Health
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More people across UK show symptoms of deadly China infection, coronavirus
London, Jan. 24, 2020 (AltAfrica)-More than a dozen people in the UK have been tested for coronavirus, as the health secretary warned there is ... -
Birth Tourism: Donald Trump to impose visa restrictions on pregnant women going to US to give birth
London, Jan. 23, 2020 (AltAfrica)-Pregnant women coming to United States just to give birth are to be ban under a new visa restriction by ... -
Ghana to introduce mental health levy to address short fall in funding for mental health rogrammes
London, Jan. 21, 2020 (AltAfrica)-Authorities in the West African state of Ghana are pondering the introduction of Mental health Levy special tax to fund ... -
Nigeria approves CD4 Rapid Test kit for HIV monitoring
London, Jan. 18, 2020 (AltAfrica)-Nigerian Government has approved the evaluation of Omega Visitect Cluster Differentiation Molecule 4 (Omega CD4) Rapid Test Kit to monitor ... -
Seven African countries agree to criminalise fake drugs manufacturing, importation
London, Jan. 18, 2020 (AltAfrica)-Health leaders from seven African countries met on Friday in Togo’s capital Lomé to sign an agreement criminalising trafficking in ... -
How British tourists abuse African children at the Gambia beach resort
London, Jan. 18, 2020 (AltAfrica)-Children and toddlers in the Gambia are being allegedly sold to British paedophiles for as little as £2-a-time by their ... -
Ghana, Kenya, Malawi begin pilot trial for new malaria vaccine in babies
London, Jan. 16, 2020 (AltAfrica)-Three African countries, have begun a pilot trial for a new vaccine to treat malaria, one of history’s deadliest and ... -
55 million children in Europe suffer violence each year- WHO
London, Jan. 16, 2020 (AltAfrica)-Each year, at least 55 million children in Europe suffer some form of physical, sexual, emotional or psychological violence, according World health Organisation ... -
Nigeria to establish new agency for the control of Hepatitis
London, Jan. 15, 2020 (AltAfrica)– The Nigerian Senate is making efforts to draft and pass a bill for the establishment of National Agency for ...
