Drug Manufacturing in Nigeria: Is the Executive Order Working?
When the naira lost more than half its value in 2023 and 2024, Nigerians felt it at the pharmacy counter before they […]
Medicine Traceability in Nigeria: How a Barcode Fights Fake Drugs
A fake antimalarial looks exactly like a real one. The box, the blister and the colour of the tablet can all be […]
WhatsApp AI Health Assistants in Africa: What Actually Works
Ask a Nigerian where they get health advice and the honest answer is often a WhatsApp group. That habit is why the […]
Ethiopia Hosts First Global Emergency Medical Teams Meeting in Africa
ADDIS ABABA, ETHIOPIA — More than 800 participants from over 100 countries are gathering in Ethiopia from 3 to 5 November for […]
Tshikota Residents Demand Public Clinic as Transport Costs Block Care
LOUIS TRICHARDT, SOUTH AFRICA — Residents of Tshikota, a township west of Louis Trichardt in Limpopo, have renewed calls for a public clinic […]
Kenya Discharges Five Ebola Patients, Africa CDC Opposes Saudi Curbs
NAIROBI, KENYA — Kenya Ebola patients discharged on Tuesday included five people who had recorded repeated negative tests, while 46 contacts […]
Ghana Launches Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Policy to Cut Medicine Imports
ACCRA, GHANA — Ghana has launched the Ghana Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Policy, approved by Cabinet, with the aim of reducing the country’s 70 […]
Ghanaians With Diabetes and Hypertension Describe the Cost of Staying Alive
ACCRA, GHANA — The cost of chronic illness is pushing some Ghanaians with diabetes and hypertension to choose between their jobs and their […]
Abia Chosen to Host Proposed Stroke and Neurovascular Centre
UMUAHIA, NIGERIA — Abia State has been selected as the preferred location for a proposed stroke centre in Abia focused on neurovascular […]
NCDC Expects to Finish Monitoring 62 Ebola Contacts by 13 November
ABUJA, NIGERIA — Nigeria Ebola contact monitoring is expected to end by 13 November, when the last of 62 people exposed to […]
Experts Urge Role for Trained Cleaners in Nigeria’s Epidemic Response
ABUJA, NIGERIA — Health and hygiene experts have called for professionally trained cleaners in epidemic response planning in Nigeria, warning that poor cleaning […]
NAFDAC Vows Sanctions Over Calcium Carbide Fruit Ripening and Bad Cans
AWKA, NIGERIA — Nigeria’s food and drug regulator has warned that it will sanction traders involved in calcium carbide fruit ripening and vendors […]