Africa CDC Warns Continent Is Not Winning as Ebola Cases Pass 10,000
ADDIS ABABA, ETHIOPIA — The head of the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention has issued a stark Africa CDC Ebola […]
Rhodes University Probes Campus Water After Gastro Outbreak Hits Students
MAKHANDA, SOUTH AFRICA — Rhodes University has launched a water probe with the Department of Water and Sanitation to establish whether its […]
Western Cape Community Health Workers Take Insourcing Fight to CCMA
CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA — Community health workers protest action in Cape Town has moved to the labour dispute body, with a […]
Duale Urges Faster Delivery of Ksh43.5 Billion World Bank Health Projects
NAIROBI, KENYA — Kenya’s Health Cabinet Secretary Aden Duale has called for faster implementation of two World Bank health projects worth about […]
Ghana ENT Nurses Seek Inclusion in Free Primary Healthcare Policy
KOFORIDUA, GHANA — Ear, nose and throat (ENT) nurses in Ghana have called on the government to include them in its free […]
NCDC Says Three Ebola Contacts With Symptoms Tested Negative
LAGOS, NIGERIA — Three Nigerian Ebola contacts who developed symptoms last week tested negative, and Ebola surveillance in Nigeria will continue for […]
Foundation Aims to Reach 5,000 Nigerian Girls With Menstrual Health Education
ABUJA, NIGERIA — A Nigerian foundation has launched a campaign to improve menstrual health for girls, aiming to reach 5,000 girls across […]
Yobe and Benue Pledge Budget Lines as Tropical Disease Donor Funding Falls
ABUJA, NIGERIA — Nigeria’s Yobe and Benue states have pledged to strengthen neglected tropical disease funding from their own budgets as external […]
Experts Urge Nigeria to Scale Proven Health Innovations, Not Just Pilots
ABUJA, NIGERIA — Health experts have called on Nigeria to focus on scaling proven health innovations rather than launching new pilots, citing […]
Nigeria’s Health Insurance Coverage Hits 23.06 Million, Up 42 Per Cent
ABUJA, NIGERIA — Nigeria’s national health insurance coverage has reached 23.06 million people, up 42.35 per cent from 16.20 million in late […]
WHO Says Ebola Survivors Can Spread Virus Through Sex, Not Saliva
BRAZZAVILLE, CONGO — People who survive Ebola can pass the virus on through sex if it persists in semen after recovery, but […]
Scientists Reject Minister’s Claim That Bronkhorstspruit Illnesses Are Not Outbreak
PRETORIA, SOUTH AFRICA — A group of leading South African scientists has rejected Water and Sanitation Minister Pemmy Majodina’s view that the […]