Africa

Malaria, which kills one child globally every two minutes, is the top killer of children under five in the east African country.

The insecurity in this part of Congo, along with the government's inability to provide the most basic of services, have made people suspicious of efforts to ward off the virus.

Government has warned that pharmacies overcharging clients or selling medicines in United States dollars risk losing their operating licences.

Despite the development of an effective vaccine and treatments, health workers have struggled to stop the virus spreading in remote and conflict-hit areas of eastern Congo, where many locals are wary of the response effort.

The disorder is more common in North Africa than in other areas of the world.

An estimated 10,704 new cancer cases involving 4,520 males and 6,184 females were recorded last year in Rwanda.

Performance in South Africa’s two-tier health system – the public and the private – has been worsening for some time.

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Compared to other countries, Kenyans have to pay huge amounts of money for life-saving drugs.

Authorities in the Democratic Republic of Congo have confirmed a new case of Ebola in the remote, militia-controlled territory of Walikale.

A chilling realization is sweeping the country about the vulnerability of Kenyans to the disease.

Scientists tested a costly approach to curbing the AIDS epidemic: Test everyone in the community, and treat anyone who is infected.

Democratic Republic of Congo’s Ebola outbreak could last much longer and cost far more in money and lives unless U.N. member states inject hundreds of millions of dollars now.

The pharmaceutical industry once sued to keep AIDS drugs from dying Africans. Now companies boast of their efforts to get medicines to the developing world.

The Lagos State Branch of the Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria has warned that there will soon be at least 100 per cent increase in drug prices across the country.