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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...