COVID-19 COVID-19: J&J’s vaccine showed 82% efficacy against severe disease in South Africa by Paul Adepoju February 24, 2021
News 3 countries in Africa are launching world’s first malaria vaccine by Paul Adepoju April 23, 2019 0 Malawi has become the first of 3 African countries to launch the world’s first malaria vaccine today in a landmark... Read more
Tech Tunisia sets aside nearly €24m to improve hospitals’ computer systems by Paul Adepoju April 10, 2019 0 Tunisia's acting Minister of Health Sonia Ben Cheikh has announced the investment of 80 million Tunisian dinars (23.6 million euros)... Read more
Kenya Kenya is building $100m AIDS drug manufacturing factory by Paul Adepoju April 4, 2019 0 A factory that will be manufacturing AIDS drugs is currently being built in Nairobi, the capital of Kenya and it... Read more
DR Congo Ebola: WHO worried about spate of hospital attacks in DR Congo by Paul Adepoju March 5, 2019 0 The World Health Organization (WHO) is deeply concerned about the recent attacks on the Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF)-run Ebola treatment... Read more
DR Congo Ebola outbreak in DR Congo is continuing with moderate intensity – WHO by Paul Adepoju February 22, 2019 0 The World Health Organization (WHO) has announced the Ebola virus disease (EVD) outbreak is continuing with moderate intensity. It said... Read more
Zimbabwe Africa’s first Typhoid Conjugate Vaccine campaign begins in Harare, Zimbabwe by Paul Adepoju February 22, 2019 0 A major typhoid vaccination campaign begins today in Harare to tackle a drug-resistant outbreak of the disease. The campaign aims... Read more
Senegal Gates Foundation appoints new director for Africa by Paul Adepoju February 21, 2019 0 Cheikh Oumar Seydi is the new Africa Director for the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. The Senegalese national is joining the Gates... Read more
Featured What mapping Kenya’s child deaths for 50 years revealed — and why it matters by The Conversation February 18, 2019 0 Peter Macharia, Kenya Medical Research Institute and Emelda Okiro, Kenya Medical Research Institute The number of children who die before... Read more
HIV/AIDS This HIV drug is increasing neuropsychiatric symptoms in African children by Paul Adepoju February 15, 2019 0 A new research concluded that treatment of HIV-positive children with efavirenz, a popular HIV drug, is associated with a mild... Read more
Libya Patients and health workers killed in Libya by Paul Adepoju February 7, 2019 0 The World Health Organization (WHO) warns of increasing attacks on health facilities and workers in both frequency and scale. In... Read more