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As deaths from cholera, this week rose to 15 in Gauteng, South Africa’s most populous province, many residents are blaming the government for a lack of clean water for drinking and other household uses. The health department in Gauteng…

The Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria expresses displeasure over the recent decision by the Federal Government to increase allowances for only some public workers in the country. It said the pay rise approval establishes the point that…

Health workers  protested in the Federal Capital Territory with a threat to embark on an indefinite strike from midnight if the Federal Government fails to meet their demands. The health workers under  Joint Health Workers Union, are…

Hong Kong Chief Executive John Lee condemned an unusual rise in the number of withdrawal requests to the city’s organ donation system, saying Tuesday that police would investigate suspicious cases. According to the government, the city’s…

A polio and measles vaccination campaign has kicked off in the Democratic Republic of Congo's east. Field health workers in the North Kivu province are set to vaccinate some 87 578 children aged between six and fifty-nine months. The…

A report by the United Nations has revealed that extreme weather conditions have caused the deaths of two million people and $4.3 trillion in economic damage over the past half a century. According to the new figures published by the…

The Nigerian Government has opened the permanent site of the Nnamdi Azikiwe University Teaching Hospital in Nnewi, Anambra State, for the commencement of medical and healthcare services. The Minister of State for Health, Joseph…

Junior doctors in England have announced a new 72-hour walkout in June after the latest round of government pay talks broke down. The strike will take place between 07:00 on Wednesday 14 June and 07:00 on Saturday 17 June.…

India will make tests compulsory for cough syrups before they are exported, a government notice showed, after Indian-made cough syrups were linked to the deaths of dozens of children in The Gambia and Uzbekistan. Any cough syrup must…

The Executive Director of the Deaf Women Aloud Initiative, Mrs. Hellen Beyioku-Alase, has called on governments at all levels to make health insurance accessible to People Living with Disabilities. She made the call in an interview…