How a Midwife from Zimbabwe, Clara Methie is Improving Global Healthcare
When Clara Methie isn’t at the bedside delivering babies, she’s lobbying administrators to provide basic resources. Where she works in Zimbabwe, sterile gloves which are abundant in hospitals in developed nations are scarce or even unavailable to her and the students in the labor and delivery ward where she teaches. It wasn’t until Clara and […]
A Strange Sickness Is Killing People In Tanzania: Many on Quarantine
Seven people have died as of Saturday last week while 21 others are quarantined at the Dodoma Regional Referral Hospital and Kondoa District Hospital after they contracted a mysterious disease in Chemba and Kondoa districts. The Minister for Health, Social Development, Gender, Elderly and Children, Ms Ummy Mwalimu, said samples of the victims are now […]
General Electric opens new healthcare training and skills institute
General Electric today marked another step in the development of sustainable healthcare in Kenya, with the inauguration of the brand new $13 million GE Healthcare Skills and Training Institute, an education facility for healthcare professionals. The centre was inaugurated in the presence of Dr Cleopa Mailu, Cabinet Secretary, Ministry of Health for Kenya (or designate) […]
Fake Yellow Fever Certificates for Sale in Tanzania As Vaccine Runs Out
Yellow fever certificates, which are supposed to be issued only to people who have been vaccinated against the tropical disease, are on sale on Dar es Salaam streets, an investigation by The Citizen has established. The government is currently grappling with an acute shortage of yellow fever vaccine, prompting racketeers to cash in on the […]
300 Yellow Fever Deaths in Angola
The World Health Organization says the worst outbreak for 30 years has spread from the capital Luanda to most coastal and central regions. The disease has killed several hundred people since December. The UN’s health body said that over 2,500 suspected cases had been reported in Angola in recent months, adding that the disease had […]
DNA Holds the Key to Improving Drug-Resistant TB Treatment in Africa
Tuberculosis (TB) is one of the most deadly infectious diseases in the world. It is caused by a bacteria that infects and gradually destroys the lungs, and is transmitted by saliva, spread through coughing. More people die from TB than from HIV/AIDS. Despite this, there is currently no effective vaccine against TB, and most of […]
‘No Need to Panic Over Yellow Fever’ Says Malawi Health Ministry
The Ministry of Health has said there is no need to panic over reports of Yellow Fever outbreak, saying the risk of infection in Malawi is minimal but government will increase its surveillance in the borders by screening travellers coming from or on transit through Yellow fever-risk countries. There is no specific treatment for the […]
Zimbabwe’s Health Sector is so Bad even the President’s Daughter gives Birth in Singapore
EVEN though she may not be using public funds, the choice by President Robert Mugabe’s daughter, Bona, to deliver her new baby in far-flung Singapore, betrays the First Family’s hypocrisy and its lack of confidence in the country’s healthcare facilities. Like her father who gets medical attention at the state-of-the-art Gleneagles Hospital and Medical Centre […]
Yellow Fever Outbreak Spreads to DRC
The World Health Organization said Monday at least 21 people in the Democratic Republic of Congo have died from yellow fever connected to an outbreak in neighboring Angola. The WHO said that as of March 22 there were at least 151 suspected cases in the DRC. It warned that with the high number of people […]
Tanzania Govt to Search for Autistic Children Hidden By Parents
The government will soon start searching for autistic children, who have been hidden by their parents or caretakers, it was announced at the weekend. Siha district commissioner Charles Mlingwa said this while marking World Autism Awareness Day. He said the government would not tolerate the practice, he described as a violation of the rights of […]
