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Source: Reuters.

Medical charity MSF suspends operations in Burkina Faso to assess risk

20 Feb 2023

Steady rise in demand for contraception among women, study shows

27 Jan 2023

Source: Reuters.

Cholera death toll passes 1,000 in Malawi as outbreak spreads

Frank Phiri 25 Jan 2023

Source: Reuters. A health worker prepares a dose of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) vaccine in Dakar, Senegal February 23, 2021.

Senegal institute wins $50m in boost to Africa's vaccine capacity

Nellie Peyton 25 Jan 2023

Source: Reuters. China's foreign minister, Qin Gang addresses delegates at the inauguration of the new Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention headquarters, which China is building and equipping in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, January 11, 2023.

Africa should not be arena for international competition, says Chinese foreign minister

12 Jan 2023

Source: Reuters. Uganda health minister Jane Ruth Aceng addresses the media after receiving a shipment of 1,200 doses for Ebola vaccine candidates set to be used in a clinical trial at the National Medical Stores in Entebbe, Uganda, 8 December, 2022.

Uganda declares itself Ebola-free after swiftly turning tide on outbreak

11 Jan 2023

Source: Reuters.

Gambia lawmakers say Maiden to blame for child kidney injury deaths

22 Dec 2022

Source: Reuters.

Spread of cholera threatens eastern Congo camps of displaced persons

9 Dec 2022

PMI event sponsorship "tantamount to tobacco advertising" - civil society orgs

PMI event sponsorship "tantamount to tobacco advertising" - civil society orgs

7 Nov 2022

Air pollution second leading risk factor for death across Africa - report

Air pollution second leading risk factor for death across Africa - report

28 Oct 2022

Gambia police link child deaths to cough syrup imported by US firm

Sofia Christensen 12 Oct 2022

Source: AfricaCDC.

US to apply Ebola screenings for recent Uganda visitors at 5 airports

David Shepardson 7 Oct 2022

Source: Reuters. An artist paints a mural as part of the "cholera" campaign to depict the suffering of cholera patients in Sanaa, Yemen; April 25, 2019.

Cholera outbreaks surging worldwide, fatality rates rising - WHO

Jennifer Rigby 3 Oct 2022

Source: Reuters. Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni attends a news conference.

Ebola kills doctor in Uganda, first health worker killed in latest outbreak

Elias Biryabarema 3 Oct 2022

Source: Reuters. Ugandan health workers speak to members of the community before carrying out the first vaccination exercise against the ebola virus in Kirembo village.

Uganda says Ebola caseload rises to 16 as outbreak grows

Elias Biryabarema 27 Sep 2022

Anglo American commits $15m to Global Fund's Seventh Replenishment

Anglo American commits $15m to Global Fund's Seventh Replenishment

22 Sep 2022

Source: public health image library/CDC (public domain).

Child infected with Marburg virus dies in Ghana

Wendell Roelf 20 Sep 2022

Ghana declares end of Marburg virus disease outbreak

Sofia Christensen 19 Sep 2022

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Source: Supplied. Dr Allan Pamba, the Africa network lead of the EMEA-LATAM countries at Roche Diagnostics.

Co-designing the future of African healthcare

Dr Allan Pamba 8 Sep 2022

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Medical charity MSF suspends operations in Burkina Faso to assess risk

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Steady rise in demand for contraception among women, study shows

27 Jan 2023

Source: Reuters.

Cholera death toll passes 1,000 in Malawi as outbreak spreads

Frank Phiri 25 Jan 2023

Source: Reuters. A health worker prepares a dose of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) vaccine in Dakar, Senegal February 23, 2021.

Senegal institute wins $50m in boost to Africa's vaccine capacity

Nellie Peyton 25 Jan 2023

Source: Reuters. China's foreign minister, Qin Gang addresses delegates at the inauguration of the new Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention headquarters, which China is building and equipping in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, January 11, 2023.

Africa should not be arena for international competition, says Chinese foreign minister

12 Jan 2023

Source: Reuters. Uganda health minister Jane Ruth Aceng addresses the media after receiving a shipment of 1,200 doses for Ebola vaccine candidates set to be used in a clinical trial at the National Medical Stores in Entebbe, Uganda, 8 December, 2022.

Uganda declares itself Ebola-free after swiftly turning tide on outbreak

11 Jan 2023

Source: Reuters.

