Health

The Auto-tune Republic: The road to 2027 (I)

A weekend visit. Sabon Gari, Kano. Invited by a friend to a Yoruba restaurant packed with weekend diners… plates of pounded yam and egusi steaming, and every pair of eyes — Hausa, Yoruba, Igbo, all of us — glued to one television screen…

Australia races to shield little penguins from H5N1 bird flu

Ethiopia: MSF Expands Healthcare Response in Oromia's Wollega Zones Amid Critical Service Gaps

[Addis Standard] Addis Abeba -- Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), also known as Doctors Without Borders, has launched a comprehensive primary and secondary healthcare support program in Ethiopia's East and West Wollega zones, seeking to…

Rwanda: World Vision Rwanda Turns to Golf to Drive Action On Child Nutrition

[New Times] World Vision Rwanda will host the Friends of World Vision Golf Tournament on Saturday, August 22, as part of efforts to mobilize support for initiatives aimed at improving child nutrition and strengthening school feeding…

Burrows to announce Nesbitt's replacement as health minister

Mike Nesbitt announced his resignation on Tuesday night amid a row with Ulster Unionist leader Jon Burrows.

The House: Government inaction undermines early cancer diagnosis and treatment

The government is being asked to stop discrimination on the basis of DNA tests, two years after it passed an as-yet unused law.

Trump taps aide Heidi Overton for FDA, pledges to speed new treatments

Overton is a deputy assistant to the president for domestic policy at the White House working on health issues.

Record number of women join Duke-NUS as Class of 2030 brings diverse life and work experiences into medicine

A disability advocate and theatre performer, a population health professional and a ballet teacher are among 78 ...

Two protected elephants relocated to E Kalimantan zoo

Deo and Sinta, two protected Asian elephants, are in good health after being relocated from Gembira Loka Zoo in ...

Ministry guarantees medical equipment for NTT emergency response

The Ministry of Health is ensuring the availability of essential medical equipment to support medical personnel in ...

Ombudsman shines light on 'coercive and unlawful treatment' at Wakari Hospital

Health NZ urged to improve "conditions of detention" by ending all prolonged isolation and improving physical living arrangements for patients.

Ebola is spreading faster beyond Congo epicentre, straining outbreak response

Congo has recorded 2,476 confirmed deaths, giving the outbreak a case-fatality rate of 47.5 per cent.