Ghana has declared “Public Health Emergency of National Concern” after news of latest polio outbreak in northern Ghana.
The latest case which is the first...
Air pollution accounts for about 780,000 deaths in Africa every year, according to a modelling study by researchers at NASA.
The research has been hailed...
A Nigerian woman pursuing her PhD in the Department of Chemistry, University of Ilorin has been recognized for her invention.
Mrs. Misitura Lawal-Arowona last week...
Ugandan Winnie Byanyima has secured the top job at UNAIDS, a global body helping to fight the AIDS disease.
Byanyima currently heads UK charity Oxfam...
Burundi has started vaccinating its health workers against Ebola as it makes efforts to prevent the spread of the disease into its territory.
The World...
Governors in Kenya have joined the call for the government to declare cancer a national disaster.
They have urged the country's President Uhuru Kenyatta to...
Ugandan officials have confirmed the death of one person following an outbreak of Crimean-Congo Haemorrhagic Fever (CCHF) in the country's Lyantonde District.
49 others currently...
Some new apartments built at the residence of the Nigerian High Commissioner in Ghana’s capital city Accra, have been demolished by bulldozers.
The apartments have been constructed to...
Ghanaian health officials on Saturday said over 10,000 persons infected with the coronavirus have now recovered.
The significant number of recoveries means the country now...
Zimbabwe's Health Minister Obadiah Moyo has been arrested over corruption allegations related to procurement of medical equipment worth $60 million.
Moyo is accused of illegally...
