The evidence for handwashing is well-known - it can dramatically reduce the risk of diarrhoea and pneumonia, and thwarts the spread of diseases like Ebola. Access to clean water, ... Read more »
The drug shortages in Zimbabwe have not only exposed the collapsing health delivery system but put millions of people at risk, especially the majority, who cannot afford private ... Read more »
The Government says due to several attacks on health workers during the latest outbreak, it will deploy security forces to protect teams transporting the bodies of victims for ... Read more »
In an effort to encourage good adherence and viral load suppression scientists have started developing a drug that dissolves in porridge and other liquids which will be suitable ... Read more »
Hundreds of people with real or perceived mental health conditions remain chained in prayer camps in Ghana, one year after the government pledged to enforce a ban on shackling - ... Read more »
Groundbreaking liver surgery performed by a team of doctors at the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg on an HIV positive mother to save the life of her child, could ... Read more »
Zimbabwe has only two forensic pathologists in the public sector according to Health and Child Care Minister Obadiah Moyo - forcing families to wait for weeks before they can bury ... Read more »
Efforts to combat the Ebola outbreak in the DR Congo are being hampered by rebel fighting, say UN agencies. Reuters reports that three volunteers from the International Read more »
Cancer is the second leading cause of death globally and is estimated to account for 9.6 million death in 2018, according to WHO. In Uganda alone, over 60,000 new cases are ... Read more »
Almost 600 homophobic attacks and violations were reported in Cameroon last year, according to Humanity First Cameroon, an LGBT+ umbrella organisation, with one in five lesbians ... Read more »
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