treatment, which billionaire philanthropist Bill...
WHO warns on the increasing trend of resistance to HIV drugs
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has alerted countries to the increasing trend of resistance to HIV drugs detailed in a report based on national...
60% of foreign-trained doctors fail Nigerian practice exams
More than half of the foreign-trained doctors and dentists failed examinations to secure practice licence of the Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria (MDCN),...
AU strategy to end Aids, TB and Malaria by 2030 adopted
AU heads of state and governments have adopted the AIDS Watch Africa Strategic Framework that will bolster the work of the highest level continental...
SSA in the grip of a rapidly expanding diabetes epidemic
Sub-Saharan Africa is in the midst of a rapidly expanding diabetes epidemic that could have devastating health and economic consequences for the region unless...
Nigeria launches mass meningitis vaccination campaign after 336 deaths
Nigeria is launching a mass vaccination campaign as part of its emergency response to an outbreak of meningitis in its north-western states, as the...
Kenyan public service doctors reject no-private-work clause
Public service doctors in Kenya have removed a contentious clause barring them from private practice in a document filed recently in court, says a...
Mozambique warns that cholera outbreak not slowing
Mozambique is battling a cholera outbreak that has infected 1,222 people and killed two, the country's health ministry said, warning that it has been...
Ebola nurse's death to be investigated among claims of treatment being refused
The 2014 West African Ebola outbreak killed 11,310 people. Liberian nursing assistant Salome Karwah was not one of them. The disease that tore through...
Drug resistant malaria detected in Africa for the first time
For the first time in Africa, researchers said, they have detected a malaria parasite that is partially resistant to the top anti-malaria drug, artemisinin,...
Officials of Kenyan doctors' union jailed; Zim doctor's strike looms
A Kenyan court has jailed seven union officials over a doctors’ strike, while in Zimbabwe, government doctors are bracing for a crippling strike.
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Most Zimbabwean deaths in SA linked to HIV/Aids
Figures from Zimbabwe’s South African Consulate show that more than 300 Zimbabweans die in SA every month, with more than a third of deaths related to...