Tanzania government to construct 90 cancer centres this year
04/02/2017The government of Tanzania will set up 90 cervical cancer centres across the country in order to ensure early diagnosis of cervical and breast cancer and treatment of the of.
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Ghanaian and Egyptian pick $100,000 AU prize for scientific excellence
02/02/2017The two scientists were presented the $100,000 prize each on Monday at the 28th African Union Summit in Ethiopia’s capital Addis Ababa. Ghanaian Felix Dapare Dakora is a Plant and.
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African Heads of State Make Commitment to Advance Immunization
01/02/2017Heads of State from across Africa endorsed the Addis Declaration on Immunization, also known as the Ministerial Declaration on Universal Access to Immunization, a historic and timely pledge to ensure.
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EU Looks to Camps in Africa to Cut Immigration
27/01/2017EU interior ministers will consider plans on Thursday to finance camps in Africa where the U.N. refugee agency and aid groups would process migrants to prevent them trying to cross.
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New Inventions in Africa Evolve in Three Stages: Expert Says
26/01/2017By Iyke Aru Technological developments in Nigeria seem to always embrace a particular pattern. New inventions most often evolve in three stages within the sub-saharan nation, especially innovations that.
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Uganda Welcomes More Refugees Daily Than Some in Europe Annually, Charity Says
26/01/2017Uganda welcomed more refugees each day in 2016 than many wealthy European countries received the entire year, the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) said Wednesday, seeking to debunk the myth that.
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Trump Expected to Order Temporary Ban on Refugees
25/01/2017U.S. President Donald Trump is expected to sign executive orders starting on Wednesday that include a temporary ban on most refugees and a suspension of visas for citizens of Syria.
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Tanzania: Gov’t Unveils Technology to Combat Sickle Cell
23/01/2017A new and state-of-the-art sickle cell-diagnostic technology, “Sickle-Scan test kit” was officially launched in Dar es Salaam last week – a big boost to the government’s efforts aimed to reduce.
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Extensively Drug-Resistant TB on the Rise in South Africa
19/01/2017Extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis, the most dangerous form of TB, is on the rise in South Africa, according to a new study. So-called XDR-TB does not respond to four or more.
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Zimbabwe Doctors Call for Clean Water to Fight Typhoid Outbreak
18/01/2017By Sebastian Mhofu In Zimbabwe, doctors and aid organizations have called on the government to improve the country’s water and sanitation amid a typhoid outbreak. Authorities have started dismantling vendors’.
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