Health

Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni who is currently in isolation after contracting the Coronavirus (COVID-19) has told off Kenyans over claims...

Hohoe — A three-day stakeholders meeting to deliberate on challenges and the stigma girls pass through during their menstrual periods...

Sogakope — Chemicals used to produce plastics accounts for increased male reproductive disorders, including low sperm count, low libido, kidney...

As part of its corporate social responsibility, the College of Health Sciences (CHS) at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science...

Amudat, Uganda — ActionAid Uganda has held a one-day intergenerational dialogue in Lokales subcounty, Amudat district and the main objectives...

Dr Daniel Kyabayinze, director of Public Health at ministry of Health, has called for more government financial support to Uganda...

Monrovia — The Liberia Board for Nursing and Midwifery (LBNM) has launched a new digital application to advance the licensing...

Yaounde, Cameroon — Blood banks in Cameroon are usually close to empty due to widely held taboos against blood donation....

Opposition parties flagged as worrying the vast ministerial powers, potential for corruption and public health facilities' general unreadiness, in rejecting...

The national government will work with county governments to transform healthcare in the country. President William Ruto said the national...

Second reading debate on the National Health Insurance Bill in the National Assembly Minister of Health, Dr Mathume Joe Phaahla,...

Mr Akeredolu has embarked on a 21-day leave for medical treatment abroad from 7th June to 6th July Following pressures...

"The death of a child affects us all. Witnessing the loss of a newborn baby who has sepsis is terribly...

A team from Swedish African Neurosurgery Collaboration (SANC) is currently on a two-week visit to The Gambia during which they...

Construction on a 20-bed ultra-modern hospital to serve Takoradi and its environs in the Western, will begin in the third...

Wa — About 600 basic school children in Dorimon and surrounding communities in the Wa West District of the Upper...

Maputo — The Mozambican Health Ministry plans to vaccinate over 15 million children under the age of 15, in a...

President Yoweri Kaguta Kaguta Museveni is in good spirits and recovering steadily from the illness caused by Coronavirus (Covid-19), his...

The debacle over the controversial school nutrition programme in KwaZulu-Natal is far from over. Now Ithala Bank has declined loans...

President Museveni has said with five days now spent in self- isolation at the Nakasero State Lodge after contracting Coronavirus...

Nairobi — Leading recruitment agency, Job Majuu, has begun recruiting skilled Kenyan professionals to fill caregiver roles in the United...

As of March 2023, the Office for National Statistics estimated that 1.7 million people in the UK were living with...

In Dawanau Primary Healthcare Centre (PHC) located in Dawakin Tofa Local Government Area (LGA) of Kano State, Zainab Aliyu cradles...

"According to him, the doctors in the hospital were not providing adequate medical services to the community." In 2019, the...

Around 8.45 million people in South Africa live with HIV - an estimated 13.9% of the population. Of South African...

Buchanan — Cllr. Charlyne M. Brumskine, the Vice Standard Bearer of the Collaborating Political Parties (CPP), has brought joy to...

Sorghum leaves for making waakye In Africa, especially where the sorghum plant is cultivated and consumed. Sorghum provides nutrients and...

Monrovia — A team of medical professionals at the Jackson F. Doe Hospital in Tappita, Nimba County, has successfully performed...

Bolgatanga — All abattoirs in the Upper East Region were last Thursday closed down due to the outbreak of anthrax...

An article by a prominent anti-vaccine campaigner in South Africa and widely circulated on social media makes many baseless claims....

The First Lady, Janet Kataaha Museveni has thanked Ugandans especially the clergy for praying for President Yoweri Museveni's health after...

TrustAfrica and Urgent Action Fund-Africa have officially launched the Pan-African and Feminist Initiative for Philanthropies, in partnership with the Coalition...

The government advised Nigerians against the consumption of hides (pomo), smoked meat and bushmeat, to avoid possible spread. The Nigerian...

So far this year the National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) has issued reports on three different outbreaks of vaccine-preventable...

Minister of Health Joe Phaahla confirmed that they have arrested 124 fake doctors following a crackdown by the Health Professions...

In an effort to build safer student communities, the web app Alcohol, Smoking and Substance Involvement Screening Test (ASSIST) has...

MSF has been working in Mozambique since 1984, often alongside the Ministry of Health. For almost 40 years, MSF teams...

IN SHORT: Garlic is a common ingredient in home remedies, and has been shown to have some medicinal properties. But...

Blandina Raphael Chamsahama is a 40-year-old single parent to four children. She works as a community-based health services (CBHS) volunteer...

PRESIDENT Hussein Ali Mwinyi has commended the strong relations between his government and the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), especially...