Health

Africa countries has been urged to introduce increased excise taxes as part of efforts to reduce smoking among young people as this would go a long way to preventing the onset of the epidemic. This is...

By Ere-ebi Agedah Kenyan doctors who are doing post-graduate training took to the streets of Nairobi to protest against the fact that the funding meant to help pay for their training has been withheld by the...

By John Ikani President of Senegal, Macky Sall has sacked his Health Minister, Abdoulaye Diouf Sarr, after 11 babies were killed by a fire in a hospital on Wednesday. Mr Sarr will be replaced by Marie...

By John Ikani Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) says it is investigating suspected cases of monkeypox outbreak in Sudan and Morocco. The probe is coming on the heels of outbreaks of the virus...

By John Ikani  The World Health Organization (WHO) member states on Tuesday confirmed the re-election of Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus for a second term as Director-General of the U.N. health agency. The result of the secret...

By John Ikani Leading media outlets, mainly in North America and Europe, are using images of Black people alongside stories of the monkeypox outbreak, a development which African journalists have slammed them for. "Is the media...