With an estimated 19.6 million people in East and Southern Africa - 1.5 million Kenyans - living with HIV and about 380,000 recorded deaths, the journey to finding a cure seems to ... Read more »
Several patients suffering from diarrhoea in Harare's Glen suburb, have tested positive for typhoid, a local non-governmental organisation has revealed. Rights groups have warned ... Read more »
Dozens were killed in an air strike on a centre housing migrants on the outskirts of Tripoli, with many more wounded. It was not immediately clear who was responsible for the ... Read more »
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the termination of the appointment of Usman Yusuf, Executive Secretary of the National Health Insurance Scheme. Yusuf was suspended by the ... Read more »
Nigerian startup 54gene has raised U.S.$4.5 million to collect DNA data to improve treatments for Africans and those of African descent. Only 2% of genetic material used for ... Read more »
The high number of cervical cancer cases in Africa is attributable to poor access to preventative and curative health services, especially among poor and under-served communities, ... Read more »
In the scientific language of the University of Cape Town's announcement, the project will "focus on addressing the issue of variability in drug response across African ... Read more »
South African public hospitals have been experiencing a shortage of contraceptives that include injections like Depo-provera, Nuristate and the pill, which often result in unwanted ... Read more »
Research has shown that scrapping of the tax in 2018 has not helped to lower consumer prices in the domestic market, according to Deputy Finance Minister Ashatu Kijaji. The ... Read more »
Government agencies are conflicted over legalising marijuana in the country, with the national medicine regulator open to the plant's use if the law is changed. The police are at ... Read more »
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