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Congo authorities approve mpox vaccines to try to contain outbreak

Source: Supplied. Haytham El Maayergi, executive vice president, Global Trade Bank, Afreximbank and Smangele Mandidi, acting managing director of CBZ Bank during the signing ceremony.

Afreximbank inks $80m deals with CBZ Bank

26 Jun 2024

Source: Reuters.

BioNTech gets $145m funding for African vaccine plants

By Jennifer Rigby and Ludwig Burger 30 May 2024

A health worker spreading disinfectant at a health checkpoint in Goma, DRC. Patricia Martinez/EPA-EFE

Ebola survivors can pass on the virus: we're trying to understand what role sex plays

Andrew L Webb, Brayden G Schindell, Jason Kindrachuk & Jia B Kangbai 27 Sep 2019

Professor Glenda Gray, president of the South African Medical Research Council. Photo: South African Medical Research Council

Hope for HIV vaccine being tested in South Africa

Elsabé Brits 23 Sep 2019

Training is necessary to equip health workers to deal with climate change risks. EPA

Ghana's health system isn't quite ready for climate change realities

Lucia Hussey 20 Sep 2019

A woman and baby on a bicycle taxi in Salima, Malawi. Some Malawian men are becoming more involved in childcare. EPA-EFE

Malawi study highlights the importance of men in childcare and nutrition

19 Sep 2019

Tedros Ghebreyesus, embarrassed to only talk about Ebola. Salvatore Di Nolfi/EPA

Over 3,000 killed by deadly virus in Democratic Republic of the Congo this year - and it's not Ebola

Jeremy Rossman & Matthew Badham 19 Sep 2019

The oral polio vaccine is most commonly used in the developing world, despite one big problem.
CDC/Alan Janssen, MSPH, CC BY

A newly designed vaccine may help stamp out remaining polio cases worldwide

Patricia L Foster 18 Sep 2019

Rural healthcare services are best supported by mid-level workers. Shutterstock

Mid-level workers: Africa's unsung health heroes need more support

Ian Couper 17 Sep 2019

A female Aedes albopictus mosquito feeding on a human host. James Gathany/CDC

Ethiopia must do more to stop recurring chikungunya outbreaks

Eunice Anyango Owino 16 Sep 2019

Kenya introduces anti-malaria vaccine

Kenya introduces anti-malaria vaccine

16 Sep 2019

Slum residents were said to do less exercise because of cheap motorcycle taxis. Boris Golovnev/Shutterstock

Bad habits drive health risks among Kenya's urban poor

Frederick Wekesah 13 Sep 2019

Mikah Saunders and her dad, Deon, in Red Cross Children's Hospital's new haemotology-oncology unit.

Red Cross upgrade changes the lives of young cancer warriors

12 Sep 2019

A community care worker providing treatment to a TB patient at her home. Wikkicommons/Stherere23

Rebuilding health systems from the bottom up: a South African case study

Helen Schneider 12 Sep 2019

Congolese National Army solider escorts health workers to the grave of an Ebola victim, in Beni, North Kivu province. EPA-EFE/HUGH KINSELLA CUNNINGHAM

Ebola in the Congo: a forgotten conflict became a danger to world health

Aymar Nyenyezi Bisoka 11 Sep 2019

Nestlé announces winners of sub-Saharan Africa innovation challenge

Nestlé announces winners of sub-Saharan Africa innovation challenge

4 Sep 2019

The startups changing healthcare through innovation

The startups changing healthcare through innovation

3 Sep 2019

A health worker checks people’s temperatures in Goma, DRC. Patricia Martinez/EPA-EFE

How outbreaks like Ebola extract huge social and economic costs

Abdhalah Ziraba 22 Aug 2019

ER24 improves response times with what3words

ER24 improves response times with what3words

21 Aug 2019

Mandi Fine, CEO of F/NE Group Global.

