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Kenya: Over 2,000 health workers deregistered

Kenya's medical regulator, the Kenya Medical Practitioners and Dentists Board (KMPDB) has delisted over 2,000 health workers. The health workers were deregistered for failing to...

Ghana ready to pilot first vaccine for Malaria

Ghanaian officials have said that they are ready for the world's first vaccination against Malaria. The country will on May 1 roll out the pilot...

Kenya: Gunmen abduct two Cuban doctors

Two Cuban doctors working in Kenya have been abducted by gunmen near Kenya’s border with Somalia. The kidnapping took place on Friday while they were...

DR Congo: W.H.O says Ebola outbreak not yet a ‘global threat’

The World Health Organization (W.H.O) has said it is constituting a panel of experts to review the current Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic...

One drink of alcohol a day increases stroke risk

Even light-to-moderate drinking increases blood pressure and the chances of having a stroke, according to a large genetic study in The Lancet, countering previous...

DR Congo: Ebola treatment centre reopens after attack

Health ministry officials in Democratic Republic of Congo have announced that the Ebola treatment centre located in the district of Katwa has reopened. The centre...

Living HIV patient donates kidney in US

In a world first, US doctors have transplanted a kidney from one HIV-positive patient to another. The operation took place at Johns Hopkins in Baltimore,...

Cyclone Idai: Mozambique to roll out cholera vaccination

The World Health Organization has announced that Mozambique will start vaccinating its citizens against cholera next month. The vaccination will take place in areas that...

Africa gets new alliance to tackle plastic waste

A major alliance has been formed by a number of multinational businesses to help tackle the plastic waste menace on the continent. Led by Diageo...

DR Congo: Ebola outbreak spreads to new city

The deadly Ebola disease has now been recorded in a new city in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The city of Bunia is the latest...

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