Twenty health experts from seven African countries have completed a two-week course on Geographic Information System (GIS) with an emphasis on how the technology can help address health challenges in Africa.
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From April next year South African HIV patients are to get a three-in-one pill, Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi announced in Pretoria as he released details of the government’s latest two-year AIDS drugs tender, valued at R5.9bn.
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A director at the African Medical and Research Foundation (AMREF) has called on African nations to increase their investments to improve the health of their citizens.
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Researchers have identified a new means to eradicate malaria infections by rapidly killing the blood-borne Plasmodium parasites that cause the disease.
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Another deadly horrifying virus has been discovered in Africa. This new virus, Bas-Congo virus, or BASV, is a Rhabdoviruses, which is a family of viruses that includes Lyssavirus, the Rabies virus.
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Danish researchers are now investigating African plants that have proven effective in treating snakebite.
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A new study has found that local mosquitoes in some African countries seemed to change their biting habits to skirt the barriers.
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A low number of women participating in clinical trials of HIV/AIDS vaccines in developing countries is continuing to frustrate scientists’ efforts to tell whether they are effective in protecting women.
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The African University of Science and Technology (AUST) has discovered a new drug and method for the treatment of cancer, its President and Provost, Professor Wole Soboyejo, said in Abuja.
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A substance in human breast milk seems to reduce the risk of mother-to-child transmission of HIV, scientists have reported.
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