As World Diabetes Day is observed, the World Health Organisation warns that if left untreated, diabetes can be deadly. Diabetes is a chronic disease that occurs either when ... Read more »
Jeannette Kagame has urged women to use their leadership positions, collective knowledge, skill and experience, to help in innovating solutions, challenge norms and standards that ... Read more »
The latest outbreak of the deadly Ebola virus in north-eastern Democratic Republic of Congo has killed over 209 people, World Health Organization emergency response chief Peter ... Read more »
A mental disorder or illness is a disease that causes mild to severe disturbances in thought and or behaviour, resulting in an inability to cope with life's ordinary demands and ... Read more »
Chinese healthcare giant, Tiens Group, seeks to invest more in Zimbabwe following President Emmerson Mnangagwa's call for opening up the country to the international community, the ... Read more »
The current epidemic, the country's tenth, is on track to surpass the previous largest outbreak in 1976, that led to 280 deaths Read more »
Only 320 dentists are licenced to practice in Uganda which means that there is roughly one dentist for every 122,000 citizens. Read more »
Kitui County Education Officer Salesa Adano has said an additional number of 72 Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education candidates from the county are pregnant. Read more »
For fear of cross-border spill, Uganda is vaccinating at least 3,000 healthworkers in five districts that border DR Congo, where the latest outbreak has killed at least 180 people. Read more »
Ease of access to health care is of great importance in any country but particularly for villagers living with HIV and AIDS, being forced to walk distances of up 150km to collect ... Read more »
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