Dec 21 (BBC/GNA) – The Nigerian government has offered free train rides and slashed by 50% public bus fares across the country during the…
Africa
DRC election extended by a day after technical glitches
Nairobi, Dec. 21, (dpa/GNA) – Presidential and parliamentary elections in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) have been extended by one day into Thursday following logistical and…
More than 1,000 medical laboratories attain ISO accreditation in 2023
By Maxwell Awumah Cape Town, SA, Dec 19, GNA- A total of 1,026 medical laboratories in 29 countries in Africa have attained ISO/IEC (International…
Less than two per cent of health budget finances diagnostics sector in Africa-Dr Pamba
By Maxwell Awumah Cape Town, South Africa, Dec. 19, GNA – Enigmatically, less than two per cent of the health budget of the continent…
Al-Sissi secures third term to stay Egypt’s president through 2030
Cairo, Dec. 19, (dpa/GNA) – Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sissi secured a third six-year term in office after receiving nearly 90% of the vote in last week’s election,…
Conference calls for integration of diagnostics across disease outlay to deliver people-centred services
By Maxwell Awumah Cape Town, SA, Dec 19, GNA- The curtains over the Sixth Biennial Conference of African Society of Laboratory Medicine (2023ASLM) have…
Chad holds largely peaceful constitutional referendum
Ndjamena, Dec. 18, (dpa/GNA)- A constitutional referendum in the central African country of Chad was largely peaceful on Sunday as some 8 million registered voters were…
Parties in diagnostics sign MOU on Laboratory Medicines at ASLM Confab
By Maxwell Awumah, Cape Town, SA, Dec 14, GNA- African Society for Laboratory Medicine (ASLM), a pan-African entity on laboratory systems and diagnostics services…
Stigma and discrimination hinder promotion of quality health care – JSI Ghana
By Francis Ameyibor Harare, (Zimbabwe), Dec. 13, GNA – Access to prompt healthcare is hampered in many communities and medical facilities by stigma and…
Shaping the future of diagnostics in Africa conference begins
Cape Town, SA, Dec 13, GNA – African Society for Laboratory Medicine (ASLM) officially launched their 6th Biennial Conference currently underway at the CTICC…
West/Central Africa: Second-highest number of people living with HIV in the world – SAA President
By Francis Ameyibor Harare (Zimbabwe), Dec. 12, GNA – West and Central Africa have the second-highest number of people living with HIV in the…
International Conference on Aids and STI in Africa ends in Zimbabwe
By Francis Ameyibor Harare (Zimbabwe), Dec. 12, GNA – The 22nd International Conference on Aids and Sexually Transmitted Infections in Africa (ICASA) has ended…
Egypt to vote on final day of presidential elections
Cairo, Dec. 12, (dpa/GNA) – Egyptians are voting on Tuesday in the third and final day of the presidential elections, as incumbent President Abdel-Fattah al-Sissi is widely…
Zahara: South African music icon Zahara dies aged 36
Dec 12 (BBC/GNA) – Award-winning South African Afro-pop singer Bulelwa Mkutukana, popularly known as Zahara, has died, the country’s culture minister announced. She had…
Two dead in attack on Red Cross convoy in Sudan
Khartoum, Dec. 11, (dpa/GNA) - Two people were killed and seven injured in an attack on a Red Cross humanitarian convoy in Sudan’s war-torn capital. The convoy…
Upper East Regional Health Directorate to adopt consumer-centric focus – Dr. Boakye-Boateng
By Francis Ameyibor Harare (Zimbabwe), Dec. 9, GNA – Dr Samuel Kwabena Boakye-Boateng, Upper East Regional Director of Health Service, has outlined an effective…
Dolutegravir is safe to use in pregnancy – Dr Ganu
By Francis Ameyibor Harare (Zimbabwe), Dec. 8, GNA – Dolutegravir (DTG) is safe to use in pregnancy, Dr. Vincent Ganu, a Principal Medical Officer…
Coordinated efforts needed to stop HIV Stigma, Discrimination in Health sector – HIV Coordinator
By Francis Ameyibor Harare (Zimbabwe), Dec. 7, GNA – Ms. Roberta Araba Amoquandoh, HIV Coordinator at Ashaiman Municipal, says coordinated efforts are needed to…
Health Experts on HIV delve into use of differentiated service delivery
By Francis Ameyibor Harare (Zimbabwe), Dec. 7, GNA – HIV Health Experts have dissected the World Health Organisation’s (WHO) Differentiated Service Delivery (DSD) based…
Death toll rises to 69 in northern Tanzania’s deadly floods, landslides
DAR ES SALAAM, Dec. 7, (Xinhua/GNA) — The death toll went up to 69 in northern Tanzania’s recent flash floods and landslides as rescuers…