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Exclusive breastfeeding is highest in Rwanda
Globally, only 41 per cent of babies were exclusively breastfed in the first six months of life in 2018 but...
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One year later, DR Congo’s Ebola outbreak remains relentless and devastating
“1 August, marks one year since the Government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) declared an outbreak of...
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Roche’s diagnosis access program expanded to tuberculosis, hepatitis
Roche today announced that its Global Access Program is expanding beyond HIV, to include Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB), Hepatitis B and...
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There is a new WHO-preferred treatment option for HIV
Based on new evidence assessing benefits and risks, the World Health Organization today officially recommended the use of the HIV...
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How DR Congo’s Ebola outbreak became a Public Health Emergency of International Concern
On 17 July 2019, the Director-General of the World Health Organisation (WHO) Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus declared the Ebola virus disease (EVD) outbreak in the...
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Website of Nigeria’s health insurance scheme has been down for weeks
For at least five weeks, the website of Nigeria's National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) has been down, healthnews.ng can exclusively...
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Two Nigerian states move to end open defecation
The governments of Ondo and Ekiti states have taken steps aimed at ending open defecation in their respective states. In...
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Gene editing used to eliminate HIV
In a study published July 2 in Nature Communications researchers report a possible new way to eliminate HIV from an infected animal’s genome....
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Confusion as implementation of new e-yellow card policy goes into effect
The Federal Government of Nigeria has announced its plan to phase out completely, all old versions of Yellow card and...
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