Health

By Enyichukwu Enemanna An Appeal Court in the Christian-dominated Kenya has annuled a landmark ruling that says abortion was a fundamental right, pushing hundreds of thousands of women and girls to illegal health centres, sometimes operated...

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has confirmed a single case of COVID-19 in Cross River State, assuring Nigerians that there is no evidence of widespread transmission. This was contained in a statement...

By Enyichukwu Enemanna For the 15th time in just three years, doctors in England on Tuesday staged a walkout in an increasingly bitter dispute with the government over pay and jobs. Six-Day Strike by Resident Doctors...

By Emmanuel Nduka Obisue A new policy granting female employees in Nairobi two days of paid menstrual leave each month is drawing both praise and debate, as Kenya’s capital takes a bold step toward recognising women’s...

By Enyichukwu Enemanna European drug regulators on Friday gave nod to a new and simpler treatment for sleeping sickness, in what is believed to be a giant boost to efforts to eliminate the disease. A European...

By Enyichukwu Enemanna Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and the United States have reached a $1.2 billion strategic health partnership deal, the two nations said in a joint statement on Thursday. The deal, the statement says...