Health

By Enyichukwu Enemanna President of Rwanda, Paul Kagame has criticised the African Union’s recent appointment of a new Director General of the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention, a Democratic Republic of Congo national, doctor...

By Ebi Kesiena The South African military said on Monday, that it had deployed its medics at several hospitals to minimize disruption during a public health care workers strike that government blames for several patients' death....

By Ebi Kesiena The World Health Organization WHO has described Malawi’s cholera outbreak as the largest in Africa. This came up as the country has so far contributed nearly 40 per cent of total cases recorded...

By John Ikani The World Obesity Federation has sounded an alarm bell, warning that more than half of the world's population will be classified as overweight or obese by 2035, if urgent action is not taken....

By Enyichukwu Enemanna The World Health Organisation has appealed for more support for countries in Africa, dealing with cholera outbreaks, expressing concern that the disease has the potential to “quickly explode” as rainfall persists in some...

By Ebi Kesiena Government of Equatorial Guinea has disclosed that two more people in the country have died of Marburg hemorrhagic fever, a cousin of the Ebola virus, bringing the toll of fatalities to 11. Health...