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Doctors and medical practitioners under the Kenya Medical Practitioners Pharmacists and Dentists Union (KMPDU) participate in a demonstration to demand payment of their salary arrears and the immediate hiring of trainee doctors, among other grievances, in Nairobi, Kenya, 16 April 2024. Reuters/Thomas Mukoya/File Photo

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The power of African creativity: Our time is now!

The power of African creativity: Our time is now!

By Raymond Langa 24 Apr 2024

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South Korea: Junior doctors strike amid concerns over low doctor-to-patient ratio

By Katja Hamilton 4 Mar 2024

New Ebola cases in DRC

New Ebola cases in DRC

15 May 2017

#AfricaMonth: Africa progressing towards sustainable healthcare

#AfricaMonth: Africa progressing towards sustainable healthcare

Sindy Peters 12 May 2017

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New UN-backed citizen-led alliance formed against mosquito-borne diseases

10 May 2017

Healthcare innovation will cure a lot of Africa's economic woes

Healthcare innovation will cure a lot of Africa's economic woes

3 May 2017

Health brands use Instagram to become part of new cultural conversations

Health brands use Instagram to become part of new cultural conversations

Marilyn Dutlow Munga 28 Apr 2017

Health tourism Africa's economic game-changer

Health tourism Africa's economic game-changer

Pan-African Health Tourism Congress 28 Apr 2017

Aliko Dangote and Bill Gates. Source:

Gates and Dangote talk health in Africa

26 Apr 2017

Source: www.paho.org

#WorldMalariaDay: 21% drop in global cases

25 Apr 2017

Malaria education in Malawi. Source: WHO/S Hollyman

#WorldMalariaDay: Vaccine trial to commence in 2018

25 Apr 2017

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Five ways for health and wellness brands to win on Instagram

Annabel Porter 21 Apr 2017

Vaccines to be used against antibiotic-resistant typhoid

Vaccines to be used against antibiotic-resistant typhoid

Lilian Namagembe 7 Apr 2017

Dispute brews over plan to hire Tanzanian doctors

Dispute brews over plan to hire Tanzanian doctors

Verah Okeyo and Elizabeth Merab 5 Apr 2017

Source: World Health Organisation

Nigeria needs $1.1bn for meningitis vaccine programme

Damilola Oyedele 4 Apr 2017

First group graduates from GE healthymagination Mother and Child Programme

27 Feb 2017

Getting the balance right in African healthcare

Getting the balance right in African healthcare

9 Feb 2017

WPP forms Health & Wellness company to extend competitive advantage

7 Feb 2017

UNESCO-MARS 2016 Award winners: (L-R) front row- ‘Best African Woman Researchers Award’ 4th place winner Maria Nabaggala, from Infectious Diseases Institute, Uganda; 5th place winner, Martha Zewdie, from Armauer Hansen Research Institute, Ethiopia; 2nd place Best Young African Researchers winner, Constantine Asahngwa, Cameroon Centre for Evidence Based Health Care; Best Young African Researchers 1st place winner Patricia Rantshabeng from University of Botswana; Best African Women Researchers 2nd place winner, Rogomenoma Ouedraogo, Laboratory of Biology and Molecular Genetics University, Burkina Faso; ‘Best Young Researcher Award’ 3rd place winner, Lamin Cham from National Aids Control Program, Gambia; 2nd row: 2nd place Best Young Researchers Award winner, Tinashe Nyazika, University of Zimbabwe; Best African Woman Researchers Award’ 1st place winner, Beatrice Nyagol from Kenya Medical Research Institute, together with Prof. Yifru Berhane, Minister of Health, Ethiopia; Prof. Dr Frank Stangenberg-Haverkamp, Chairman, Executive Board and Family Board of E.Merck KG; Prof. Afework Kassu Gizaw, Minister of Science and Technology, Ethiopia; Ahmed Fahmi, Program Director, UNESCO and Rasha Kelej, Chief Social Officer, Merck Healthcare.

