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New drug regimen to treat lymphatic filariasis

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Zambezi Valley may soon be too hot for tsetse flies

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Head of Nigeria's NHIS placed on administrative leave

Ebuka Onyeji 1 Nov 2018

First-for-Africa platform will advance gene research

First-for-Africa platform will advance gene research

Nicci Botha 31 Oct 2018

Airbus launches white paper on aerospace technologies in Africa

Airbus launches white paper on aerospace technologies in Africa

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Nigerian children receiving the polio vaccine in Lagos. EPA

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Professor Souleymane Mboup

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Award to fund paediatric heart disease research in Africa

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Why integrating HIV with non-HIV services in Uganda won't work

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Why drugs alone won't stop the spread of parasitic worms in Africa

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Zim only has two pathologists

Zim only has two pathologists

9 Oct 2018

CTICC hosts AI robot Miss Pepper

CTICC hosts AI robot Miss Pepper

8 Oct 2018

Digital transformation is the key to healthcare in Africa

Digital transformation is the key to healthcare in Africa

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Tackle Africa's chronic diseases with effective actions

Sam Otieno 18 Sep 2018

Red Cross steps in to curb cholera and typhoid in Zim

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A small hospital in Wakiso district in the central region of Uganda. Shutterstock

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Minister of Health of Burkina Faso, Professor Nicolas Meda and Minister of Health of Rwanda, Dr Diane Gashumba

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The life expectancy improvements in sub-Saharan Africa vary between men and women. Shutterstock

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New drug regimen to treat lymphatic filariasis

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First-for-Africa platform will advance gene research

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Airbus launches white paper on aerospace technologies in Africa

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Nigerian children receiving the polio vaccine in Lagos. EPA

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Red Cross steps in to curb cholera and typhoid in Zim

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Photo: New Zimbabwe

Zimbabwean cholera death toll rises to 16

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The outbreak of listeriosis is over - Motsoaledi

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Traditional medicines on sale in Kibera slum in Nairobi. Flickr

Kenya's struggle to modernise traditional medicine is far from won

John Harrington 31 Aug 2018

Africa commits to WHO access to medicine goals

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How the lack of affordable vegetables is creating a billion-dollar obesity epidemic in South Africa

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