In December 2016, Sandra van Neel was admitted to Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital where she was told she had meningitis. She died four days later after a subsequent ... Read more »
John Ong'ech, a senior gynaecologist and obstetrician who was expected to take over from suspended executive officer Lilly Koros, has refused the top post, telling The Nation ... Read more »
State Minister for Primary Healthcare Joyce Moriku is back in Uganda after a two-month stay in a Nairobi hospital. In an exclusive interview with the Daily Monitor, the minister ... Read more »
An outbreak of cholera has killed 35 people and infected more than 1,400 others, health authorities in Hoima have confirmed. The outbreak was first reported in Kyangwali Refugee ... Read more »
For three years Kenya Cardiac Society will take on a research project on heart diseases where 5,000 subjects will be observed and tracked. The U.S.$197,000 project will be ... Read more »
A number of public health clinics in the Gelta region are facing a shortage of HIV drugs crucial to patients suffering from opportunistic infections, which can be ... Read more »
Samples taken from patients in Laikipia County have confirmed the presence of H1N1 prototype 9 influenza virus. The virus is spread through air and body contact and people should ... Read more »
Namibia, Botswana, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Malawi and Kenya have banned the import of processed meats from South Africa in order to protect their citizens from the disease ... Read more »
The drop in cases has however brought a new challenge: people have begun losing their immunity to the disease. The consequence is that they are prone to contracting more ... Read more »
At least 110 people have died since the beginning of 2018. The illness is capable of causing dangerous epidemics, and though no vaccine has been found yet. Health Minister Isaac ... Read more »
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