'Best African Women Researchers' announced

21 Dec 2016

African malaria elimination improving, but still short of targets

African malaria elimination improving, but still short of targets

13 Dec 2016

Preserving the vaccine cold chain is essential in saving lives

Preserving the vaccine cold chain is essential in saving lives

18 Nov 2016

Only a partnership-driven model can address the needs of patients in Africa

Only a partnership-driven model can address the needs of patients in Africa

Murray Stewart 15 Nov 2016

Africa's growing middle class opens doors for health insurance industry

Africa's growing middle class opens doors for health insurance industry

8 Nov 2016

Source: Faustin Niyigena/The New Times

World's first drones for medical supplies launched in Rwanda

Collins Mwai 25 Oct 2016

DHL discusses delivering healthcare to Africa

DHL discusses delivering healthcare to Africa

25 Oct 2016

Source: Madelene Cronje/M&G

Money can't be the only motive for developing life-saving medicines

Ruth Dreifuss and Malebona Precious Matsoso 21 Oct 2016

Pioneering mini pacemaker technology comes to Africa

Pioneering mini pacemaker technology comes to Africa

21 Oct 2016

Navigate Bizcommunity to where the business is

Navigate Bizcommunity to where the business is

Bizcommunity.com 7 Oct 2016

Internet.org awards African innovation

Internet.org awards African innovation

3 Oct 2016

Diagnosing Africa's poor health with technology

Diagnosing Africa's poor health with technology

29 Sep 2016

Zuckerberg fund pledges $3bn to banish disease

Zuckerberg fund pledges $3bn to banish disease

22 Sep 2016

Big business opportunities ahead for Africa - McKinsey

16 Sep 2016

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New Ebola cases in DRC

New Ebola cases in DRC

15 May 2017

#AfricaMonth: Africa progressing towards sustainable healthcare

#AfricaMonth: Africa progressing towards sustainable healthcare

Sindy Peters 12 May 2017

CreativesolutionisT via

New UN-backed citizen-led alliance formed against mosquito-borne diseases

10 May 2017

Healthcare innovation will cure a lot of Africa's economic woes

Healthcare innovation will cure a lot of Africa's economic woes

3 May 2017

Health brands use Instagram to become part of new cultural conversations

Health brands use Instagram to become part of new cultural conversations

Marilyn Dutlow Munga 28 Apr 2017

Health tourism Africa's economic game-changer

Health tourism Africa's economic game-changer

Pan-African Health Tourism Congress 28 Apr 2017

Aliko Dangote and Bill Gates. Source:

