How can a government sit on money belonging to people infected with malaria and related diseases whi...

It is business as usual for Apac, where the malaria incidence rate is arguably the highest in the wo...

USAID advocates DDT as the most cost-effective solution, but also provides insecticide-treated nets...

Yar'Adua has become the sort of President that all Nigerians do not need - a heavy handed individua...

Nigerian life expectancy is only 47 years and has not improved but dipped since independence in 1960...

In a world fast advancing in science and technology, Ghanaians are expected to live a much more comf...

The best option for SA is for government to remove all barriers to entry into private health care pr...

For some, going overseas to have babies is an objective that must be met at all cost. It doesn’t mat...

Government policies that have the objective of encouraging citizens to be healthier should be based...

South Africa’s chronic shortage of skilled health care professionals continues unabated and the situ...

RTS,S/AS—created by GlaxoSmithKline Biologicals—is the leading clinical candidate in a global effor...

While "drug prices are rising at more than twice the rate of inflation," industry analysts and insid...

For a pragmatist financial stability or the potential for financial stability is rated much higher t...

African leaders should take heed of those countries with pragmatic and humane drug policies.

The earliest cases of AIDS occurred in central Africa, in the same regions where Koprowski's vaccine...

Africa has failed to accept that HIV and Aids is real and is taking great toll on the social, econom...

Private financers and suppliers of health care products and services have been under siege since the...

Why is so-called ‘free’ health care such a mess? Simple: when health care services are ‘free’, won’t...

Government health officials from 13 African countries launched the first-ever push for accreditation...

According to the International Property Rights Index 2009, Nigeria ranked 94th out of 115 countries....

A scheme that promises “free” healthcare for all creates insoluble problems and has various negative...

SA already spends a considerable amount of money on health, yet the health status of South Africans...

Whilst Africa’s population is 10% of the world population, Africa bears 25% of the global disease bu...

This study should not be used to argue against the use of DDT in malaria control in South Africa or...

Developing a vaccine against malaria, a scientific challenge for decades, is critical to defeating t...

Uganda's Ministry of Health is putting unborn babies in Northern Uganda on serious health risks.

The root cause of malnutrition in Africa is underdevelopment linked to political, economic, ecologic...

Every day in Africa, about 5200 Africans contract HIV and at least 3800 Africans die of AIDS.

A number of factors are likely to accelerate HIV/AIDS rates amongst forced migrant populations and a...

AIDS has had a dramatic effect on poverty in the region - families have lost their breadwinners and...