DRC – Healthy life expectancy in the African region has increased on average by 10 years per person between 2000 and 2019 due to improvements in the provision of essential…
Read MoreAfrica hits public health milestone in life expectancy: WHO
Month: August 2022
Nigeria rolls out the Healthy Heart Africa programme in partnership with AstraZeneca
NIGERIA – The Federal Government of Nigeria (FG) and Population Services International (PSI) Nigeria has entered into a strategic partnership deal with pharma giant AstraZeneca to launch the Healthy Heart…
Read MoreUCSF becomes part of US$200 million international consortium for Tuberculosis
USA – Researchers from the University of California San Francisco (UCSF) have joined a US$200 million international consortium who are working on control methods to lessen the suffering caused by…
Read MoreBiden administration declares Monkeypox a health emergency
USA – The Biden administration has declared a public health emergency for the monkeypox outbreak in the United States even as infections exceed those of any other country in the…
Read MoreOutgoing President Uhuru Kenyatta inaugurates the Kenya Tissue and Transplant Authority
KENYA – New milestone as Outgoing President of Kenya Uhuru Muigai Kenyatta has inaugurated the Kenya Tissue and Transplant Authority that will be tasked with regulating all services relating to…
Read MoreWHO issues US$123.7M health emergency appeal for the greater Horn of Africa
KENYA – The World Health Organization (WHO) has launched a record US$123.7 million health emergency funding appeal to reach more than 80 million people including children with life-saving support in…
Read MoreNovartis Corporation partners with IJN to combat cardiovascular disease in Malaysia
MALAYSIA – Novartis Corporation (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd (NCSB) and Institut Jantung Negara (IJN) have formed the first ever scientific partnership to help Malaysians in improved cardiac care. The cooperation is…
Read MoreBoston Scientific and Nevro resolve long standing legal dispute over intellectual property
USA – American multinational manufacturer of medical devices, Boston Scientific and Nevro have settled a nearly six-year old patent dispute related to spinal cord stimulation technology. Under the settlement, Massachusetts,…
Read MoreJapanese government authorizes the use of the smallpox vaccine against monkeypox
JAPAN- Japan’s health ministry has approved the use of a smallpox vaccine believed to be effective against monkeypox. Health officials said that the smallpox vaccine is thought to be 85…
Read MoreInstitute Pasteur, ARC, AfriCatalyst, WAHO ink deal to bolster pandemic preparedness in West Africa
SENEGAL – The Institut Pasteur de Dakar (IPD) has inked a pact with the African Risk Capacity (ARC), AfriCatalyst and the West African Health Organization (WAHO) to bolster outbreak preparedness…
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