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Health Policy
PM: Localization key to meeting healthcare sector's needs - Egypt Independent Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly stressed that expanding the localization of healthcare-related…
Women's & Family Health
CompCare strengthens prevention and everyday healthcare access for 2027 Josua Joubert Relevant benefits and growing reserves underpin sustainable member value CompCare Medical…
Outbreaks
Diphtheria: Yobe Records 511 Cases, 13 Deaths Since January The Yobe Commissioner of Health and Human Services, Dr Muhammad Gana, says the…
Outbreaks
eHealth Africa supports vaccination of 23 million children in 15 northern states The Executive Director of eHealth Africa, Atef Fawaz, has said…
Outbreaks
Lassa Fever: Oyo Records 131 Suspected Cases, 6 Confirmed, 1 Death — Health Commissioner Oyo State has recorded 131 suspected Lassa fever…
Heart & Circulation
How Professor Kruger helps to shape the first hypertension guidelines for Africa The recent launch of the first comprehensive hypertension guidelines developed…
Medicine & Research
Moroccan e-health startup One Med Link is developing an AI-powered, interoperable clinical workflow and health-data platform. Co-founded last year by Deyaa Wahbi…
Medicine & Research
Health Minister Khaled Abdel Ghaffar and healthcare data and technology company IQVIA discussed expanding cooperation in clinical trials, pharmaceutical investment and health…
Outbreaks
For Alhassan Mohammed Sani, a 35-year-old mathematics teacher at a Junior High School in Bole, in the Savannah Region, the road to…
Outbreaks
Smoking raises infertility risk by 40% in women – WHO A new knowledge summary by the World Health Organisation (WHO) has revealed…
Health Policy
Under Health Minister Anil Kumar Bachoo, Mauritius is combining prevention, specialist collaboration, workforce development and modern treatment to strengthen eye care —…
Mind & Brain
FLACQ, Mauritius — Mauritius has taken another important step in decentralising specialised healthcare with the inauguration of a new Stroke Unit at…