Overcrowding in African hospitals is blamed on the scarcity of health facilities and doctors, especially in rural areas. According to the United Nations, there is only one doctor for every 5,000 ...

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Uganda's borders have always been busy and vulnerable. Over the past decade, Ebola, COVID-19, leptospirosis, Marburg, measles and cholera have all emerged, stretching an already burdened health system ...

About 60% of Syria’s health system was destroyed in the four years after civil war erupted in 2011, according to the un. A quarter of Yemen’s health services closed in the first year of its ...

On Wednesday, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared that an acceleration in mpox infections in parts of Africa constitutes a public health emergency of international concern. Here’s what ...

South Africa: Good Governance in SA's Health System Is 'Patchy' - Experts Unpack Report On How to Fix It. Western Cape Health. Officials inspect the equipment inside the mobile X-ray clinic ...

During his State of the Nation Address on Thursday evening, President Cyril Ramphosa reiterated the government’s plan to develop an electronic health record system. Ramphosa said this would form ...