Healthcare

322 people diagnosed with cholera in various parts of Bauchi state, says health official A cholera outbreak in northern Nigeria has claimed 20 lives, a health official said. Aliyu Maigoro, …

AstraZeneca’s Africa PUMUA Initiative is a collaboration with Ministries of Health, local health providers, healthcare societies and respiratory health experts to redefine asthma care in Africa. World Asthma Day theme …

In Senegal, 8 out of 10 workers are paid in cash with the most being temporary workers that are excluded from health insurance.  According to a recent survey, 77 per …

Earlier this month, the EU’s vaccination rollout took a sharp U-turn, when 13 European countries briefly suspended the rollout of the Oxford/AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine. This came after dozens of people …

Researchers believe they may have discovered a possible cause of a mystery condition that can leave sufferers suddenly unable to walk, talk or see. It’s hoped the study – led …

President Cyril Ramaphosa has announced the closure of land borders for a month, in a bid to curb the rapid spread of the coronavirus. All major South African borders save for …

The African Union safeguarded approximately 300 million Covid-19 vaccine doses for the continent, an action towards beginning the facility task of inoculating more than 1.2 billion people with minimal logistical and financial resources. …

The best news about the mRNA shots from BioNTech and Moderna is that the same technique could also defeat many other diseases. The night is darkest just before dawn, they …

South African government officials have called for stricter measures to curb soaring coronavirus infections at a meeting to discuss the state’s response to the pandemic, according to two people familiar …

South Africa, with over 1.09 million confirmed Covid-19 infections and 29,175 deaths, is the worst-hit country on the African continent. Africa has few options to procure Covid-19 vaccines as the …