DRC doctors protest after deadly militia attack
Beni – Hundreds of doctors protested in the eastern DRC city of Beni on Monday and declared a three-day... Read more
25 Oct, 2022
Gambia recalls suspect medicines after children’s deaths
Banjul – Gambia on Friday ordered a recall of several more drugs suspected of causing the deaths of 70... Read more
22 Oct, 2022
Rebels kill seven, target health clinics in eastern DRC
Beni – Rebels killed seven people and kidnapped a nurse during an attack overnight in eastern Democratic Republic of... Read more
21 Oct, 2022
Cholera outbreaks in six regions of Kenya, says health ministry
Nairobi – Six regions in Kenya have been hit with cholera outbreaks including the capital Nairobi, the health ministry... Read more
21 Oct, 2022
Uganda Ebola epidemic death toll climbs to 44: WHO
Kampala – The death toll from an Ebola epidemic declared last month in Uganda has climbed to 44, the... Read more
20 Oct, 2022
First-ever licencing deal struck for cancer drug
Geneva – Pharmaceutical giant Novartis has signed a licensing agreement increasing access to a vital leukaemia treatment, a UN-backed... Read more
20 Oct, 2022
Some 250 health journals call for Africa climate help
Paris – Richer countries must increase climate support for African nations as accelerating impacts of global warming sicken and... Read more
19 Oct, 2022
Uganda locks down two districts over Ebola outbreak
Kampala – Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni on Saturday imposed a lockdown on two districts at the epicentre of an... Read more
17 Oct, 2022
Uganda says Ebola has not reached capital, despite cases
Kampala – Ugandan authorities insist that an outbreak of Ebola that has killed 19 people across the country has... Read more
15 Oct, 2022
Tigray’s healthcare workers haven’t been paid in over a year – and bear the brunt of the war
Hailay Gesesew, Flinders University; Fasika Amdesellassie, Mekelle University, and Fisaha Tesfay, Deakin University Tragic stories of suffering and death... Read more
14 Oct, 2022
