East African Legislative Assembly member Mathias Kasamba has accused leaders of concentrating on physical infrastructure development instead of investing in agriculture. Kasamba's ... Read more »
Tobacco researcher Catherine Egbe, one of several top health experts who sat down to discuss the safety of vaping, has said that e-cigarettes are not the solution to nicotine ... Read more »
Militants have attacked another hospital in North Kivu Province on Saturday. This after gunmen in Butembo attacked a hospital and killed Dr Richard Mouzoko, an epidemiologist from ... Read more »
Approximately 80% of women diagnosed with breast cancer in the country are examined at advanced stages 3 and 4 where treatment is less effective and outcomes are poor, a health ... Read more »
The government is set to roll out a malaria vaccine in children under the age of five from April 23, 2019. John Sande, an official at the National Malaria Control Programme, has ... Read more »
An assessment of the conditions for people who are displaced in the Gedeo region shows malnutrition rates above emergency levels for children under five, MSF has said. They also ... Read more »
allAfrica's Nontobeko Mlambo interviewed some of the top 30 health-oriented innovators selected from a field of more than 2 400 entries to the first-ever WHO Innovation Challenge ... Read more »
The government has reportedly relocated Cuban doctors based in Lamu, Garissa and Wajir, 5 days after armed men kidnapped two doctors from Mandera town. Mandera elders left for ... Read more »
The UN has said that while Ebola does not constitute a public health emergency of international concern, there is a potential risk of the disease spreading to neighbouring ... Read more »
Although about one in two sex workers in Zimbabwe are HIV positive, almost all of them know their status compared to the general public, a United Nations report has revealed. Read more »
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