President John Magufuli has said if women have more children the country's economy will grow citing China, Nigeria and India's economy as examples of countries that have gained ... Read more »
Africa's population is growing rapidly. The high birth rates present the continent with an enormous challenge. However, a study found that the number of children is declining as ... Read more »
UNICEF has said that "the combined threat of Ebola and measles for the thousands of families living in overcrowded and unsanitary displacement camps is unprecedented, and there is ... Read more »
The World Health Organisation says the two recently developed immunotherapies - anivolumab and pembrolizumab - have delivered up to 50% survival rates for advanced melanoma, a ... Read more »
Over 40% of the population will be below 18 years of age and 23% will be between 18 and 50 years, a researcher has said. Minister of Finance, David Bahati, said the government is ... Read more »
Zimbabwean hospitals are operating without enough ambulances to ferry patients as over half of its 282 fleet was down. This was revealed in a 2018 report of the situation by ... Read more »
The discovery of maggots in the mouth of a patient at Durban's infamous RK Khan Hospital has been condemned by KwaZulu-Natal Health MEC Nomagugu Simelane-Zulu who said an ... Read more »
Local organisations involved in HIV and Aids advocacy will on July 4, march against government's reluctance to address the critical shortage of antiretroviral drugs in the country. ... Read more »
Months after an Ebola outbreak was declared in the DR Congo, it has claimed more than 1,500 lives, infected over 2000 people, and spread across the border into neighbouring Uganda, ... Read more »
Malawi has put strategies in place to prevent the potential spread of Ebola and is closely monitoring the situation in other African countries hit by the disease, Minister of ... Read more »
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