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AIDS Vaccine: Thailand tests yield positive results ahead of South African test results
For the first time a vaccine project is underway to reduce the risk of infection. The relative success of a test in Thailand has...
Zimbabwe: Massive misuse of state AIDS levy negates years of progress
Thousands of HIV and AIDS affected people in Zimbabwe are in great danger as the Southern African country is facing an acute shortage of...
Zimbabwe doctor strike ends, sacked GPs to reapply
Zimbabwean doctors who have been on strike for close to a month have
called off their strike, giving the government a one-month ultimatum to increase...
Ethiopia: Strange disease causing several deaths in Addis not unexpected
The outbreak of a disease termed as Acute Watery Diarrhea (AWD) has hit the Ethiopian capital city of Addis Ababa. Over 200 persons have...
Zimbabwe: Hundreds of public sector doctors sacked as swine flu hits
Zimbabwe's striking medical doctors have rejected a "paltry government" allowance offer of US$48 on top of their monthly salaries as government fires junior doctors....
Zimbabwe: Swine flu hits amid fears of renewed cholera infections as doctors strike
The deadly swine flue has hit Zimbabwe amid fears the epidemic could wreck havoc in the troubled country where public doctors have been on...
Sudan-Uganda: Nodding disease not linked to epilepsy?
Hundreds of children in northern Uganda have been affected by a rare and unexplained "nodding disease" that causes seizures, physical and mental stunting and...
Ethiopia: Swine flu/A-H1N1 testing in Kenya questioned
Ethiopia has not been spared by the rise of swine flu or A/H1N1 pandemic that has caused several deaths in every region of the...
Zimbabwe: Doctors embark on a strike action
Zimbabwean doctors have gone on strike demanding better pay and
working conditions. Dr Brighton Chizhanje, the president of the Hospital Doctors Association said although patients...
Somalia: Mysterious deaths among African Union troops, investigations begin
Ugandan public health experts are investigating a disease that has killed at least five African Union peacekeepers in Somalia and infected another 50, who...
Swine flu – A/H1N1 influenza: 2010 World Cup threatened?
Has the swine flu become the number one enemy among football fans across the world? The World Health Organization (WHO) said Thursday that it...
Swine flu – A/H1N1 influenza: Symptoms and treatment
Six new cases of the A (H1N1) influenza also known as the Swine flu were confirmed Monday in Morocco, bringing the recorded number of...
Homosexuals and AIDS: Confronting a dangerous African taboo
The internationally acclaimed medical journal The Lancet Monday published the first scientific study showing that male homosexuals are more often than not infected with...
HIV/AIDS: First South African vaccine being tested in Cape Town and Soweto
The scientific community won’t be bogged down after the initial failure of an experimental HIV vaccine developed by the U.S. laboratory Merck & Co....
Diabetes: Arab world, North Africa, African-Americans hit by diabetic scourge
It is thought that the number of diabetics across the world will increase by no less than 130% in the next 25 years! This...
Ethiopian Minister of Health appointed by the Global Fund as chair
The Board of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria has elected Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Minister of Health of the Federal Democratic...
Why Do African-Americans Fare Worse With Cancer?
An analysis of clinical trial data implicates biological factors behind worse outcomes for African-Americans with breast, ovarian, or prostate cancer.
An analysis of almost 20,000...
Zimbabwe: The conflict of constitutionalism and a non-English speaking North Korean doctor!
Virtually abandoned and discarded by a bankrupt government she has worked for almost thirty years, my sister Zanele Ngwenya, fifty five, languishes in a...
Ethiopia: Concerns over health preparedness grows as Swine flu (A/H1N1) cases rise
Residents of Addis Ababa, capital of Ethiopia, have been gripped by fear as increasing numbers of people are confirmed by the health ministry as...
Lessons on Malaria control from The Gambia
When it comes to fighting malaria, Gambia is leading the way. Engaged in a relentless battle against this disease since the beginning of this...
Polio making a troubling comeback in Nigeria
The world has not seen the last of this disease. Almost eradicated in 2000, polio has returned with a vengeance after the local authorities...
Tuberculosis affecting millions as cases double
In a recently released WHO report, more than 9 million new cases of tuberculosis were recorded worldwide in 2007. The 9,270,000 cases recorded 30,000...
Rabies introduced to Africa by Europeans 200 years ago?
With 24,000 deaths each year, Africa is the second in line when it comes to continents affected by rabies, the first being Asia. A...
Ethiopia quarantines several against ‘Swine Flu’
Six Ethiopian nationals have been quarantined at St. Paul’s Hospital from Wednesday June 17 after they were suspected of contracting swine flu.
As of June...
South Africa tackles its first case of ‘Swine Flu’ A(H1N1)
South Africa's health department friday said it had recorded its first case of the 'swine flu' A (H1N1) influenza virus. The announcement came...
Zimbabwe: The Global Fund ceases direct funds to government agencies
The Global Fund has stopped financing HIV and Aids programmes through
the Zimbabwe government-controlled National Aids Council (NAC) opting
to channel funds through a United...
Does swine flu spread to 74 countries make it pandemic?
In the space of three months, the world has watched what seemed to be a localized flu outbreak in Mexico spread to 74 countries...
Egypt’s much ado about nothing as swine flu hits
The Egyptian authorities Tuesday announced that a first case of A (H1N1) influenza has been detected on their territory. A young girl from the...
South African Doctors and Bus drivers earn the same
Junior doctors in South Africa are paid as much as bus drivers, the opposition Democratic Alliance said today.
Reports today say Mike Waters, the party's...
Swazi Politican wants HIV+ people’s buttocks branded
A Swaziland politician has caused a major uproar in the tiny kingdom after proposing that saying HIV positive people to be branded on...