Medical Services Minister Anyang' Nyong'o has moved to hire 1,000 new doctors to replace striking doctors in the face of reports that 50 patients are dying per day due to a lack of ... Read more »
More than 3,000 medical practitioners countrywide are expected to take part in a strike after they said the government turned a deaf ear to their grievances. Read more »
Somalia is grappling with a devastating cholera outbreak, with Save the Children reporting over 54 deaths in recent months, marking the highest weekly death toll of 2024. Thi Read more »
A decade after the devastating Ebola outbreak in West Africa, Doctors Without Borders (M Read more »
Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the Director-General of WHO has expressed gratitude to all participants for their hard work in negotiating a pandemic agreement. Read more »
Doctors Without Borders (MSF) evaluated efforts to bring drug-resistant tuberculosis (DR-TB) treatment closer to patients in KwaZulu-Natal's King Cetshwayo District (KCD).
Read more »A UN report reveals that the global under-five mortality rate reached a historic low in 2022, with an estimated 4.9 million children dying before their fifth b Read more »
The government has dismissed media reports on a purported outbreak of Ebola virus in the country but has confirmed outbreak of dengue heamorrhagic fever in Nasarawa State Read more »
Ahead of World TB Day, the World Health Organization has said while global efforts to combat the disease have saved an estimated 75 million lives since the year 2000, it still ... Read more »
Gambian lawmakers voted to advance to the next parliamentary stage a bill to reverse the ban on female genital mutilation (FGM), sparking concerns among activists ... Read more »
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