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Africa: Time to Embrace HIV Prevention Tools While we Wait for the Cure
allAfrica's Sethi Ncube is in Lima, Peru, for the 5th HIV Research for Prevention Conference, HIVR4P 2024, reporting from the only global scientific conference focused on the...
Smokers Have a Higher Level of Harmful Bacteria in the Mouth – New Study
A recent report by the World Health Organization (WHO) estimated that 8 million people die annually from smoking related complications. Despite efforts by governments...
Africa: The ‘Forgotten Crops’ that Can Save Our Food System
Nairobi, Kenya — Neglected crops are among the underappreciated solutions for alleviating Africa's food and climate crises.
Worldwide, food security is increasingly compromised owing to...
Africa: Lives Can Be Saved Despite Drug-Resistant Infections
By Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO Director-GeneralNew York — World leaders commit to action at UN General AssemblyAt the United Nation's General Assembly in...
Africa: Why the New Public Health Order is Essential for Africa’s 2025-2027 Health Goals
Addis Ababa — African Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) has remained vigilant throughout the year, despite an ongoing mpox epidemic across...
Africa CDC Declares Mpox a Public Health Emergency
Africa's Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) declared Mpox a public health emergency today.
"This declaration is not merely a formality, it is...
Africa: Mpox Outbreak Demands Immediate Global Response and Resources
There is a serious concern about Mpox's continued outbreak, which has now spread to several African countries
Urgent investment and action by all stakeholders across...
Jamie Foxx Shares new Details About Health Crisis That Left him ‘Gone for 20 days’
Jamie Foxx still hasn’t publicly disclosed what caused his hospitalization last year but has shared more details during an encounter captured on video.
The Oscar-winning...
UGMC Saves Lives with 6 Successful Kidney Transplants
The University of Ghana Medical Centre (UGMC) has announced the successful completion of six kidney transplant surgeries at their facility.According to a press statement...
Global Alert Issued Over Fake Ozempic Drugs – WHO
A global alert about fake Ozempic - which has become popular as a way of losing weight - has been issued by the World...