Guinea on Thursday questioned the diagnosis made by Côte d’Ivoire on a young Guinean woman who recently tested positive for Ebola in Abidjan, with Ivorian authorities saying they had no “doubts”. The Guinean Minister of Health, Remy Lamah on Thursday demanded that Côte d’Ivoire carry out a new analysis. He also stressed in the letter […]
Since mid-August, Niger is facing a cholera epidemic due to floods caused by heavy rains recorded in the country. More than 800 cases have been recorded across the West African country including in the capital Niamey. According to the Nigerien Minister of Health, Dr. Idi Illiassou Mainassanara, this situation has prompted the health system to […]
The Gambia declared a “public health emergency” on Wednesday after two cases of poliovirus were found in environmental sewage samples. A new sampling policy was put in place in the Gambia in May, with the support of the World Health Organization. “Two samples taken from sewers in Banjul and Kotu (a tourist town near Banjul) […]
By Shabibah Nakirigya Malaria — related deaths and infections have been halved under the auspices of Malaria Consortium’s Malaria Action Programme for Districts (MAPD). The five-year programme, which started in 2017, covered 53 districts in conjunction with stakeholders such as District Health Teams (DHT). Speaking at the project’s official closure yesterday, Mr Sam Gudoi, the […]
By Alicestine October In 1947 the first black woman qualified as a doctor in South Africa. Her name was Mary Malahlela-Xakana. It took the country about 60 years after its first black male doctor started practicing for Malahlela-Xakana to don her stethoscope and practice medicine. Much, but not enough has changed since then. Today, medical […]
