3+ day, 9+ hour ago   (323+ words) A persistent immunity gap has driven Nigeria's 2026 diphtheria caseload past 10,000, with Kano remaining the epicentre amid severe transmission. Nigeria has recorded more than 10,000 confirmed cases of diphtheria in 2026, driven by a persistent childhood immunity gap that continues to generate deadly…...

3+ day, 9+ hour ago   (235+ words) Mozambique's health minister tells the Beira coordinating council that 54 staff were dismissed in 2025 for malpractice, illegal charges and medicine theft. At least 54 health professionals were dismissed in Mozambique in 2025 for malpractice, illegal charging and medicine theft, Health Minister Ussene Isse…...

3+ day, 11+ hour ago   (368+ words) Researchers at the Uganda Virus Research Institute are advancing gene-drive technology to control mosquito populations, complementing a major national vaccine rollout as changing climates fuel rising malaria infections. Scientists at the Uganda Virus Research Institute (UVRI) are advancing research into…...

3+ day, 14+ hour ago   (263+ words) The Nigerian Communications Commission says expensive devices, inaccessible products, and a lack of digital skills are excluding persons with disabilities from the digital economy. Speaking in Lagos on Wednesday at a digital citizenship training programme, the commission warned that without…...

4+ day, 9+ hour ago   (525+ words) US-based Kenyan nurse Amos Orwa says unrecognised foreign qualifications push African professionals towards nursing, a claim that fits US licensure rules. Amos Orwa, a Kenyan registered nurse practising in the United States, has reignited a diaspora debate over why African…...

4+ day, 2+ hour ago   (396+ words) Deputy Health Minister Dr Florence Samizi urged Tanzanian women to undergo cervical and breast cancer screening at least once a year for early detection. Deputy Minister for Health, Dr Florence Samizi, has urged women across Tanzania to develop a habit…...

4+ day, 3+ hour ago   (476+ words) streamlinefeed.co.ke A Nairobi start-up has built a robotic arm that converts a teacher's spoken words into sign language in real time, and its team demonstrated the device to deaf students at a secondary school in the Kenyan capital,…...

4+ day, 2+ hour ago   (204+ words) Tanzania's veterinary agency is scaling up livestock vaccine production and distribution as demand rises, led by Newcastle disease vaccines for poultry. Tanzania's veterinary agency is moving to expand livestock vaccine production and improve distribution to farmers, according to a report…...

4+ day, 9+ hour ago   (600+ words) Former cutters in Narok now earn from soap, beadwork and grain after quitting FGM, as county prevalence falls from 78 per cent in 2014 to 51 per cent. Women in Narok County who once earned a living cutting girls are now making soap,…...

4+ day, 15+ hour ago   (191+ words) Health policymakers in Botswana are confronting a localized reproductive crisis after Palapye recorded 130 abortion cases within a single ninety-day period. While the cumulative figure of 130 cases over three months is alarming, the month-over-month internal trend line presents an even more…...