Health

ADDIS ABABA — The Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) has urged countries to avoid unjustified travel restrictions on Ebola-affected nations. Speaking at an online briefing Thursday,…

GOOBJOOG NEWS | MOGADISHU: Somalia has approved a six-month action plan to strengthen childhood immunisation, expand vaccine coverage and accelerate efforts to eradicate polio, as the government seeks greater accountability…

GOOBJOOG NEWS | NAIROBI: Kenya has discharged five patients who tested positive for the Bundibugyo strain of Ebola after laboratory tests confirmed they had cleared the virus, in a development…

GOOBJOOG NEWS|MOGADISHU: Somalia’s Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Hassan Mohamed Ali (Nadaara), met the World Health Organization’s representative to Somalia, Dr. Humphrey Karamagi, in Mogadishu on November…

ADDIS ABABA — African health ministers on Wednesday joined the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) and the World Health Organization (WHO) for an emergency meeting, calling…

GOOBJOOG NEWS | NAIROBI: Kenya has reported a second Ebola death as the number of confirmed infections rises to nine, deepening concerns over the spread of the deadly virus despite…

GOOBJOOG NEWS | MOGADISHU: The Federal Government of Somalia has called for increased private-sector investment in healthcare to improve access to affordable medical services, strengthen the country’s health system and…

GOOBJOOG NEWS | MOGADISHU: Somalia is seeking to narrow gaps in healthcare access and improve the delivery of essential medical services as authorities assess whether ongoing health programmes are meeting…

GOOBJOOG NEWS | MOGADISHU: Hundreds of kidney patients in Somalia are set to receive subsidised dialysis treatment and financial assistance under a Turkish Red Crescent initiative aimed at easing the…