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Bout Of Flu In Tanzanian Children Linked To Influenza Type A Virus
A team of experts tasked by the Ministry of Health a week ago to investigate an outbreak of…
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…
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…
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…
Health workers ‘given incentives’ to push baby formula
‘Pervasive, misleading and aggressive’ marketing of powdered baby milk is damaging child health across middle- and lower-middle-income countries, a UN…
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…
Quality of 20 medical products in East Africa under scrutiny
Seventy nine out of 169 medical products now recommended for marketing authorization Long procedures to introduce new…
Africa-CDC declared autonomous
Born in the aftermath of West Africa’s Ebola outbreak five years ago Expert terms the development as sign…
Kenya lockdowns ‘led to pregnancies, school dropouts’
Using lockdowns to control the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic significantly increased teenage pregnancies and school dropouts, a…
WHO recommends two new drugs to treat patients with COVID-19
The drug baricitinib (a type of drug known as a Janus kinase (JAK) inhibitor, also used to treat…