Africa Health News

HIV-positive pregnant women globally receiving antiretroviral (ARV) treatment to prevent them passing HIV to their children; up from 24 percent in 2006. South Africa, 91 percent in Namibia and 95 percent in Botswana. Other countries lagged behind: in Nigeria only...

Nigeria— The chief physician for Nigeria's president says the leader is undergoing treatment for a heart condition at a hospital in Saudi Arabia. Nigerian President Umaru Yar'Adua was flown to Saudi Arabia and admitted to a hospital in the western...

HIV Infections Decline Slowly in Sub-Saharan Region 25 November 2009 The rate of new HIV infections has slowly declined in sub-Saharan Africa, but the region remains the area of the world most heavily hit by the epidemic and it accounts...

The world’s first multi-country yellow fever vaccination campaign began on 23 November, with 12 million people targeted across Benin, Liberia and Sierra Leone. The push comes as the killer mosquito-borne disease is resurging in some sub-Saharan African countries and vaccine...

The doctor was practising at the Emerald Hospital in central Queensland. Health Minister Paul Lucas says patient files are being reviewed but no deaths have occurred. Mr Lucas says the doctor did not reveal charges of falsifying documents in Zimbabwe....

After 20 years of trials, scientists have announced they are on the threshold of discovering a malaria vaccine. Researchers warn that Africa may not be ready to make use of the vaccine should it be approved as expected within five...

Mosquirix it is the first malaria shot to make it to final-stage trials, and has generated huge interest ahead of a conference of 1,500 malaria experts to be held in Nairobi next week. According to the World Health Organisation malaria...

A Canadian breast cancer survivor and researcher at Harvard University is leading the fight against various cancers by helping to create an international task force aimed at obtaining cancer drugs at affordable prices and improving global access to treatment. "We...

A million Kenyans expected to know their HIV status during campaign More than one million Kenyans are expected to get tested for HIV during a national campaign launched on Monday. The drive is expected to target more than 77 per...