Health & Environment

The World Health Organization (W.H.O) has explained how some nine people died mysteriously in Liberia. Eight others also fell sick after they were reported...

Nigerian officials have said that the current meningitis outbreak in the West Africa nation has claimed 813 lives.According to the health minister of Nigeria,...

The new Chair of the African Leaders Malaria Alliance (ALMA), His Majesty King Mswati III of the Kingdom of Swaziland, has praised the efforts...

The World Health Organization Regional Office for Africa (WHO/AFRO) announced on Monday that Ghana, Kenya, and Malawi will take part in a WHO-coordinated malaria...

Dramatic improvements are needed in ensuring access to clean water and sanitation worldwide, the World Health Organization said Thursday, warning that nearly two billion...

Liberia’s Minister of Health, Hon. Dr. Bernize T Dahn, believes that “we are all at risk to any disease outbreak, and should be adequately-prepared.”...

An outbreak of meningitis in Nigeria has killed 269 people in recent weeks, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control said, as Africa's most populous country and aid organisations attempt to tackle the surge in infections.

People living in Ghana’s mining communities may now be better protected from deadly mercury poisoning.

British scientists have made a world-first breakthrough in the diagnosis of tuberculosis.

Some women in Ghana do not like to consult male midwives when they are pregnant. The Ghanaian government has scrapped a pilot project which allowed men to be trained as midwives.