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West African governments considering lifting health care fees for all will soon have a guide to manage the financial impact of the move. The guide,...

Health facilities in Nyanza Province in western Kenya are struggling to meet the demand for medical male circumcisions since politicians threw their...

Aja Dr Isatou Njie-Saidy, the vice president and secretary of state for Women’s Affairs, yesterday, presided over the official launching of the...

First Global Handwashing Day 2008 celebrated worldwide Today marks the first ever Global Handwashing Day, celebrated in over 70 countries across...

WHO calls for urgent scaling up of services for mental disorders More than 75% of people suffering from mental disorders in the developing world...

The cholera epidemic is still out of control across Guinea-Bissau, with the number of cases doubling in the past three weeks, bringing the total...

Measles is one of the most contagious diseases known to humans and the only way to prevent the disease is through vaccination. An estimated 242 000...

Fear, a lack of blood donation supplies and ill-trained health staff have led to a dangerous blood shortage in Benin, said the head of the country’s...

For years, farmers in one of Senegal’s most mango-rich zones, Keur Mbir Ndao, 80km east of the capital, were losing more than half their harvests....

At least three people have been confirmed dead in Johannesburg, South Africa, in an outbreak of what officials believe to be contagious hemorrhagic...