Nigeria's first 'one-stop centre' for cancer diagnosis and treatment, the Marcelle Ruth Cancer Centre and Specialist Hospital (MRCCSH) has opened on Victoria Island in Lagos.
Ghana became the first country globally to receive a vaccine shipment from the Covax facility...
Godfred Boafo 29 Apr 2021
Coronavirus vaccines have been developed and deployed in record time, but as global rollout has progressed, too few doses have been made available in low-income countries...
Adrian Hill 26 Apr 2021
The burden of noncommunicable diseases is growing rapidly across sub-Saharan Africa. The conditions, which include obesity and diabetes, are now leading causes of premature deaths...
Mulenga Mary Mukanu 23 Apr 2021
Some diseases are more likely to enter public conversation than others. Covid-19 has dominated the public discourse in 2020...
Michael Head 22 Apr 2021
Kenya has started the first phase of its Covid-19 vaccination strategy. This was made possible by the delivery of just over one million AstraZeneca vaccines that arrived in two batches...
Catherine Kyobutungi 9 Apr 2021
The Covid-19 pandemic has led to widespread disinformation circulating on social media globally. This includes false information about the virus, its origins and possible cures for the disease it causes...
Herman Wasserman & Dani Madrid-Morales 7 Apr 2021
Dr Msandeni Chiume Kayuni found herself in the middle of a supply crisis as Covid-19 spread to Africa in April 2020...
Rebecca Richards-Kortum & Theresa Mkandawire 31 Mar 2021
Most developed countries are in the advanced stages of Covid-19 vaccination rollouts. But a large number of developing countries, including most across Africa, are still at the early stages, mainly due to a shortage of shots...
Benjamin Kagina 18 Mar 2021
Nigeria has started to vaccinate people after receiving its first batch of Covid-19 vaccines. Virologist and senior research fellow Dr Solomon Bakarey provides some insights on how the country should go about the rollout plan...
Solomon Bakarey 15 Mar 2021
With the arrival of vaccines in the country, Kenya is set to begin its Covid-19 vaccination roll-out...
Catherine Kyobutungi 8 Mar 2021
The inaugural Made in Africa Conference and Expo, a large virtual gathering and showcase for African buyers and sellers, will take place on 13 and 14 April...
Morocco plans to allow the farming, export and domestic sale of cannabis for medical and industrial use, the government said on Thursday, 25 February...
News of a new outbreak of Ebola in Guinea is indeed distressing...
Mosoka Fallah 19 Feb 2021
CONAKRY - The World Health Organisation (WHO) has asked six African countries to be alert for possible Ebola infections...
Saliou Samb 18 Feb 2021
Across Africa fast food restaurants have spread at a rapid rate, driven by rising income levels, rapid urbanisation and changing eating habits and lifestyles...
James Boafo 11 Feb 2021
Global maternal mortality is unacceptably high. Around 810 women die every day from preventable causes related to pregnancy and childbirth...
Patience Afulani 28 Jan 2021
Launched in February 2020, Play Zuri Health Limited is a mobile health service that delivers first level medical services to its users through their mobile devices via apps, WAP, and SMS...
Papama Nyati 19 Jan 2021
The Covid-19 emergency has focused minds on the urgent need for improved healthcare across Africa, aligning unprecedented opportunity for positive social impact with competitive returns...
Jason Mitchell 11 Jan 2021
Our recent study shows that global commercial milk formula sales are booming. Between 2005 and 2019, world milk formula sales more than doubled from 3.5kg to 7.4kg per child...
