Lagos News
Lagos schools to resume on 8 October
Nigeria's health minister Onyebuchi Chukwu declared the country free from Ebola on 22 September, although the World Health Organization (WHO) is more cautious a...
Lagos News
Number of Ebola cases rises in Lagos
15 of the 19 Nigerian cases are in Lagos
Health authorities in Nigeria say that another Lagos resident tested positive for Ebola but has since been cured, bringing the amount of confirmed cases in...
Lagos News
Doctors strike in protest against sacking of colleagues
As the Ebola virus spreads through countries in west Africa, hundreds of doctors in Lagos have protested against the sacking of several thous...
Accra News
Ghana bans West Africa flights
Ban prompted by Ebola outbreak
Ghana has banned flights from other west African countries due to the Ebola outbreak which has claimed over 670 lives and recently spread to Lagos in Nigeria.
The...
Lagos News
Nigeria on red alert after Ebola death confirmed
Restrictions at Nigerian airports, seaports and land borders
Nigeria has put all its borders and airports on red alert in a bid to halt the spread of Ebola, after Nigeria's first recorded death of...
Lagos News
Possible case of Ebola in Lagos
Liberian man in Lagos suspected of having virus
There are concerns that the Ebola virus which has killed 660 people in west Africa since February has arrived in Lagos. The state health authoritie...
Lagos News
Health ministry issues warnings as virus spreads in west Africa
The Lagos government has outlined precautionary measures against the world's worst Ebola outbreak in nearby west African countries s...
Addis Ababa News
World class medical centre for Addis Ababa
Project by Ethio-American doctors
The foundation stone was laid at the site of a €100 million medical facility in Addis Ababa on 28 June by Ethiopia's foreign minister Tedros Adhanom.
The h...
Dar Es Salaam News
Government allocates funds to combat dengue outbreak
The Tanzanian government has allocated emergency funds to combat the outbreak of dengue fever in Dar es Salaam, where the mosquito-borne tropic...
Accra News
Test on Ghana's first suspected case of Ebola proves negative
Ghana has stepped up its health surveillance since the outbreak of Ebola in other west African countries Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Le...
Lagos News
Lagos bans smoking in public places
Penalties include fines and imprisonment
Smoking is now banned in public places in the state of Lagos under legislation that came into effect on 20 January.
The bill prohibits smoking in librari...
Accra News
82,000 children in Ghana die before fifth birthday
UNICEF call for greater awareness of hygiene
Out of every one million children born in Ghana, some 82,00000 die before their fifth birthday, according to figures released by the United Nations Chi...
Arusha News
Swine fever outbreak in Arusha
Arusha city council has imposed a quarantine on the movement of livestock in a bid to halt the spread of the African swine fever virus (ASFV) following the deaths of hundreds of infected pigs around t...
Cape Town News
Illegal rubbish dumps in Cape Town
There are 985 illegal dumping grounds in the Cape Town area according to the city's administration which has promised to increase its powers to combat the crime.
Cape Town is introducing higher fin...
Accra News
Ghana doctors shut down emergency services
All emergency medical services were withdrawn in Ghana on Monday 22 April as part of an ongoing nationwide strike by doctors.
The decision to intensify the strike action, which so far has involved...
Accra News
Mama Ye campaign launched in Accra
The Mama Ye Ghana Campaign has been launched in Accra as part of Ghana's initiative to reduce maternal and new-born deaths.
The awareness programme is being taken to help Ghana achieve one of its...
Lagos News
Lagos state officials shut down the fruit and vegetable markets at Mile 12 and Jakande (popularly known as Ketu) on 22 January, over failure to comply with the state's sanitation laws.
The enviro...
Cairo News
Polio virus detected in Cairo sewers
The polio virus has been found in the sewers of Cairo, in what is Egypt's first case of polio since 2004.
The World Health Organization (WHO), which has planned a vaccination drive in Cairo for 25...
Accra News
Major new sewerage scheme for Accra
Accra have launched a major sanitation and drainage project, in answer to calls from the nation’s president John Dramani Mahama for a seachange in citizens’ attitude to refuse disposal....
Cape Town News
Diarrhoea outbreak in Cape Town
A diarrhoea outbreak in Cape Town has resulted in the deaths of at least two children and the treatment of more than 2,800 others at the city's hospitals and clinics.
Almost 300 children were admit...
