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New Malaria diagnostic test validated by the World Health Organization
The World Health Organization is endorsing the first diagnostic test for glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency towards the new treatment for Malaria.
Study identifies genes linked to high prostate cancer mortality rates among African males
Researchers shed light on the genes that could be linked to the high mortality rates of prostate cancer among men of African descent.
Racism in Visa issuance plagues Africa’s health research
Applicants who were from Uganda and Tanzania also incurred extra travelling costs as they had to travel to the nearest consulate in Nairobi to apply for the visas. And they were still rejected.
United States boosts aid to combat cholera crisis in Tanzania
These teams, in coordination with local stakeholders, are providing life-saving water purification tablets, disinfecting water sources, and delivering community awareness programs to stop the spread of cholera.
World’s oldest person in 2025 is a Catholic Nun blessed by the Pope
The Brazilian Nun is said to be the last living person who was born in 1908 and one of only three surviving people born in the 1900s.
United States Wind up President’s Malaria Initiative Project in Tanzania
The United States’ partnership with Tanzania spans over six decades, and since 2006, the U.S President’s Malaria Initiative (PMI) has invested over USD 747 million to combat malaria in Tanzania
Egypt to Produce affordable Insulin drugs for all African Countries
Lilly will also license certain Baricitinib manufacturing know-how to enable EVA Pharma to manufacture and supply treatment for various immunological diseases across 56 low- to middle-income countries in Africa
More people are drowning to death in Africa than elsewhere across the globe
More than 7.2 million people, mainly children, could therefore die by drowning by the year 2050 if current trends continue.
World Health Organization approves new Xpert diagnostic test for Tuberculosis
Tuberculosis remains one of the world’s leading infectious disease killers, causing over a million deaths annually around the globe.
New Pandemic? Mysterious killer disease emerges in DR Congo
Health experts and authorities in Kinshasa are baffled with the emergence of a new disease which is killing hundreds, signaling a new pandemic