Health

Bangui– A joint medical team of government and NGO officials is in the northern town of Bocaranga, Central African Republic, to investigate cases of a diarrhoeal disease detected by local health services in early July, […]

Addis Ababa– Ethiopia is to build its first ever state of the art cardiac centre to tackle “rampant” heart disease in the country. Dr Belay Abegaz, the country’s only paediatric heart surgeon, told IRIN on […]

Addis Ababa– Tens of thousands of lives are at risk because of a lack of drugs needed to fight a malaria epidemic threatening Ethiopia, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has warned. Dr David Nabarro, WHO […]

Johannesburg– South Africa’s National HIV/AIDS Programme received a boost on Thursday with the signing of an agreement between the government and the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis (TB) and Malaria, committing US $41 million […]

Washington– The National Institute for Allergies and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) announced August 6 that an experimental vaccine has protected test monkeys injected with Ebola from developing the often-deadly disease. The achievement marks an advance toward […]

HELSINKI, Finland– The United Nations World Health Organization (WHO) today urged governments to include anti-addiction treatments as part of comprehensive tobacco control programmes. Noting that tobacco products are designed to create and maintain dependence, and […]

Lagos– President Olusegun Obasanjo has launched a new HIV/AIDS policy to combat the stigma attached to the disease and promote a sense of collective responsibility for fighting it. Babatunde Osotimehin, chairman of the National Action […]

Durban– It has become clear to delegates attending South Africa’s national AIDS conference that the provision of antiretroviral (ARV) drugs through the public health sector is no longer a distant possibility. According to Department of […]