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Ban Ki-Moon, the United Nations secretary general, has called for preparedness by countries for emergencies, as part of his message on World Health...

Nigerian health officials are working to contain a resurgence of Lassa fever, a highly infectious disease that has killed at least eight people in...

Ten people have been confirmed dead and two are hospitalised following an outbreak of meningitis in north-central Ghana. The disease broke out on 25...

Five months after a specialised facility for multi-drug resistant Tuberculosis (MDR-TB) patients was established at Kenyatta National Hospital in...

Most people are familiar with osteoarthritis – the common “wear and tear” arthritis that occurs over years of musculoskeletal stress and injury, and...