Africa Health News

Researchers concluded money would be better spent on increasing access to the new generation HIV drugs. A major study of 3,316 people in Uganda and Zimbabwe found routine lab tests for side effects made no difference to survival rates. The...

In an outline of a new direction for the global program launched by President George W...The goal is to make the services a routine part of each nation's health offerings...The services have been delivered through a complicated tiered system that...

By: Victor Ulasi, Nigeria A Nigerian Lab-Scientist and HIV/AIDS cure claimant Prince (Dr.) Ayodele Adeleye has reacted to the recent discovery of HIV/AIDS vaccine by a white man, stressing that the 33 percent vaccine discovered was far below what they...

acknowledging the impact they can have in delivering HIV programmes. According to the UN World Health Organization, faith-based groups provide between 30 and 70 percent of all healthcare in Africa. FBOs to implement HIV prevention, treatment and care, and to...

ALGERIA, Dec 4 (KUNA) -- Algeria announced the death of a man as a result of swine flu on Friday bringing the total number of fatalities from the disease in the country to eight. Another 27 people were found positive...

Three new death cases of A/H1N1 influenza were confirmed by the Algerian Health Ministry on Wednesday, bringing the total number of deaths caused by the epidemic in the country to seven among whom three were pregnant women.     According to a...

ALGIERS, (Xinhua) -- A total of 50 new cases of A/H1N1 influenza, among which were three deaths, were confirmed on Thursday by the Algerian Health Ministry, bringing the number of confirmed cases of the epidemic in the country to 274....

Medical experts say tobacco-related illnesses are becoming a serious health issue in Africa as a new report warns tobacco use may double in some parts of the continent during the next 12 years. The report, from the Global Smokefree Partnership,...

Tripoli - Libyan health officials said Monday the country had recorded its first lethal case of the pandemic swine flu virus. The first victim was a 40-year-old pregnant woman, who experienced side effects common with the A(H1N1) virus, also known...