A Nigerian health official administers a mpox vaccination to a man. Credit: Photo Reuters By Xinhua News Agency Kenya’s Ministry of Health has urged citizens to strictly adhere to mpox preventive measures as the number of cases continues to rise, with children being particularly vulnerable. Principal Secretary in the Ministry of Health Mary Muthoni said

By The African Exponent Africa is known for its rich culture and diversity, and some countries are leading the way with high fertility rates in 2024. But what exactly is a fertility rate? It’s a way of measuring how many children, on average, a woman is likely to have over her lifetime. It may sound

The injectable HIV drug is administered every two months and is designed to prevent transmission through any form of exposure. By Daily Monitor Uganda’s Ministry of Health has announced plans to introduce a long-acting injectable HIV prevention drug, known as Cabotegravir (CAB-LA), from September. Dr Herbert Kadama, the ministry’s PrEP coordinator, said the country expects

By Anadolu Agency The World Health Organization (WHO) regional director for Europe warned on Thursday that mpox could spread to other countries after Sweden confirmed the first case of infectious viral disease outside of Africa. Sweden early Thursday reported the first case of the more contagious variant of mpox outside of Africa, just a day

Medical staff enter a quarantine area in Lobaya, Central African Republic, on October 18, 2018, following an outbreak of the monkeypox virus By Xinhua News Agency The East African Community (EAC) on Monday called on its eight member states to educate their citizens on how to protect themselves and prevent the spread of mpox (monkeypox),

Vials of the JYNNEOS smallpox and monkeypox vaccine are placed on a table during a clinic offered by the Pima County Department of Public Health at Abrams Public Health Center in Tucson, Arizona, U.S., August 20, 2022. Photographer Rebecca Noble By Reuters Republic of the Congo has declared an epidemic of mpox after 19 cases

By Reuters Drug regulators in Tanzania, Rwanda and Zimbabwe have recalled a batch of Johnson & Johnson (JNJ.N), opens new tab children’s cough syrup as a precautionary measure after their Nigerian counterpart said laboratory tests found high levels of toxicity. The countries join Nigeria, Kenya and South Africa in recalling the same batch of the

Chinese Ambassador to Uganda Zhang Lizhong (4th L) and Ugandan Health Minister Jane Ruth Aceng (2nd R) attend the handover ceremony of the anti-malaria medicines donated by China, at the National Medical Stores in Kajjansi, central district of Wakiso, Uganda, on April 5, 2024. (Photo by Hajarah Nalwadda/Xinhua) By Xinhua News Agency Uganda has said

Du Yushan (R), leader of the 12th batch of the Chinese medical team in Ghana, checks a machine at LEKMA Hospital in Accra, Ghana, on March 4, 2024. (Photo by Seth/Xinhua) By Xinhua News Agency The 12th batch of the Chinese medical team in Ghana has helped a Ghanaian hospital improve its radiology services over

Forty-eight of the nurses being investigated are already working in the NHS and have been asked to retake the test but have not been suspended. Photograph: Peter Byrne/PA The Guardian By Denis Campbell Hundreds of frontline NHS staff are treating patients despite being under investigation for their part in an alleged “industrial-scale” qualifications fraud. More