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Mauritania’s Health Ministry Faces Financial Scandals as Audit Reveals Major Irregularities

October 10, 2025 Geraldine Boechat 0

Mauritania’s Court of Auditors has uncovered alarming financial mismanagement within the Ministry of Health, citing multi-billion ouguiya budget overruns, unregulated contracts, and poorly executed health […]

Faulty lifelines: study reveals one in six cancer drugs in Africa is defective

June 30, 2025 Steven Addamah 0

A groundbreaking study has revealed that nearly one in six cancer medications available in four sub-Saharan African nations — Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, and Cameroon — […]

Zambians Protest Surge in Child Rape Cases, Demand Harsher Punishments

April 4, 2025 Steven Addamah 0

Outraged citizens marched through Lusaka on Thursday April 3, demanding tougher action against child rapists following a series of shocking cases. Recent months have seen […]

South African Victory: J&J Concedes on TB Drug Patent

July 10, 2024 Steven Addamah 0

Johnson & Johnson’s decision to not enforce its patent on bedaquiline, a crucial tuberculosis medication, marks a significant win for medical advocacy groups in South […]

Cape Verde extends HPV vaccination to boys

October 18, 2023 Geraldine Boechat 0

Now, “to enable gender equality and equity and prevent HPV-caused cancers in boys, the Ministry of Health will extend vaccination to boys aged 10 to […]

Taboos prevent Mozambicans from getting screened for prostate cancer

December 13, 2022 Khalid Al Mouahidi 0

In Mozambique, in the city of Nampula, urologist Osmany Leon warns of the need to prevent and eliminate taboos that prevent men from adhering to […]

IAEA, Morocco Join Forces Against Cancer, Pandemics

June 25, 2022 Khalid Al Mouahidi 0

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and Morocco are joining forces against cancer and pandemics, the Vienna-based UN agency said. In an article on the […]

Côte d’Ivoire has lost one of its valiant sons

March 11, 2021 Khalid Al Mouahidi 0

Hamed Bakayoko, the Ivorian Prime Minister, died on Wednesday 10 March in Berlin of cancer at the age of 56. He had been evacuated from […]

Zimbabwe Elections: Cancer-stricken Tsvangirai to lead opposition

January 16, 2018 Steven Addamah 0

Ailing Zimbabwe’s main opposition leader, Morgan Tsvangirai will be the presidential flag bearer of the MDC Alliance in the forthcoming presidential elections in the Southern […]

Tunisia: who was Slim Chaker, the Minister who died for children cancer?

October 10, 2017 Geraldine Boechat 0

Tunisia’s health minister Slim Chaker died on Sunday after a charity marathon to build a clinic for children with cancer, officials said on Monday. According […]

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