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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. Business Day...

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...