HEALTH
Africa: Pandemic Effects Linger, and Art Invites Us to Pause and Behold Distance, Time and Trauma
When I finished the manuscript for my book The Pause, which looked at the COVID-19 pandemic through the idea of...
Read moreNigeria: 11 Million Nigerian Children Are Going Hungry – How This Hurts Their Health and What Needs to Be Done
Unicef, the UN agency for children, reported in June 2024 that around 11 million Nigerian children were experiencing severe child...
Read moreAfrica: Lb.1, or D-Flirt, Is the Newest Covid Subvariant. What Do We Know About It? Where Has It Come From?
Headlines are again warning of a new COVID variant in Australia. This time it's LB.1, or as some experts have...
Read moreAfrica: What's the Difference Between 'Strep Throat' and a Sore Throat? We're Developing a Vaccine for One of Them
What's the difference? is a new editorial product that explains the similarities and differences between commonly confused health and medical...
Read moreNigeria: Cooking Classes Help Reduce Child Malnutrition in Northern Nigeria
Since April 2024, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF)-supported healthcare facilities in North-West and North-East Nigeria are recording unprecedented surges in admissions...
Read moreAfrica: Is the International Aids Conference Advancing Equity and Equality in the Quest to End Aids?
Treatment Action Campaign and partner health rights organisation have taken an unprecedented decision to boycott the 25th International Aids Conference,...
Read moreEthiopia: Health Workers At Shone Hospital in Central Ethiopia Region Stage Third Strike Over Unpaid Salaries
Addis Abeba -- Over 300 staff members at Shone Primary Hospital in the Badawacho district, Hadiya zone of Central Ethiopia...
Read moreSierra Leone: UNFPA, MoH, Partners Hand Over Fistula Theatre, Equipment to Bo Government Hospital
On Friday, July 20, 2024, the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), in partnership with the Ministry of Health (MoH), the...
Read moreNigeria: Benue Teaching Hospital Repositions to Fight Cancer
The Benue State University Teaching Hospital (BSUTH) has repositioned its facility to fight cancer on all fronts in order to...
Read moreNigeria: Pate and Tinubu's Health Agenda
Paul A. Obi urges the need to strengthen healthcare as part of the mechanism for redressing social inequalities in the...
Read moreZimbabwe: Village Heads to Issue Birth, Death Records
The Government has trained over 5 900 village heads to issue birth and death confirmation records for individuals born or...
Read moreLiberia: Govt Urged to Establish 'National Volunteer Service' Program
Public Health Expert and Scientist Dr. Dougbeh Chris Nyan has called for the creation of a "Liberia National Volunteer Service"...
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