Health officials in the Democratic Republic of Congo are urgently studying a flu-like illness that has killed 31 people in the hospitals and 44 in the community while lab results indicate that it is malaria.…
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Today December 1 is the World AIDS Day. The day has been marked yearly since 1988 by the World Health Organization (WHO) as an international day to raise awareness on HIV/AIDS. This yearās theme āCommunities…
Striking Zimbabwe doctors warn of ‘silent genocide’
Senior Zimbabwean doctors joined hundreds of junior colleagues in a mass walkout this week, warning of a "silent genocide" caused by dire conditions in hospitals. The public sector doctors demanded the reinstatement of 440 junior…
Brits arrested in Mauritius after excreting drugs worth…
Three British nationals were arrested in Mauritius at the Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam airport with more than 3.3 kg of heroin. The suspects purged a total of 282 drug dumplings with an estimated market value of…
āAfrica will become the cannabinoid production centreā ā…
Africa is likely to become one of the worldās top medical cannabis growers, a group of researchers, scientists and entrepreneurs said on Monday. Jordan Curl, Cultivation and Extraction Specialist at Israeli Cannabis Research and Investment…
WHO sounds alarm on Ebola due to Congo…
About 360 people are at potential risk of Ebola after contact with an infected person in eastern Congo yet many of them are out of reach due to clashes and insecurity, the World Health Organization…
Cameroon: Cholera outbreak kills two in South West…
A recent cholera outbreak in the locality of Idabato, in the Bakassi Health Disitrict of the South West region of Cameroon is said to have claimed the lives to two persons and infected many others.…
UN Kenya On Course to Bring HIV Under…
Kenya is on course to meet some ambitious United Nations targets to control HIV by 2020. The Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/Aids targets that by 2020, 90 per cent of all people living with…
DRC leader hopes to eradicate Ebola in his…
Democratic Republic of Congo President Felix Tshisekedi has voiced hope that the Ebola epidemic in his country would be stamped out by the end of the year. "We believe that by the end of the…
WHO approves Ervebo, the world’s first Ebola vaccine
The World Health Organization (WHO) on Tuesday approved a historic vaccine to combat Ebola virus. The drug called, Ervebo and manufactured by MERCK pharmaceuticals had until now been used in the Democratic Republic of Congo,…
Senior Doctors Want Fired Doctors Reinstated Immediately
Senior Doctors have demanded the reinstatement of Junior doctors who were fired by the government following their labour action of not reporting for duty for over 60 days. Speaking to the Health Times, Zimbabwe Senior…
“Striking Doctors To Be Fired & Blacklisted, No…
Deputy Minister of Information, Publicity & Broadcasting Services, Dr Energy Mutodi has said that the striking doctors risk being retrenched. He said that once they have been dismissed, they will also be blacklisted so that…
Dr Magombeyi Says Zimbabwean Health System Is “A…
The Acting President of the Zimbabwe Hospital Doctors Association, Dr Peter Magombeyi has described the country's health system as a silent genocide as several people continue to die in hospitals. He said that scores of…
Parliament Team Unveils Sh1.4Bn Rip-Off At NHIF
The national health insurer is at the centre of another scam after questionable hiring through single-sourcing of an integrated revenue management system at a cost of Sh1.4 billion. Just a day after it emerged that…
Doctors Demonstration On This Week
Doctors who have been on industrial action for weeks now have said that they will have a solidarity march this week as the government is not addressing their grievances. The doctors are saying that they…
United States issues Tanzania travel advisory over suspected…
The United States on Friday warned its citizens to take extra care when visiting Tanzania amid concerns over Ebola, adding to calls for the East African country to share information about suspected cases of the…
President Mnangagwa Addresses UNGA, Discusses Zimbabwe’s Health Sector
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has addressed the United Nations General Assembly which he told that Zimbabwe remained committed to ensuring the country's health sector was up and running. Addressing the 74th United Nations General Assembly High-Level…
Congo to introduce second vaccine against Ebola in…
The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Monday said Congo would introduce a second vaccine against Ebola from mid-October, as the country continues to battle the second-worst outbreak of the disease in history. WHO Director-General Tedros…
Tanzania accused of hiding Ebola cases by WHO
The World Health Organization has accused Tanzania of failing to provide information on suspected cases of Ebola in this East African country at the risk of hindering the fight against the spread of the virus,…
