The Hassan II University of Casablanca holds a patent for a revolutionary robotic system for scorpion venom extraction and will present a book on this topic in January 2022, Read more »
The burden of diabetes is increasing globally. There are about half a billion people in the world living with the disease. In sub-Saharan Africa, 23 million people had ... Read more »
Four African First Ladies joined with WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus in an urgent appeal to use Covid-19 as a wakeup call for health equity in combating cervial ... Read more »
As the world marks Breast Cancer Awareness Month, Deutsche Welle examines the rising rates of breast cancer in Nigeria, Uganda and Malawi. Lifesaving information is often scarce ... Read more »
A millet-based diet could lower the risk of diabetes, a rapidly growing problem in Sub-Saharan Africa, a study suggests. The study, published in August in the journal Frontiers in ... Read more »
Since 2011 there has been increasing awareness of the importance of promoting good mental health in South Africa, writes Andrew Gibbs of the South African Medical Research Council ... Read more »
South Africa faces a severe mental health burden compounded by a chronic shortage of mental health practitioners in the public sector. Over 30% of those living in South Africa have ... Read more »
A new treatment programme for heart disease and diabetes in western Kenya could turn around patients' lives, a study has shown. According to the division of non-communicable ... Read more »
Hundreds of cancer patients have missed out on treatment for at least two weeks after an April 2021 fire shut down oncology services at Charlotte Maxeke Academic Hospital in the ... Read more »
Even before the Covid-19 pandemic, one in five African teenagers had thought about suicide, according to a study released in 2020. This was the highest such prevalence in the ... Read more »
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