Diabetes Kills 79 South Africans a Day, Official Death Data Show
PRETORIA, SOUTH AFRICA — Underlining a growing non-communicable disease crisis across the continent, diabetes kills 79 south africans a day, remaining the […]
Kenyan Scientists Report Africa’s First Fungus Resistant to All Major Drugs
NAIROBI, KENYA — Researchers in Kenya have identified Africa’s first recorded case of a fungus resistant to drugs across all four major […]
Chronic Diseases Now Cause Three in Four Deaths Worldwide, WHO Says
GENEVA, SWITZERLAND — Illustrating a profound shift in global health epidemiology, non-communicable chronic diseases caused 74 percent of all deaths worldwide in […]
Nigerian Private Health Federation Backs New Board to Help Vulnerable Patients
LAGOS, NIGERIA — Expanding social protection mechanisms across the health sector, the Healthcare Federation of Nigeria (HFN) and the Health Emergency Initiative […]
Experts Urge Higher Pay and Investment to Fix Nigeria’s Health Workforce Crisis
ABUJA, NIGERIA — Stressing that efficiency measures alone cannot resolve Nigeria’s critical staffing shortages, health policy experts are calling for immediate structural […]
Nigeria Unveils National Digital Health Blueprint for One Patient, One Record
KIGALI, RWANDA — Unveiling a unified blueprint to connect fragmented medical databases nationwide, the Minister of State for Health and Social Welfare, […]
NAFDAC Chief Urges Foreign Partners to Back Local Vaccine Manufacturing
LAGOS, NIGERIA — Stressing the critical connection between regulatory excellence and domestic production, the Director-General of NAFDAC, Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye, has called […]
Audit Finds Only 29 Percent of 290 Nigerian Health Centres Truly Revitalised
LAGOS, NIGERIA — Exposing a massive gap between official claims and ground-level reality, a new independent audit finds only 29% of assessed […]
Ghana Opens Breast Cancer Month With Only Five Public Mammography Machines
ACCRA, GHANA — Launching Pink October 2026 under the theme “Early Action, Better Outcomes,” public health leaders face a severe diagnostic deficit […]
Kigali Health Tech Summit Urges Africa to Build Its Own AI
KIGALI, RWANDA — Highlighting continental technological sovereignty, the kigali health tech summit urges africa build own ai capabilities tailored specifically for regional […]
Discovery Health to Raise 2027 Medical Scheme Contributions Up to 8.9 Percent
JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA — As medical inflation continues outstripping general consumer inflation across South Africa, discovery health to raise 2027 medical scheme […]