Africa Health News

The doctor was practising at the Emerald Hospital in central Queensland. Health Minister Paul Lucas says patient files are being reviewed but no deaths have occurred. Mr Lucas says the doctor did not reveal charges of falsifying documents in Zimbabwe....

After 20 years of trials, scientists have announced they are on the threshold of discovering a malaria vaccine. Researchers warn that Africa may not be ready to make use of the vaccine should it be approved as expected within five...

Mosquirix it is the first malaria shot to make it to final-stage trials, and has generated huge interest ahead of a conference of 1,500 malaria experts to be held in Nairobi next week. According to the World Health Organisation malaria...

A Canadian breast cancer survivor and researcher at Harvard University is leading the fight against various cancers by helping to create an international task force aimed at obtaining cancer drugs at affordable prices and improving global access to treatment. "We...

Dengue fever, the deadly mosquito- borne disease for which there is no specific drug or vaccine, is spreading in Cape Verde for the first time, the World Health Organization said. The epidemic, which cases to exceed three thousand, mainly affected...

Can you really do it this time? If you have a weight problem, it can feel hopeless. The heavier you get and the longer that you've been overweight, the more impossible it seems to be able to drop weight and...