A three-day nationwide polio vaccination campaign began on 30 October throughout Chad, including in the east where according to the World Health Organization the rate of routine immunizations is among the weakest nationwide.

The UNAIDs Country Officer Mr. Nuha Ceesay has said that Hiv/Aids funding is likely to increase despite the Global Financial Crisis.

Wallpapering' huts with sheeting made from insecticide-treated plastic could be a new tool for malaria control, research in Benin shows.

Governments and other health care providers have been urged to come up with women-specific approaches in promoting health.

Church leaders have been asked to be at the forefront in the fight against HIV and Aids by openly testing for the virus.

Eight African countries participated in the 'Health Insurance Workshop - Extending Health Insurance: How to Make it Work' which ended last week in Accra, Ghana. Participants have gone back home with a better understanding of the modalities and implications of

Relevant stake holders combating cancer in the country are no longer treating the issue with kid's gloves.

Sokoto State government says that, before the first quarter of 2010, the state will be free from various child killer diseases.

Health officials in Francistown have warned the public to be on guard following recent reports of a new cholera outbreak in neighbouring Zimbabwe.

Sixty-year-old Alice Nabulobi is perhaps one great grandmother whose family is haunted by maternal mortality through the generation.