Health

Today, the World Health Organization (WHO) issued an emergency use listing (EUL) for COVAXIN® (developed by Bharat Biotech), adding to a growing portfolio of vaccines validated by WHO for the prevention...

The Integrated Molecular Imaging Centre at Kenyatta University Teaching, Referral and Research Hospital, in Kiambu county, is the first of its kind in the region. It was engineered, procured, built...

Fei Shengchao, Chinese Ambassador to Somalia, said the humanitarian supplies from China included 10,000 tents, 50,000 mosquito nets, 20,000 aid kits and baby weight scales, stethoscopes and thermometers. "The pandemic...

Mark Oyier, a communication specialist operating in the country's Kisumu city, said that he contracted COVID-19 two months ago but had to self-medicate and stay at home because he could...

The COVID-19 pandemic has reversed years of global progress in tackling tuberculosis and for the first time in over a decade, TB deaths have increased, according to the World Health Organization’s...

KAMPALA - Health Minister Jane Ruth Aceng told reporters that they have increased surveillance along the border with DRC where a confirmed case was reported on Oct 6. The two...

Global health workforce urges action to avert health catastrophe The WHO COP26 Special Report on Climate Change and Health, launched today, in the lead-up to the United Nations Climate Change Conference...

NAIROBI - Kenya on Friday evening received 160,000 doses of AstraZeneca from Slovakia, as well as 700,000 doses of vaccine from France and Germany donated via the COVAX Facility. Henriette...

The Africa CDC, the specialized healthcare agency of the African Union (AU), said the death toll from the pandemic across the continent stands at 213,877. And some 7,733,014 patients across...

The National Biotechnology Authority of Zimbabwe and Chengie Research and Gulf Pharmaceuticals Zimbabwe have developed COFSOL, a cough medicine made from the country's wonder herb, Lippia Javanica, commonly known in...