#WomensMonth: Generic business lessons for the 21st Century from healthcare advertising

Leigh Andrews 20 Aug 2019

Supply chain conference to showcase healthcare lessons from Nigeria

Supply chain conference to showcase healthcare lessons from Nigeria

20 Aug 2019

Trachoma can lead to blindness if left untreated. Alaine Kathryn Knipes/CDC

Why it's proving hard to eliminate the eye disease trachoma by 2020

Musa Mutali 19 Aug 2019

High-income country trainees and experts must learn to listen and be humble. Shutterstock

Global health still mimics colonial ways: here's how to break the pattern

Madhukar Pai 19 Aug 2019

Image: World Vision International

Antimalarials less effective in malnourished children

16 Aug 2019

Image: World Health Organisation

Malawi races towards global HIV targets

WATIPASO MZUNGU 14 Aug 2019

DRC President Felix Tshisekedi during the inauguration ceremony. Hugh Kinsella Cunningham/EPA-EFE

Tshisekedi has taken over the DRC's Ebola response. How he can make a difference

Mosoka Fallah 12 Aug 2019

Image source: Getty/Gallo

NHI one step closer to universal coverage

8 Aug 2019

A health worker prepares to administer Ebola vaccination in the north-western Democratic Republic of the Congo.
EPA-EFE/STR

The Uganda vaccine trial: how African researchers are tackling Ebola

Yap Boum 8 Aug 2019

Women report abuse during delivery. Shutterstock

#WomensMonth: Subtle abuse affects women during childbirth

Patience Afulani 7 Aug 2019

The drug is set to improve HIV treatment. shutterstock

ARV breakthrough: trial in South Africa confirms effectiveness of new drug

Michelle Moorhouse & Willem Daniel Francois Venter 6 Aug 2019

Migration and health: what southern Africa needs to do to plug the gaps

2 Aug 2019

Hepatitis is a major public health burden. Shutterstock

The WHO wants to rid the world of hepatitis by 2030: why it's a tough ask

Pauline Bakibinga 31 Jul 2019

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Professor Glenda Gray, president of the South African Medical Research Council. Photo: South African Medical Research Council

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How outbreaks like Ebola extract huge social and economic costs

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Mandi Fine, CEO of F/NE Group Global.

#WomensMonth: Generic business lessons for the 21st Century from healthcare advertising

Leigh Andrews 20 Aug 2019

Supply chain conference to showcase healthcare lessons from Nigeria

Supply chain conference to showcase healthcare lessons from Nigeria

20 Aug 2019

Trachoma can lead to blindness if left untreated. Alaine Kathryn Knipes/CDC

Why it's proving hard to eliminate the eye disease trachoma by 2020

Musa Mutali 19 Aug 2019

High-income country trainees and experts must learn to listen and be humble. Shutterstock

Global health still mimics colonial ways: here's how to break the pattern

Madhukar Pai 19 Aug 2019

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Antimalarials less effective in malnourished children

16 Aug 2019

Image: World Health Organisation

Malawi races towards global HIV targets

WATIPASO MZUNGU 14 Aug 2019

DRC President Felix Tshisekedi during the inauguration ceremony. Hugh Kinsella Cunningham/EPA-EFE

Tshisekedi has taken over the DRC's Ebola response. How he can make a difference

Mosoka Fallah 12 Aug 2019

Image source: Getty/Gallo

NHI one step closer to universal coverage

8 Aug 2019

A health worker prepares to administer Ebola vaccination in the north-western Democratic Republic of the Congo.
EPA-EFE/STR

The Uganda vaccine trial: how African researchers are tackling Ebola

Yap Boum 8 Aug 2019

Women report abuse during delivery. Shutterstock

#WomensMonth: Subtle abuse affects women during childbirth

Patience Afulani 7 Aug 2019

The drug is set to improve HIV treatment. shutterstock

ARV breakthrough: trial in South Africa confirms effectiveness of new drug

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Africa needs specialist capacity to tackle the spread of infectious diseases

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Ramaphosa signs Presidential Health Compact

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Pinterest launches 'emotional well-being activities' for stressed internet users

Shereesa Moodley 25 Jul 2019

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Health officer on the front-line in the DRC. Flickr

Why declaring Ebola a public health emergency isn't a silver bullet

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What do South Africans think about SA's proposed Tobacco Bill?

What do South Africans think about SA's proposed Tobacco Bill?

23 Jul 2019

Women walk past a mural painted to raise awareness on HIV and AIDS in Kibera slum in Nairobi, Kenya. EPA/Dai Kurokawa

HIV in Kenya: high risk groups aren't getting the attention they need

Makobu Kimani 19 Jul 2019

Photo: World Economic Forum

20-million children miss out on lifesaving measles, diphtheria and tetanus vaccines in 2018

16 Jul 2019

A health worker administers the Ebola vaccine. EPA-EFE

How the DRC's Ebola crisis has led to children dying from measles

Benjamin Kagina 10 Jul 2019

Countries can be better prepared and respond faster to disease outbreaks if public health data is shared more freely. Shutterstock

Sharing data can help prevent public health emergencies in Africa

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