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As the number of mpox cases continues to rise across the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), UNICEF is stepping…
One out of every four children under the age of five is malnourished in the Shinkafi and Zurmi areas of Nigeria’s Zamfara state, according to a mass screening conducted in June by Doctors Without Borders (MSF) and the Ministry of Health.
The US billionaire and philanthropist, Bill Gates, has advised the Nigerian Government to prioritise spending on health care as a means to revamp the economy.
Senegal is making progress in the digitalisation of its health system with ten connected health facilities.The digitalisation allows for better…
A 32-year-old police officer became the first patient to receive life-transforming surgery on board Mercy Ships’ hospital ship yesterday as the vessel returned to Sierra Leone to deliver a further 1,400-plus surgeries over the next 10 months.
New guidelines ahead of the United Nations General Assembly’s high-level meeting on antimicrobial resistance (AMR), scheduled for September 26, are aimed at tackling pollution caused by the production of antibiotics.
Ethiopia has seen surging malaria cases between January and August 2024, the World Health Organization (WHO) has said. 4.7 million…
Over 600 Mpox fatalities have been confirmed on the continent.
The imminent arrival of Mpox vaccines in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) was announced on Friday, 30 August by…
The Principal Secretary for the State Department of Public Health and Professional Standards, Ms. Mary Muthoni, today led the launch of Long-lasting Insecticidal Treated mosquito nets in Narok County.