Health

Uganda to issue guidelines for growing, exporting marijuana

Uganda’s health ministry has issued guidelines to individuals and companies seeking to grow or export marijuana for medical purposes, paving…

January 28, 2020

Uganda records yellow fever outbreak in two districts

Uganda’s Ministry of Health has confirmed an outbreak of Yellow Fever in Moyo District in West Nile region and Buliisa…

January 24, 2020

Cameroon: Monkey pox hits East region, kills one

The East regional delegate of Public health has sent an alert on the outbreak of monkey pox virus in the…

January 16, 2020

Africa hamstrung by deadly flood of fake medicine

After he was struck down by malaria and typhoid, Togolese tailor Ayawo Hievi thought he was set to recover when…

January 15, 2020

African countries embrace cannabis: Zambia, South Africa, Zimbabwe, Lesotho

Zambia has joined the list of African nations that have legalised or are considering legalising cannabis to some degree, as…

December 18, 2019

Rwanda Scraps Tax On Sanitary Pads

Over a year after South Africa scrapped taxes on sanitary pads, Rwanda has gone down the same path with an…

December 11, 2019

Victims of deadly food, landslide defied God, logic – Uganda president

NiUgandan president Yoweri Museveni says death and losses from recent flooding and landslides in parts of the country was down…

December 10, 2019

Rwanda begins vaccinating against Ebola near DR Congo border

Rwanda on Sunday started a voluntary Ebola vaccination programme at its border with the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) in…

December 9, 2019

South Africa’s Desmond Tutu ‘on the road to recovery’ in hospital

South African anti-apartheid icon and retired Cape Town archbishop Desmond Tutu appeared "in good spirits" on Thursday (Dec 5) at…

December 6, 2019

Nigerian Actress, Kate Henshaw Slams Mothers Who Bleach The Skin Of Their Children

Popular Nollywood actress, Kate Henshaw has taken to her social space to blast mothers who bleached the skin of their…

December 1, 2019

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