The Director General of Ghana Health Service, Dr Patrick Kuma Aboagye, has revealed that 15,000 Ghanaians lost their lives to hepatitis - a liver infection - in 2022. He said ... Read more »
Despite recent advances in the treatment of ovarian cancer, it remains one of the most lethal of women's cancers. Nearly 8 million women will die from ovarian cancer by 2050, with ... Read more »
The 25th International AIDS Conference discussed a critical strategy for eradicating HIV< Read more »
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation reports that fortifying bouillon cubes in Nigeria with iron, folic acid, zinc, and vitamin B12 could prevent up to 16,6 million Read more »
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has issued public warnings, cautioning Nigerians against using a popular bar soap and certain drug p Read more »
The Africa Center for Disease Control and the World Health Organization have jointly launched a response plan to curb the spread of the mpox virus on the continent. A ... Read more »
The Director General of the World Health Organization Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has spoken about the "little heed" the International community gives to the "nightmare" that tens ... Read more »
The geographic distribution of cholera outbreaks has changed significantly from 2022 to 2023, according to the World Health Organization. There was a Read more »
Mpox cases have surged across Africa, particularly in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DR Congo), which has become the epicenter of the outbreak. Since January 2024, 3,8 Read more »
The Sanaria PfSPZ malaria vaccine has made history by proving effective in Read more »
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