Uganda's Health Minister Jane Ruth Aceng has said the increasing complexity of the current outbreak in North Kivu and Ituri provinces presents a major risk of spreading within ... Read more »
One in five deaths worldwide in 2017 was linked to unhealthy diets in both poor and rich countries as burgers and soft drinks replaced traditional diets and a warming planet ... Read more »
The health ministry says it is stuck with 20 firms competing to secure government clearance to grow and export marijuana for medical purposes. The Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic ... Read more »
Data from Kenya Medical Supplies Authority has shown that Nairobi, which has a debt of U.S.$2,8 million Murang'a about U.S.$210,000 and Narok over U.S.$ 1 million, have for the ... Read more »
This World Malaria Day, the World Health Organisation and partner organisations are promoting a "Zero malaria starts with me" campaign that aims to keep the disease high on the ... Read more »
Chris Ngige, minister of labour and productivity, was responding to a question on the brain drain and the deliberate recruitment of Nigerian doctors. Read more »
It was only in June 2018 that the draft regulations developed by the federal Ministry of Health were finally approved by the federal executive council and sent to the National ... Read more »
The recently passed bill for the enactment of the National Health Insurance Commission by the Senate will ensure it is "mandatory for every resident of the country to contribute a ... Read more »
The World Health Organisation has reported that the country ranks highest on the list of nations with unvaccinated children for the disease, describing the situation as a "wake-up ... Read more »
Doctors in Africa aren't prescribing nature just yet but CEO of EpiAFRIC, Dr Ifeanyi Nsofor thinks they should be, when relevant. In 2018, doctors in Shetland, Scotland, first ... Read more »
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