Africa

The United States Government, through the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (US CDC), launched the Accelerating Progress in...

New research from the International Diabetes Federation (IDF) reveals that only 47% of people living with diabetes in Nigeria find...

Only 46% of people living with diabetes in the African region know their status, raising the risk of severe illness...

Nigeria has an impressive emergency response for disease outbreaks but victims of road accidents and other emergencies are at the...

The health authorities in Uganda today declared an outbreak of Ebola after a case of the Sudan ebolavirus was confirmed...

Health authorities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo declared a resurgence of Ebola late last night, following confirmation of...

The Institut Pasteur in Dakar, Senegal, a World Health Organization (WHO) Collaborating Centre laboratory, has confirmed Ghana's first outbreak of...

The government of West African state of Ghana has announced it is swiftly setting up preparations for a possible outbreak...

The Democratic Republic of the Congo today declared the end of the Ebola outbreak that erupted less than three months...

Friday Okonofua, University of Benin The word “abortion” is used to describe two types of pregnancies that end before 20...