Tropical diseases
Musician Youssou Ndour Backs Senegal’s War On Malaria
Youssou Ndour, Senegal's most famous musician, is throwing his weight behind malaria eradication in his homeland to...
Vaccine Created To Protect Ebola-Ravaged Chimps
Scientists announced Thursday that they have developed a vaccine to shield endangered chimpanzees and gorillas against...
Ghana Health Service Discredits Ebola Outbreak Rumours
The Ghana Health Service (GHS) and the Ministry of Health (MoH), has discredited rumours of an Ebola outbreak in the...
Ghana Health Service Condemns False Ebola Outbreak Report
The Ghana Health Service has debunked information circulating on social media, suggesting that there is an outbreak of...
First Drug-Resistant Malaria Parasite Detected In Africa
For the first time in Africa, researchers said Wednesday they have detected a malaria parasite that is partially...
Bushmeat Trade Tests Cameroon’s Ebola Prevention
The market in Ambam, a colonial town with brick-red cottages and rusty roofs, near the southern borders with Equatorial...
Ebola ‘super-Spreaders’ Cause Most Cases
The majority of cases in the world’s largest outbreak of Ebola were caused by a tiny handful of patients, research...
Ebola ‘super-Spreaders’ Cause Most Cases
The majority of cases in the world’s largest outbreak of Ebola were caused by a tiny handful of patients, research...
New Concern Over Malaria Treatment
Doctors have raised fresh concerns that drug-resistant forms of malaria may be emerging across Africa. A key malaria...
Successful Ebola Vaccine Will Be Fast-Tracked For Use
A highly effective vaccine that guards against the deadly Ebola virus could be available by 2018, says the World Health...
Millions of Kenyans At Risk of Elephantiasis Disease
play videoA campaign has been launched to treat patients with disease that affects poor communities Transmitted through...
Malaria Control Improves For Vulnerable In Africa
The World Health Organization’s (WHO) World Malaria Report 2016 reveals that children and pregnant women in...
Morocco Marks End To Trachoma
Morocco eliminates trachoma – the leading infectious cause of blindness Transmitted through contact with eye and nose...
Canada Lab Worker May Be Exposed To Ebola
An employee at the National Centre for Foreign Animal Disease in Winnipeg has potentially been exposed to the Ebola...
The Lingering Shadow of Ebola Outbreak In Sierra Leone
The lingering shadow of Ebola outbreak in Sierra Leone Hassan sits silently and stares into the distance, he has tired...
NPP Will Solve Health Problems Around Pillars
A government of the New Patriotic Party, under Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, would resolve the nation’s health...
Over 190,000 Persons Are Blind In Ghana
Over 190,000 persons in the country are blind, according to the 2015 Ghana Blindness and Visual Impairment Study...
Malaria Death Rate ‘down 57%’ Since 2000
The malaria death rate in sub-Saharan Africa has declined by an estimated 57% since 2000, according to new data...
Water Water Everywhere And Only Mud To Drink!
When I was attending middle school at Kyebi, in the Eastern Region, my task each morning was to go to the River Birem,...