Africa

The continent of 1.3 billion people has recorded more than 2.2 million confirmed coronavirus infections.

Most Nigerians are very religious and when it comes to health issues many prefer to seek help from places of worship rather than the hospital.

One of the great divides this COVID-19 pandemic has brought to light is the difference between the survival prospects for the rich and the poor.

A market Study.

The genesis of the East African Community’s Medicines Regulatory Harmonization initiative.

Novartis’s Sandoz division will not profit from 15 generic drugs it is making available to developing countries to treat symptoms of COVID-19 for the pandemic’s duration.

Noncommunicable diseases, many of which are avoidable, are having a significant impact on the health of South Africans and the South African healthcare system.

One in every 1,000 people in Kenya is likely to fall prey to cancer. This incidence is expected to rise by 70 percent in the next two decades.

The Africa Union calls for an “equitable and timely distribution” of a Covid-19 vaccine by partnering with the COVID-19 Vaccine Global Access, or Covax.

According to the World Health Organization, there were hundreds of thousands of new cases of multidrug-resistant TB in 2018, only half of which can be successfully treated.

Some African countries have been criticized for not issuing accurate data on COVID-19.

NorLevo is among the drugs that are not covered by insurance companies in Rwanda, therefore the prices are manipulated by private pharmacists.

Experts explain rise in prices of pharmaceuticals in Nigeria

A cross-sectional survey in eight counties.

The World Health Organization is warning that Madagascar's herbal tonic its president claims can cure patients of COVID-19 has no scientific basis.