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.…
Arresting Recurrent Yellow Fever Outbreaks
It is time for the health authorities to get cracking on strategies to arrest the scourge and shame of yellow fever outbreak in the country. It has become a reproach to Africa’s most populous nation.…
Nigerian Govt Makes Demands From World Bank To…
The Minister of Health, Dr. Osagie Ehanire, has solicited the support of the World Bank in establishing an effective medical emergency transportation network in rural communities. Ehanire, who made the appeal in a statement issued…
A Grim and Deadly History of Ebola in…
The death toll from the latest Ebola epidemic in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) went past 2 000 on Friday, making it the second worst ever outbreak of the disease. As UN Secretary General…
‘Ebola kills but heals quickly’ – Congolese doctor…
Two Ebola patients who were treated with new drugs in the city of Goma in eastern Congo have been declared “cured” and returned to their home. Top doctors fighting Ebola quickly used the case on…
BREAKING: Ebola Now Curable After Trials of Drugs…
Ebola can no longer be called an incurable disease, scientists have said, after two of four drugs being trialled in the major outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo were found to have significantly…
More Hungry Zimbabwe’s in 2019 Than Ever Before…
Zimbabwe’s World Food Programme Director, Eddie Rowe, told CNN this past week that Zimbabwe is facing the most serious food shortage ever. Said Rowe, “The food security situation in the country has been compounded by…
WHO Says No New Ebola Cases in Goma,…
The World Health Organisation has vaccinated over 1,300 people who potentially came into contact with the Ebola virus in the Congolese city of Goma, it said on Sunday, helping contain what many feared would be…
Rwanda Ready to Curtail Outbreak of Ebola –…
With the air distance between the two countries just 979 miles, Rwanda has spoken its readiness to check the outbreak of Ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Ms Sarah Audu, Head of Communication…
Burundi Disputes UN Malaria Stats: Says 4.3m Infected,…
The government of Burundi on Thursday officially disputed recent reports that close to half of its population were affected by malaria. The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) in its latest…
Parliament Releases National Health Insurance Bill
Medical aids as we know them will disappear by 2026 under the National Health Insurance (NHI) Bill released today. Health Minister Zweli Mkhize unveiled the bill today in Pretoria. Under the NHI, the government will…
1,800 Dead as Malaria ‘Epidemic’ Rages in Burundi…
Malaria has killed more than 1,800 people in Burundi this year, the U.N.’s humanitarian agency says, a death toll rivaling a deadly Ebola outbreak in neighboring Democratic Republic of Congo. In its latest situation report,…
Zimbabwe Legalises Growing of Hemp
Zimbabwe will change its laws to allow farmers to grow industrial hemp for export, cabinet ministers said on Tuesday, adding that the government saw the plant as a future substitute for tobacco, the country’s biggest…
Mugabe Still in Singapore Hospital Since April: Zimbabwe…
Zimbabwe's ex-leader Robert Mugabe remains hopsitalised in Singapore where he has been receiving medical care for four months, his successor President Emmerson Mnangagwa said on Monday (Aug 5). Mnangagwa said in a statement that the…
DR Congo Tests 12 More Patients for Ebola
The Democratic Republic of Congo on Saturday, tested 12 more patients for Ebola, the twelve people were instructed to undergo testing for possible Ebola infection in Goma district. This comes only a few days after…
DR Congo: Second Ebola Victim in Goma Dead
The second case of Ebola detected Tuesday in Goma, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, died, state sources said Wednesday. “The confirmed Ebola patient in Goma is dead, all measures to cut the chain of contamination…
Refugees Receive Free Eye Surgery in Kenya
At least over 300 refugees with eye problems received free surgeries in Garissa, Kenya. The residents of Dadaab refugee camp underwent operations that will allow them to see in a short time courtesy of the…
Zimbabweans Can’t Afford to Drown Their Sorrows in…
Zimbabweans can no longer afford to drown their sorrows in beer as the product is now priced beyond their reach, the country’s biggest alcohol brewer Delta said on Wednesday. Delta, which has AB Inbev as…
World Bank Commit $300m To Tackle Ebola Spread…
Following the declaration of the Ebola epidemic in the Democratic Republic of Congo as a public health concern by the World Health Organisation (WHO), the World Bank has said it will mobilise $300 million in…
