Journalist and photographer Christina Goldbaum spent a week visiting Baidoa, where flash floods upended temporary settlements, and Belet Weyne, where the Shabelle River burst its ... Read more »
The vast majority of transmission is through rats, millions of which proliferate in parts of West Africa where clean water, toilets and sanitary sewage systems are lacking. ... Read more »
The health practitioners arrive as part of a deal signed between Kenya and Cuba for the deployment of 100 specialist doctors. The government says the specialists - three ... Read more »
The World Health Organization has said that the number of confirmed Ebola cases has remained stable since mid-May. It has however called for caution, saying it is critical that all ... Read more »
The World Health Organization says it is confident that the latest Ebola virus outbreak may be contained in the coming weeks but questions about speed and logistics remain. Read more »
At least two students have died while 89 have been diagnosed for cholera at Government Girls Secondary School, a boarding school in Kaduna State. Health workers have been deployed ... Read more »
The'FundNaijaHealth' is a health budget performance campaign organised by pressure group MamaYe-Evidence for Action. It aims to address among others, the health challenges that ... Read more »
"The African continent offers many of the best conditions for conducting clinical trials. It has a diverse population of potential patients, and many have not been previously ... Read more »
Health workers have suspended a six-week strike that nearly saw a collapse of the country's hospitals. The decision was taken after the national industrial court offered to mediate ... Read more »
Fifteen-year-old Belinda* misses school every time she is going through her menstrual cycle, because apart from the dysmenorrhea (painful menstrual cramps), her grandmother cannot ... Read more »
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