South Africa: Load Shedding Ramps up to Stage 5, Stage 6 'Until Further Notice' - South Africa News Briefs - January 31, 2023

Eskom Set to Initiate Stage 5, Stage 6 Load Shedding Read more »

Malawi: I Was Blind, But Now I See - Celebrating Malawi's Progress on World NTD Day

"I was blind, but now I see." This is what Vainesi, from Salima District in Central Malawi, said after surgery to treat trachoma. A mother of three, Vainesi had been unable to work… Read more »

Africa: Kenyan Man Pleads Guilty to U.S.$241 Million Covid-19 Fraud Scheme

Do you remember the Pandora Papers? The secret deals and hidden assets of some of the world's richest and most powerful people were revealed in the biggest trove of leaked offshore… Read more »

South Africa: Gauteng Health Dept Aims to Stem Measles Outbreak - South African News Briefs - January 20, 2023

Gauteng Health Dept Target 95% Measles Vaccination Rate Among Children Read more »

South Africa: Rising Cost of Living May Fuel Social Tensions, Economist Warns - South African News Briefs - January 19, 2023

Rising Cost of Living a Catalyst for Rising Social Tensions, Economist Warns Read more »

Nigeria: Mental Health for Nigerians is Officially a Priority - Now to Ensure Implementation

It has been a long journey but 65 years after the introduction of the Lunacy Act of 1958, President Muhammadu Buhari this month (Jan 5) signed the historic Mental Health Bill to… Read more »

South Africa: South African Researchers Break New Ground in TB Vaccine Research - South African News Briefs - January 12, 2023

South African Researchers Bring Hope for Developing New TB Vaccines Read more »

South Africa: Health Dept Takes Action After Detection of 'Kraken' Covid-19 Sub-Variant

No travel restriction will be imposed on or by South Africa following collaborative efforts with the World Health Organisation (WHO) and additional scientists, despite the… Read more »

South Africa: Taps Dry Up in Nelson Mandela Bay - South African News Briefs - January 10, 2023

Drought-Struck Mandela Bay Sees Taps Run Dry Read more »

South Africa: Power Utility CEO Opens Case of Attempted Murder - South African News Briefs - January 9, 2023

Eskom CEO says he was poisoned Read more »

South Africa: Measles Outbreak Teams on Standby in Tshwane - South African News Briefs - January 6, 2023

Measles Outbreak - Response Teams on Standby Read more »

Ethiopia: Progress on Tigray Peace Deal But Challenges Remain

While progress is being made in implementing the recent peace agreement between the Ethiopian federal government and the northern Tigray region, federal troops are now combatting… Read more »

South Africa: Medical Graduates 'Let Down' By Health Dept -South African News Briefs - December 30, 2022

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South Africa: Call for Justice for Victims of Boksburg Hospital Explosion - South African News Briefs - December 29, 2022

Storm Warning Issued for KwaZulu-Natal, Disaster Teams on High Alert Read more »

South Africa: Additional Covid-19 Booster Mooted for Over 50s - South African News Briefs - December 28, 2022

Eskom Institutes Stage 4 Load Shedding as Power Generation Units Break Down Read more »

Africa: Hospital Debt, Detention and Dignity in Health

On December 22, 2022, Sakaja Arthur Johnson, the Governor of Nairobi County, Kenya’s capital,  partnered with Cooperative Bank to release patients who had been detained… Read more »

South Africa: Legal Threat Over Non-Placement of Intern Doctors - South African News Briefs - December 22, 2022

 Association Threatens Legal Action for Jobs for Intern Doctors Read more »

South Africa: Ruling Party Begins Disciplinary Against Dlamini-Zuma - South African News Briefs, December 16, 2022

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Africa: IMF's New Resilience, Sustainability Trust to 'Turn the Needle' on Climate, Pandemic Crises?

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is warning that the frequency and magnitude of disasters like global warming is driving other, less visible, and disruptive crises in the… Read more »

South Africa: Parliament to Vote Today on Ramaphosa Report - South African News Briefs - December 13, 2022

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Africa: 'Vaccination A Safe Medical Procedure That Saves Lives' - Africa Must Eradicate Polio

To address declining immunization rates and the resurgence of polio, President Macky Sall - speaking during the Forum for Polio Vaccination and Eradication in Africa held this… Read more »

Africa: Connecting the Dots on Climate Change, Biodiversity Loss, and Its Impact on Our Health #AfricaClimateCrisis

"We are facing an epidemic of epidemics. If we are looking at the data on this you'll see that over the last decades we have an increasing number of outbreaks. We have zoonotic… Read more »

Uganda: First Batch of Ebola Vaccines Arrives in Uganda For Clinical Trials

Uganda has received a shipment of 1,200 Ebola vaccine doses from the World Health Organization today, writes Elias Biryambarema for Reuters. Three vaccine options - one from the… Read more »

Africa: Africa Continues to Shoulder Heaviest Malaria Burden - WHO Report

Each year, the World Health Organization, WHO's World malaria report provides a comprehensive and up-to-date assessment of trends in malaria control and elimination… Read more »

Africa: New Commission to Shine a Light on Racism In Global Healthcare

"Of all the forms of inequality, injustice in health is the most shocking and the most inhumane' - Dr Martin Luther King Jnr. Read more »