Gambia lawmakers say Maiden to blame for child kidney injury deaths

22 Dec 2022

Source: Reuters.

Spread of cholera threatens eastern Congo camps of displaced persons

9 Dec 2022

PMI event sponsorship "tantamount to tobacco advertising" - civil society orgs

PMI event sponsorship "tantamount to tobacco advertising" - civil society orgs

7 Nov 2022

Air pollution second leading risk factor for death across Africa - report

Air pollution second leading risk factor for death across Africa - report

28 Oct 2022

Gambia police link child deaths to cough syrup imported by US firm

Sofia Christensen 12 Oct 2022

Source: AfricaCDC.

US to apply Ebola screenings for recent Uganda visitors at 5 airports

David Shepardson 7 Oct 2022

Source: Reuters. An artist paints a mural as part of the "cholera" campaign to depict the suffering of cholera patients in Sanaa, Yemen; April 25, 2019.

Cholera outbreaks surging worldwide, fatality rates rising - WHO

Jennifer Rigby 3 Oct 2022

Source: Reuters. Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni attends a news conference.

Ebola kills doctor in Uganda, first health worker killed in latest outbreak

Elias Biryabarema 3 Oct 2022

Source: Reuters. Ugandan health workers speak to members of the community before carrying out the first vaccination exercise against the ebola virus in Kirembo village.

Uganda says Ebola caseload rises to 16 as outbreak grows

Elias Biryabarema 27 Sep 2022

Anglo American commits $15m to Global Fund's Seventh Replenishment

Anglo American commits $15m to Global Fund's Seventh Replenishment

22 Sep 2022

Source: public health image library/CDC (public domain).

Child infected with Marburg virus dies in Ghana

Wendell Roelf 20 Sep 2022

Ghana declares end of Marburg virus disease outbreak

Sofia Christensen 19 Sep 2022

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Source: Supplied. Dr Allan Pamba, the Africa network lead of the EMEA-LATAM countries at Roche Diagnostics.

Co-designing the future of African healthcare

Dr Allan Pamba 8 Sep 2022

5 young African leaders shortlisted for Äänit Prize

5 young African leaders shortlisted for Äänit Prize

8 Sep 2022

Source: Reuters.

Biden signs historic inflation act

Nandita Bose and Steve Holland 19 Aug 2022

Ralmed doctors and hospitals the heart of South African medical healthcare

Ralmed doctors and hospitals the heart of South African medical healthcare

Ralmed 18 Aug 2022

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Sierra Leone doctors strike over pay, fuel allowances

Umaru Fofana, Nellie Peyton and Grant McCool 2 Aug 2022

Source: REUTERS. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO).

WHO ranked the most influential UN-recognised body on Twitter

17 Jun 2022

A call to plug SA's e-cigarette regulation gap

30 May 2022

Abbott seeks new treatment standards for Africa's silent killer disease

Abbott seeks new treatment standards for Africa's silent killer disease

29 Apr 2022

J&J teams up with African scientists to find new drugs to address antimicrobial resistance

J&J teams up with African scientists to find new drugs to address antimicrobial resistance

28 Apr 2022

Our Africa: Merck Foundation launches wellness TV programme

Our Africa: Merck Foundation launches wellness TV programme

22 Apr 2022

Family Planning 2030 announces new regional-hub nerve centre

30 Mar 2022

FIRST: Johns Hopkins receives grant for psilocybin research

26 Jan 2022

Biovac gears up to manufacture Pfizer vaccine

6 Dec 2021

Dutch in arms: Omicron detected on SA flight

28 Nov 2021

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Technology: healthcare enabler or disrupter?

Danette Breitenbach 19 Nov 2021

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Infectious diseases expert, Prof Blumberg, joins Right to Care

9 Nov 2021

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Telehealth app bridges gap in healthcare in Africa

4 Nov 2021

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Covid-19: shaping Africa's future healthcare systems

29 Oct 2021

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Africa's healthcare systems under pressure

27 Oct 2021

A health worker receives a vaccine against Ebola at a hospital after a case of Ebola was confirmed in Abidjan, Ivory Coast 16 August 2021. Reuters/Luc Gnago

Ivory Coast begins Ebola vaccinations after case confirmed in Abidjan

Loucoumane Coulibaly 17 Aug 2021

Source: Reuters/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo

Vaccine denialism kills: Mail & Guardian has let down its readers

Nathan Geffen and Mia Malan 10 Aug 2021