Health
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EU announces additional €34 million humanitarian funding in the Great Lakes region
London, Sep 20, 2019 (AltAfrica)-The European Union Commission has announced €34.275 million in humanitarian funding to help the most vulnerable people in the Great ... -
Senegal women to get free breast, cervical cancer treatment
London, Sep 19, 2019 (AltAfrica)-Senegal government says that women suffering from breast or cervical cancer will be offered free chemotherapy in public hospitals from ... -
World at risk of deadly flu outbreak that could spread in 36 hours, kill 80,000,000, experts warn
London, Sep 18, 2019 (AltAfrica)-A deadly outbreak of a flu-like illness could kill 80 million people across the world in less than two days, ... -
Cleft Repair Certification : Smile Train, West African surgeons’ sign MoU to train thirty surgeons in five years
London, Sep 18, 2019 (AltAfrica)-Smile Train, the world’s leading cleft organisation and the West African College of Surgeons (WACS) has entered into partnership with ... -
10,000 Nigerian girls forced into prostitution in Burkina Faso-Ambassador
London, Sep 16, 2019 (AltAfrica)-The Nigerian Ambassador to Burkina Faso, Ramatu Ahmed says no fewer than 10,000 Nigerian girls are forced into prostitution in ... -
11 African leaders to attend Mugabe funeral as scores of mourners injured during lying-in-state
London, Sep 12, 2019 (AltAfrica)-Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa on Thursday said 11 heads of State had so far confirmed attendance at former President Robert ... -
WHO, EU join forces against spread of vaccine misinformation
London, Sep 12, 2019 (AltAfrica)-The European Commission and the World Health Organization (WHO) are co-hosting the world’s first Global Vaccination Summit in Brussels. The ... -
Rwanda inaugurates $16m Adventist School of Medicine
London, Sep 12, 2019 (AltAfrica)-Rwanda has inaugurated the state-of-the-art Adventist School of Medicine of East-Central Africa (ASOME) built at a cost of $16m. President ... -
Nigeria: Ekiti govt, FGM practitioners sign agreement to renounce practice in return for empowerment
London, Sep 11, 2019 (AltAfrica)-Scores of practitioners of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) in Ikole Local Government area of Ekiti State on Monday surrendered their ... -
Nigeria launches yellow fever vaccination campaign to contain disease
London, Sep 8, 2019 (AltAfrica)-The Nigerian government has begun a yellow fever reactive vaccination campaign in three states to contain an outbreak of the ...
