Ghana Seizes One Million Faulty Condoms
More than one Million condoms have been impounded by the country's Food and Drugs Authority after they were found to contain holes and burst easily. read more »
Rwanda: Report Looks at Contraceptive Use
Nearly half of all pregnancies are unintended despite the country's progress in the use of contraceptives over the last decade, according to a report by the Rwanda School of Public Health. read more »
Africa: Tracking Vaccine Scares
Vaccine scares have emerged as a major challenge to global efforts to eliminate preventable diseases, with rumours and conspiracy theories proliferating faster than health authorities can respond to … read more »
-
Scientists have drawn up the first Soil Atlas of Africa to help farmers, land managers and policymakers to better understand the resource and manage it sustainably. Read more »
-
Findings from two new studies on river blindness in Sudan and Uganda offer public health officials evidence to shape strategies to fight the debilitating parasitic disease. Read more »
-
The UN says it is concerned about a new wave of fighting between government troops and M23 rebels in the east of the country, allegedly involving militia from Rwanda. Read more »
-
The multiple award-winning actress, singer and reality star, Omotola Jalade Ekeinde and Hollywood star Halle Berry, did a walk to support women with breast cancer. Read more »
-
While the country complies with international standards regulating the transparency of oil revenues the people are yet to see the benefits thereof. Read more »
-
British businessman Shrien Dewani - wanted in South Africa in connection with the honeymoon murder of his 28 -year old wife Anni - has suffered a mental health relapse and is being ... Read more »
-
The country has introduced the low priced GAVI-supported Human Papillomavirus (HPV) Vaccine to protect school girls against cervical cancer. Read more »
-
Vaccine scares have emerged as a major challenge to global efforts to eliminate preventable diseases, with rumours and conspiracy theories proliferating faster than health ... Read more »
-
In disclosing in the New York Times on Tuesday that she underwent a double mastectomy, actress and humanitarian Angelina Jolie also called attention to the many women in developing ... Read more »
-
A new international study provides a clear picture of the impact and most common causes of diarrheal diseases, the second leading killer of young children globally. Read more »














