The World Health Organisation says the two recently developed immunotherapies - anivolumab and pembrolizumab - have delivered up to 50% survival rates for advanced melanoma, a ... Read more »

The high number of cervical cancer cases in Africa is attributable to poor access to preventative and curative health services, especially among poor and under-served communities, ... Read more »

Data has shown that over two thirds of young South African women are overweight and obese, which predisposes them to noncommunicable diseases such as diabetes and hypertension. ... Read more »

In 2016, NCDs in Tanzania were estimated to account for 33% of all deaths. A report titled the "right to health and access to universal health coverage for older people" published ... Read more »

WHO is urging everyone to make healthy choices including cutting down on salt use, which can help reduce the risk of high blood pressure, which in turn reduces the risk of ... Read more »

The two top cancers for women are breast and cervical, breast cancer being the leading cause of cancer deaths in women living in developing countries and cervical cancer being the ... Read more »

Kenya and the U.S. have signed agreements in an aim to advance the two countries' joint goals in economic prosperity, trade and investment, defence cooperation, democracy, ... Read more »

Doctors in Africa aren't prescribing nature just yet but CEO of EpiAFRIC, Dr Ifeanyi Nsofor thinks they should be, when relevant. In 2018, doctors in Shetland, Scotland, first ... Read more »

Approximately 80% of women diagnosed with breast cancer in the country are examined at advanced stages 3 and 4 where treatment is less effective and outcomes are poor, a health ... Read more »

Researchers have found traces of 25 harmful viruses in surface water in the slums of Kampala and Dar es Salaam. The findings of the research by IHE Delft Institute for Water ... Read more »