A measles crisis is mounting in South Sudan’s Western Equatoria state, just as health authorities struggle to overcome a yellow fever outbreak. Since February, seven deaths among children under five and 460 cases have been recorded as of 24 March in three health facilities in Yambio and Nzara counties; 90 per cent of these children […]
Women’s Coalition Against Cancer (WOCACA) has called upon the Government of Malawi and its stakeholders to invest more in cancer screening infrastructure and programs, enabling early diagnosis and better treatment outcomes. The call follows revelations that the National Cancer Centre does not have adequate human resource and equipment for detecting and treating colorectal cancer patients. […]
The President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, last Thursday launched a book titled ‘Fellow Ghanaians’, authored by the Minister of Health-designate, Dr Bernard Okoe Boye, in Accra. The 167-page book details a comprehensive narrative detailing Ghana’s national response to the COVID-19 pandemic and highlights approach adopted by both government and the people in dealing with the […]
The Cabinet’s media center has denied reports claiming that a new deadly virus is affecting poultry in farms. In a statement Monday, the media center said it had contacted the Ministry of Agriculture, which dismissed the news as baseless. No variants of avian viruses have been detected in the farms, the Ministry assured, noting that […]
Mogadishu — Somalia said Sunday it’s making significant progress to achieve the global goal of eliminating tuberculosis (TB) by 2030 but called for more investments to help sustain the gains. Mohamed Jafar, national TB program manager in the Ministry of Health and Human Services, said Somalia’s TB program has weathered recurring climatic shocks, insecurity and […]
ZIMBABWE continues to record positive strides in the fight against the deadly Tuberculosis disease with the estimated incidence rate going down from 242 per 100 000 in 2015 to 204 per 100 000 in 2022 Yesterday the country held the World TB Day national commemorations in Bubi District, Matabeleland North province where Health and Child […]
Malawi President Dr Lazarus McCarthy Chakwera has this evening declared state of disaster on 23 districts. This follows a special taskforce report which the President received following the wave of disaster which hit the country since this year’s rain season. “It is on the basis of this report that I stand before you tonight, by […]
Kano State according to data from the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) tops the diphtheria disease charts in the country. A fresh outbreak of diphtheria disease has reportedly killed four children in villages in the Mingibir Local Government Area of Kano State. 28 others were said to have been hospitalised, according to a statement […]
An evaluation report released today by Doctors Without Borders (MSF) charts progress towards decentralizing services for patients with drug-resistant tuberculosis (DR-TB) in South Africa’s KwaZulu-Natal’s King Cetshwayo District (KCD), in line with the country’s 2011 DR-TB decentralization policy. The report finds that the KwaZulu-Natal Department of Health (KZNDoH) has established some level of DR-TB services […]
Nairobi — Deputy president Rigathi Gachagua has said the government will work with church leaders in the ongoing fight against illicit brews. Speaking on Thursday during the burial of Joseph Mwangi, father to Benjamin Gathiru, Embakasi Central MP, he announced plans to convene a meeting with church leaders to onboard in the fight. “Church leaders […]
Nairobi — 1,270 Clinical officers Interns have been posted in various medical facilities across the country. Health Principal Secretary Harry Kimtai Thursday said Diploma holders’ interns who received their offer letter of Internship placement will report to work for their one year training program on April 1. Their placement comes a few days after the […]
Dentists are increasingly concerned about the low rate of dental check-ups across the country, raising alarms about potential oral health risks among the population. Regular dental check-ups play a crucial role in identifying and addressing dental issues promptly, thereby maintaining oral health and preventing oral diseases. A recent study conducted by the Rwanda Biomedical Centre […]
The government through cabinet has agreed to remove all unregistered artisanal miners along rivers the Mazowe River as part of its efforts to curb cholera spread. In a raft of measures being taken to avert the further spread of the cholera outbreak, Information Minister Janfan Muswere on Tuesday said that there would be enforcement of […]
A critical shortage of condoms has reportedly hit Sanyati district, which incorporates the gold-mining city of Kadoma, where commercial sex work is rife. The crisis could result in risky behaviour among young adolescents and key populations and negate strides made thus far in the fight against HIV and AIDS. Free condoms are not readily available […]
Lubango — Lubango health authorities have diagnosed more than 1,000 cases of malaria a week, since the second fortnight of February, when the disease reached its peak, a situation that worries the municipal health department, ANGOP has learnt. In the last few days alone, the municipal health department registered 1,503 cases of the disease, numbers […]
U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) has announced a 111 million USD support to Ethiopia’s response to end HIV/AIDS by 2030. In a press release sent to The Ethiopian Herald, PEPFAR announced that 111 million USD has been spent to help Ethiopia to end HIV/AIDS by 2030 as per the UN Sustainable Development […]
Out of the 2,500 health extension workers that were serving the community in the pre-war period, some 1,700 have been returned to duties, the Tigray State Health Bureau disclosed. Bureau Health Extension and Promotion Team Coordinator Michael Hagos told the Ethiopian Press Agency (EPA) that capacity building and refreshment training have been offered to the […]
NCDC said eight new healthcare workers were affected in the reporting week Nigeria has confirmed 109 new Lassa fever infections and 20 deaths across 16 states in one week, spanning 26 to 3 March. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) noted in its latest situation report published on its website for week nine of […]