Despite the National School Nutrition Programme (NSNP), government is failing to address malnutrition in children, GroundUp reports. More than one in four (27%) of South African ... Read more »
Dr. Gaya Gamhewage, the physician in charge of the World Health Organization's attempts to stop sexual abuse, went to the DR Congo in March 2023 to deal with the largest-known sex ... Read more »
Healthcare for women is moving forward but science and innovation can accelerate women's healthcare even more, writes Nontobeko Mlambo for AllAfrica. At this year's Read more »
South African supermarkets currently sell large amounts of unhealthy, ultra-processed foods. Packaged foods in particular have high levels of sugar, salt, and saturated fat - all ... Read more »
As the year 2030 looms and just seven years remain to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals, nearly three-quarters of a billion people are unable to exercise their right to ... Read more »
Tuberculosis (TB) response is bouncing back from disruptions caused by the Covid-19 pandemic. Still, more effort is needed to end the disease, this is according to the World Health ... Read more »
Seven years from now, one of the world's leading innovative Tobacco Companies, Phillip Morris International (PMI), could realize its target of eliminating combustible cigarettes ... Read more »
This week, at a meeting in Switzerland, several African governments will submit proposals calling for more concerted global action to protect women - and a growing number of Read more »
A United States drug manufacturer has taken an important step to open the way to improved access to the treatment of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) across Africa, AllA Read more »
Forty-seven years on since Professor Michael Russell's famous quotation, people are still dying from tar despite smoking for nicotine, the World Health Organisation (WHO) estimates ... Read more »
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