Gates and Dangote talk health in Africa

26 Apr 2017

Source: www.paho.org

#WorldMalariaDay: 21% drop in global cases

25 Apr 2017

Malaria education in Malawi. Source: WHO/S Hollyman

#WorldMalariaDay: Vaccine trial to commence in 2018

25 Apr 2017

Image credit: Top Girl Studio © –

Five ways for health and wellness brands to win on Instagram

Annabel Porter 21 Apr 2017

Vaccines to be used against antibiotic-resistant typhoid

Vaccines to be used against antibiotic-resistant typhoid

Lilian Namagembe 7 Apr 2017

Dispute brews over plan to hire Tanzanian doctors

Dispute brews over plan to hire Tanzanian doctors

Verah Okeyo and Elizabeth Merab 5 Apr 2017

Source: World Health Organisation

Nigeria needs $1.1bn for meningitis vaccine programme

Damilola Oyedele 4 Apr 2017

First group graduates from GE healthymagination Mother and Child Programme

27 Feb 2017

Getting the balance right in African healthcare

Getting the balance right in African healthcare

9 Feb 2017

WPP forms Health & Wellness company to extend competitive advantage

7 Feb 2017

UNESCO-MARS 2016 Award winners: (L-R) front row- ‘Best African Woman Researchers Award’ 4th place winner Maria Nabaggala, from Infectious Diseases Institute, Uganda; 5th place winner, Martha Zewdie, from Armauer Hansen Research Institute, Ethiopia; 2nd place Best Young African Researchers winner, Constantine Asahngwa, Cameroon Centre for Evidence Based Health Care; Best Young African Researchers 1st place winner Patricia Rantshabeng from University of Botswana; Best African Women Researchers 2nd place winner, Rogomenoma Ouedraogo, Laboratory of Biology and Molecular Genetics University, Burkina Faso; ‘Best Young Researcher Award’ 3rd place winner, Lamin Cham from National Aids Control Program, Gambia; 2nd row: 2nd place Best Young Researchers Award winner, Tinashe Nyazika, University of Zimbabwe; Best African Woman Researchers Award’ 1st place winner, Beatrice Nyagol from Kenya Medical Research Institute, together with Prof. Yifru Berhane, Minister of Health, Ethiopia; Prof. Dr Frank Stangenberg-Haverkamp, Chairman, Executive Board and Family Board of E.Merck KG; Prof. Afework Kassu Gizaw, Minister of Science and Technology, Ethiopia; Ahmed Fahmi, Program Director, UNESCO and Rasha Kelej, Chief Social Officer, Merck Healthcare.

'Best African Women Researchers' announced

21 Dec 2016

African malaria elimination improving, but still short of targets

African malaria elimination improving, but still short of targets

13 Dec 2016

Preserving the vaccine cold chain is essential in saving lives

Preserving the vaccine cold chain is essential in saving lives

18 Nov 2016

Only a partnership-driven model can address the needs of patients in Africa

Only a partnership-driven model can address the needs of patients in Africa

Murray Stewart 15 Nov 2016

Africa's growing middle class opens doors for health insurance industry

Africa's growing middle class opens doors for health insurance industry

8 Nov 2016

Source: Faustin Niyigena/The New Times

World's first drones for medical supplies launched in Rwanda

Collins Mwai 25 Oct 2016

DHL discusses delivering healthcare to Africa

DHL discusses delivering healthcare to Africa

25 Oct 2016

Source: Madelene Cronje/M&G

Money can't be the only motive for developing life-saving medicines

Ruth Dreifuss and Malebona Precious Matsoso 21 Oct 2016

Pioneering mini pacemaker technology comes to Africa

Pioneering mini pacemaker technology comes to Africa

21 Oct 2016

Navigate Bizcommunity to where the business is

Navigate Bizcommunity to where the business is

Bizcommunity.com 7 Oct 2016

Internet.org awards African innovation

Internet.org awards African innovation

3 Oct 2016

Diagnosing Africa's poor health with technology

Diagnosing Africa's poor health with technology

29 Sep 2016

Zuckerberg fund pledges $3bn to banish disease

Zuckerberg fund pledges $3bn to banish disease

22 Sep 2016

Big business opportunities ahead for Africa - McKinsey

16 Sep 2016

Addressing antimicrobial resistance on our farms and in our food

Addressing antimicrobial resistance on our farms and in our food

15 Sep 2016

Source: Bhekisisa Centre of Health Journalism/ Amos Gumulira

Malawi's rickshaw ambulances cycle the sick to care

Ina Skosana 12 Sep 2016

#InnovationMonth: UFS unveils polyurethane heart valve prototype

#InnovationMonth: UFS unveils polyurethane heart valve prototype

1 Sep 2016

Engage with government at eHealthALIVE2016

Engage with government at eHealthALIVE2016

30 Aug 2016

Increasing accessibility to medicine in Africa

Increasing accessibility to medicine in Africa

26 Aug 2016

Dr Stephen Lawrence

Fewer insulin injections for type 2 diabetes

Nicci Botha 26 Aug 2016

Kenyan startup to launch 'Uber for ambulances' app

Tom Jackson 26 Aug 2016

IBM Research opens second lab on African continent

IBM Research opens second lab on African continent

26 Aug 2016

Exciting future for continent that accesses the power of Internet of Things

Exciting future for continent that accesses the power of Internet of Things

Brett Parker 16 Aug 2016

Why we need to unite to feed children while at school

Why we need to unite to feed children while at school

Peninsula School Feeding Association 16 Aug 2016