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South Africa Opens New Facility to Make More of Its Own Medicine Ingredients

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Heart Disease
Global

Ischaemic Heart Disease Now Kills About 26,000 People Everyday,New WHO estimates show

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New Male Contraceptives Could Reach the Market Within 5–10 years, WHO says

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Trump Zimbabwe Health Funding

U.S. to End Funding for Health Programmes in Zimbabwe

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Global

More Than 200 People Sue Ozempic, Wegovy and Mounjaro Makers Over Vision Loss Risk

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who

WHO Africa Launches New Guidance To Help Health Workers Spot Suspected Breast Cancer Sooner

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japan

Japan Sets Record as People Aged 100 Surpass 100,000

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fiji

Fiji Declares HIV Outbreak a National Crisis as New Infections Hit Record High

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WHO

Ethiopia becomes first African Country with a WHO-classified Civilian Emergency Medical Team

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paho

Chile Becomes First South American Country to Eliminate Dog-Transmitted Rabies, WHO Confirms

3 min read
WHO

WHO Unveils 2026–2030 Strategy to Reduce Childhood Cancer Medicine Shortages

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ozempic
Kenya

Weight-loss Drugs Ozempic and Wegovy Officially Launched in Kenya as Obesity and Diabetes Cases Rise

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FILE
Kenya

Community Health Workers in Western Kenya Help Children Living With HIV Achieve Viral Suppression

4 min read
Lenacapavir

7 in 10 People on South Africa's New HIV Prevention Injection Lenacapavir Are Women

3 min read
MoH
Kenya

Kenya to Receive Ksh 51.8 Billion From World Bank as Ebola Readiness Sits at 66 Percent

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Kilifi
Kenya

Malaria Hospitalisations in Kenya's Kilifi County Drop by Nearly 98% from 1999 Peak

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kicc
Kenya

Nairobi Prepares to Host World Health Expo as Africa Looks to Cut Reliance on Imported Medicines

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Patients receive treatment during a measles outbreak at an overcrowded hospital in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on September 8, 2026. Image credit: Mahmud Hossain Opu/AP Photo

Hospitals in Dhaka Strained as Bangladesh Battles Twin Measles and Dengue Outbreaks

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ABC

Egypt's Minapharm Advances African-Led Ebola Vaccine as DRC Outbreak Spreads

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South African President Cyril Ramaphosa holds a box of lenacapavir during his country’s official launch of the drug. (AP Photo/Kayleen Morgan)

More Than 55,000 South Africans Start New HIV Prevention Injection Lenacapavir In Just Over 3 Months

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Informante

Namibia inaugurates first public-sector MRI machine since independence

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A health worker examines a child at a WHO supported health facility. Photo credit: WHO/Yemen

Renewed Fighting Threatens Healthcare in Yemen as Health System Struggles to Cope

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