This week in Africa, Africa CDC is stepping up its drive for health sovereignty, building new partnerships as countries confront fresh epidemic pressures — from cholera in South Sudan to a renewed ...

President Samia Suluhu Hassan has stressed that the fight against malaria in Africa requires strong African leadership and stewardship, genuine ownership of programmes, and long-term ...

Scientists are launching an ambitious global effort to map the “human exposome” — the lifelong mix of environmental and ...

For many families in Cape Town’s peri-urban communities, getting surgery is not just about reaching a hospital but about surviving the wait.

Amid a national crisis due to a Foot-and-Mouth Disease outbreak, SAHPRA's urgent authorisation of the Dollvet vaccine aims to safeguard South Africa's agricultural sector and ensure food security for ...

South African farmers are despondent as beef exports continue to falter amid the nation's worst foot-and-mouth disease outbreak in recent memory.

By Samira Larbie, GNA   Accra, Feb. 13, GNA – Prof Dr Grace Ayensu-Danquah, Deputy Minister of Health, has said Ghana is ...

The southern African nation of Malawi has launched a new polio vaccination campaign this week in another reminder that the ...

Health workers in developing countries know that isolating tuberculosis patients is an outdated and potentially harmful ...

Medicines cost less than tanks,” is how Pastor Rick Warren explained it when he testified before the Senate Foreign Relations ...

Many African food groups significantly reduce oxidative stress linked to type 2 diabetes and lower the production of ...

Dar es Salaam. Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs) are rarely in the headlines, yet they quietly affect the health, productivity, and dignity of millions of Tanzanians, experts have said.According to ...