The continent is currently experiencing a changing pattern of diseases and deaths, it faces a double burden of infectious diseases and rapid escalation of non-communicable diseases ... Read more »
Diabetes is a condition that global studies have found increases the risk of severe illness and death among patients infected with the novel coronavirus. According to the World ... Read more »
According to a 2019 Human Papillomavirus and Related Diseases report, 5,250 new cervical cancer cases are diagnosed annually in Kenya. It is also the first and most common female ... Read more »
Doctors Without Borders runs a mental health clinic as part of its 100-bed hospital in Dagahaley camp, one of three that make up the Dadaab refugee complex. The clinic provides ... Read more »
In 2016, Doctors Without Borders collaborated with the Ministry of Health and Child Care to pilot a model of care adapted to the local environment to address the double burden of ... Read more »
Noncommunicable diseases and injuries (NCIDI) account for more than a third of the health burden among the poorest billion people. Over 90% of the billion, live in sub-Saharan ... Read more »
A new study has revealed that three-quarters of people over-40 in Sierra Leone have at least one health factor that could contribute to cardiovascular disease - creating a 'ticking ... Read more »
During this time where Covid-19 pandemic has spread around the world, the word comorbidities has become commonplace as scientists explain who would be the most vulnerable in the ... Read more »
An official update on the programme indicates that more than 400,000 girls aged 10 have missed out on the first phase of the exercise due to closure of schools for December ... Read more »
The government has been urged to begin to strengthen the country's healthcare system by increasing awareness, providing access to care and treatment as well as budgeting more money ... Read more »
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