There are calls for the introduction of a levy in the National Health Insurance Structure in Ghana to cater for some of the costs of operations of the country’s national ambulance service.  It comes on the back of a proposal…

The Nigeria Center for Disease Control, NCDC, and the State Public Health Emergency Operations have launched an electronic data tool aimed at supporting surveillance and response in the country's health system. NCDC Director General, Ifedayo Adetifa, said the Data Analytic…

In Senegal, Three health workers have been arrested in the Southeastern town of Kedougou, after a pregnant woman and her baby died from a botched cesarean section. The incident is the latest in a string of maternal mortality tragedies in…

A U.N. monitoring committee is urging Benin Republic to address alleged discrimination against minority and marginalized groups.  The committee released findings this week on progress in seven countries whose records were under review. Abdullahi Hassan reports:

African nations have been reminded of the need to develop strategies to address climate change, which poses an existential threat to the continent’s megacities, Gabon’s President Ali Bongo Ondimba said at the third Africa Climate Week conference. President Bongo said…

International Committee of the Red Cross on Monday says the number of missing children is on the rise on the continent. In a statement released on the eve of this year's International Day of Missing Persons, the organization reports that there…