Health

By Emmanuel Nduka Obisue President Peter Mutharika has issued an executive order prohibiting employees of public hospitals and other state-run health facilities from owning, operating, or holding shares in private clinics and pharmacies. The directive, announced...

By Enyichukwu Enemanna The World Health Organization (WHO) has asked the United States to reveal any intelligence at its disposal on the COVID-19 pandemic's origins, a global health catastrophe that killed an estimated 20 million people....

By Ere-ebi Agedah Imisi A new global analysis by the World Health Organisation (WHO) has revealed that nearly four in every ten cancer cases worldwide could be prevented through behavioural changes, robust public policies and effective...

By Emmanuel Nduka Obisue  Rwanda is set to pilot artificial intelligence-powered technology in more than 50 health clinics as part of a new Gates Foundation-backed initiative aimed at strengthening healthcare delivery across Africa. The pilot forms...

By Enyichukwu Enemanna The U.S. has sealed new global health memorandums of understanding (MoUs) with four African nations, worth nearly $2.3 billion in funding, the State Department said on Tuesday. The MoUs which come with a...

By Emmanuel Nduka Obisue Nairobi County has approved a policy granting female employees two paid days off each month to address menstrual health needs, marking a landmark move in workplace health policy in Kenya. Under the...