Health
Zambia accepts a revised US health deal that Zimbabwe and Ghana have turned down
Lusaka says clauses on sharing patient samples were removed. Harare called the terms lopsided and a breach of sovereignty, and now risks losing HIV funding.
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Medicine, public health and the systems that keep 1.5 billion people well — outbreaks, breakthroughs and the people on the front line.
Health
Heart disease and stroke now kill 1.5 million Africans a year, study finds
Non-communicable diseases caused 4.7 million deaths on the continent in 2023. High blood pressure, diet and dirty air account for more than half of them.
Health
Kenya races to trace contacts after its first Ebola death, as the outbreak in DR Congo worsens
A man who fell ill in DR Congo crossed three countries before dying in a Nairobi hospital. No other infection has been confirmed in Kenya, but the case has raised hard questions about border screening.
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Street medicine is booming in Central Africa. A UN report says weak health systems are why.
More than 250 tonnes of medical products were seized in five countries in six years. Where a pharmacy is too far or too expensive, the UN finds, illicit sellers fill the gap.
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