Low donor numbers hamper Africa’s national blood services
A terrible car accident in late 2022 in Ghana’s southern Akuse town left Nana Serwaa Brakatuo in a critical condition. With a ruptured liver and blood clots in the lungs,…
Zimbabwe Govt Joins Hands With WHO To Break Stigma Against Mental Health
Mental health is a critical component of overall health and well-being, yet it is often overlooked and underfunded in many countries around the world, including Zimbabwe. The government of Zimbabwe…
Burkina Faso: Red Cross Calls For Respect For International Humanitarian Law
For some years now, Burkina Faso has faced a number of security and humanitarian challenges. In the light of ongoing armed violence, including a series of tragic incidents, the ICRC…
How UNFPA Mobile Clinic Helps Women Give Birth Safely During Crisis In DR Congo the Congo
“We heard gunshots and fled. I was seven months pregnant,” said Tantine, a 30-year-old mother of five children from Rusayo, in the North Kivu province. When armed groups attacked her…
COVID-19 Threats Still With Us, Nigeria’s Disease Control Centre Warns
BY ADEKOLA BOLUWAJI NIFEMI The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has reported that the threat of the COVID-19 virus persists in many countries, particularly for high-risk groups. NCDC reported…
Nigerian Govt Responsible For Spread Of Lassa Fever Cases
BY ADEKOLA BOLUWAJI NIFEMI Adewale Egbedun, an Osun House of Assembly for the Odo Otin state constituency, attributed the recent spike in Lassa fever cases in the country to the…
Violence Against Health Workers: World Medical Wants Nigerian Govt To Declare State Of Emergency
BY EBENEKE CLETUS CHIGOZIE The World Medical Association (WMA) has called on the federal government and health leaders in Nigeria to declare a state of emergency due to increasing violence…
LASUTH Celebrates World Oral Day With “Be Proud of Your Mouth”
BY EBENEKE CLETUS CHIGOZIE World Oral Health Day is celebrated on the 20th of March every year. The Dental Centre of the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH) was not…
Ebola Disease Caused By Sudan Virus, Uganda Raises Alarm
Uganda health authorities declared an outbreak of Ebola disease, caused by the Sudan virus, following laboratory confirmation of a patient from a village in Madudu sub-county, Mubende district, central Uganda….
Malawi Declares Polio Outbreak
The health authorities in Malawi have declared an outbreak of wild poliovirus type 1 after a case was detected in a young child in the capital Lilongwe. This is…