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Tanzania In Cross-border Polio Vaccination Plan As Malawi Kicks-off Campaign

A mass vaccination drive against polio in Southern Africa started Monday, targeting 23 million children under the age of five in the countries of...

Tanzania on high alert as Kenya reports yellow fever outbreak

Tanzania’s Minister of Health Ummy Mwalimu has urged the public to take precautions against yellow fever, a mosquito-borne viral disease that causes acute illness...

Tanzania: Documentary zooms in life of medical students at campus

What does it take to become a medical doctor in Tanzania, how easy, how tough? If you are one of those still asking this...

Kenya reports yellow fever outbreak, raises alarm in 47 counties

Kenya’s Ministry of Health has declared an outbreak of yellow fever, an acute illness caused by a virus that’s transmitted by mosquitoes. New cases of...

Tanzania: Single-dose rabies vaccine trials in human volunteers underway

The Ifakara Health Institute(IHI) has launched a trial for a novel rabies vaccine in human volunteers in Tanzania. The vaccine is designed for use as...

Surgeons restore erection for 44 year old man in East Africa’s first penile implant surgery

  Medical tests revealed the patient had “severe venous leakage” in his penis Many men in Africa still suffer Erectile Dysfunction in silence Doctors...