Health Minister Calls for Vigilance After Two Cases of Contagious Diphtheria Confirmed [analysis]
Daily Maverick
The Minister of Health, Dr Joe Phaahla, has called for vigilance after two cases of an uncommon but highly contagious and potentially life-threatening bacterial infection,… Read more »
Country Faces Critical Shortage of Nurses, Healthcare Network Says - South African News Briefs - May 24, 2023
allAfrica
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Govt to Establish Breast Milk Banks to Tackle Malnutrition
Nile Post
Government has mooted a plan to establish breast milk banks around the country. Read more »
Anger Boils Over At Cholera Outbreak
Scrolla
Tempers have reached boiling point in Hammanskraal, located north of Tshwane, as residents blame local government for the tragic deaths of 15 individuals due to a cholera outbreak… Read more »
COVID-19 Pandemic - Ghana Lifts Restrictions At Ports of Entry
Ghanaian Times
With immediate effect, the government has lifted all COVID-19 restrictions at the country's ports of entry. Read more »
MSF Facilities Looted, Medical Activities Impeded By Violence in Sudan [press release]
MSF
Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) condemns the unacceptable harassment of our staff and the violent looting and occupation of our medical premises and supported… Read more »
Panic As Mysterious Disease Affect Cloves
Daily News
A mysterious disease is affecting growth of cloves, Zanzibar's major export crop causing panic among farmers in Unguja and Pemba. Read more »
Water Dept Intervenes in Hammanskraal Cholera Outbreak, Govt Says
SAnews.gov.za
The Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) has assured the public that it is working on an integrated model to respond to the current cholera outbreak in Hammanskraal, north of… Read more »
Technical Teams to Work With City of Tshwane, Health Dept in Response to Cholera Outbreak [press release]
Govt of SA
Water and Sanitation Minister, Senzo Mchunu has noted with great concern the outbreak of cholera in Hammanskraal and conveys his condolences to families who lost their loved ones… Read more »
Government to Upgrade 1,000 Health Posts By 2025
New Times
The Ministry of Health began a project that aims to enhance the financial viability and sustainability of 1,000 health posts through new financing and technological innovations. Read more »
Govt Criticised for Blaming Covid-19 for Country's Literacy Crisis
GroundUp
Department of basic education needs to take responsibility for "devastating" literacy rates, say opposition and civil society Read more »
Covid-19 Upsurge Worries Geingob
New Era
President Hage Geingob has expressed concern over the recent increase in the number of Covid-19 cases. Geingob said it is worrisome, especially when the country's economy is still… Read more »
Rwanda Readies for First Bio-Med Engineering Hub
New Times
The facility will serve as a hub for leading clinicians and technicians in Rwanda's healthcare sector. Read more »
Aid Groups in Cameroon Urge Women With Obstetric Fistula to Seek Medical Treatment
VOA
As the International Day to End Obstetric Fistula approaches Tuesday, scores of women who have been treated for the medical condition are encouraging their peers in northern… Read more »
Rwanda to Host New African Pharmaceutical Foundation Headquarters
New Times
Rwanda is set to host the headquarters of the newly launched African Pharmaceutical Technology Foundation (APTF), aimed at accelerating technology innovation in the continent's… Read more »