Chad has launched a mass campaign to vaccinate nearly 2 million people against meningitis A, the primary cause of epidemic meningitis in sub-Saharan Africa. This is part of a multi-year immunization campaign covering the…
Read moreThe awareness of early signs and symptoms for cancer types such as skin, cervical, breast, colorectal and oral in order to get them diagnosed and treated at early stage is important. Some warning signs of cancer are b…
Read moreThe WHO Regional Director for Africa, Dr Matshidiso Moeti arrived in New York yesterday afternoon to attend a series of meetings of the United Nations. Heads of State and Government are attending the high-level meetings…
Read moreWomen's health is recognized as a human rights issue and should be promoted and defended as such. Women in Africa represent slightly over 50% of the continent's human resources and so women's health has huge implications…
Read moreHarare, 21 March 2003 -- Tuberculosis (TB) infects 1.6 million people and kills 600,000 others in Africa every year, making the disease one of the most common preventable causes of death from a single infectious age…
Read more9 August 2012 -- About 41% of pregnant women in Swaziland are infected with HIV, and they give birth to over 17 000 babies who are exposed to HIV. The prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV is a top prior…
Read moreThe 21st session of the African Advisory Committee for Health Research and Development (AACHRD) is scheduled to take place from 22 to 25 April in Port Louis, capital of the Indian Ocean Island State of Mauritius, organiz…
Read moreNew York -- The World Health Organization has pledged to intensify its efforts to ensure the success of the New Partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD), the new vision for Africa's future initiated by several A…
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