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    Omanyano ovanhu koikundaneki yomalungula kashili paveta, Commisiner Sakaria takunghilile Veronika Haulenga

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Health / Medical

What is cervical cancer and how can it be prevented? Answers to key questions

      By Abba Mallum, University of KwaZulu-Natal; Beatrice M’mboga Akala, University of the Witwatersrand; Maureen Bilinga Tendwa, Rhodes University; Rakiya Saidu, University of Cape Town; Stephen Avery, University of Pennsylvania; Twalib Ngoma, Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences, and Wil Ngwa, Johns Hopkins University     In 2020 the World Health Organization rolled out a global strategy to eradicate cervical cancer by 2030. This is the fourth-most […]

todayJune 24, 2024 19

Health / Medical

Cholera can kill you within hours if left untreated: how to recognise the symptoms and protect yourself

        By Samuel Kariuki, Kenya Medical Research Institute   Cholera is a deadly disease caused by the bacterium Vibrio cholerae, associated with poor sanitation and limited access to clean water. But it has also been found in seemingly clean places, including affluent neighbourhoods, hotels and restaurants with poor hygiene practices such as handling food with dirty hands and using contaminated water to wash utensils and prepare food. […]

todayJune 10, 2024 31

Africa

“Silent disease” outed at African Hepatitis Convention

From the left: Mark Sonderup, Danjuma Adda, Mark Heywood, Elaine Saayman and Yolaan Andrews during a session at the African Viral Hepatitis Convention on Saturday. Photo: Liezl Human   By Liezl Human, via GroundUp   The African Viral Hepatitis Convention this past week has put a spotlight on the need for eliminating hepatitis B and C, a disease which has infected millions of South Africans and can cause liver cancer if […]

todayMay 21, 2024 27

Africa

Chad hepatitis E outbreak: how the dangerous liver disease spreads and how it can be treated

      By Kolawole Oluseyi Akande, University of Ibadan   The World Health Organization recently announced an outbreak of hepatitis E in the eastern Ouaddai province of Chad. Between January and April 2024, 2,093 suspected hepatitis E cases were reported from two health districts. The Conversation Africa asked Kolawole Oluseyi Akande, a consultant gastroenterologist and hepatologist, to explain the causes, symptoms, spread and treatment of hepatitis E. What is […]

todayMay 17, 2024 24

Oshiwambo

Ovanhu vefike po 22 970, ove li kepango loudu wombuto yo HIV moshitopolwa sha Shikoto.

Omuvalu wovanhu vefike po  22 970 ova didilikwa veli kepango loku lelepeka ombuto youdu wo  HIV moshitopolwa sha Oshikoto oku fika mu February 2024. Edi oda li daetwa poluhaela kwao eli omukalelipo woshikondo shouhaku moshitopolwa sha Shikoto Saara Ndjimba, pefimbo loshongalele sho commitee inasha no mukifi wo AIDS shali kOmuthiya metitatu. Okwati mokati koonakuningwa oihakanwa yomukifi ovo veli kepango omwa kwatelwa ovakainhu vefike po 15 326,   oku shiyelekanifa nomuvalu wo […]

todayMarch 28, 2024 37 2 6

Health / Medical

Medical science has made great strides in fighting TB, but reducing poverty is the best way to end this disease

      By Tom Nyirenda, Stellenbosch University   Every year, 10 million people fall ill with tuberculosis. Even though the disease is both preventable and curable, it kills 1.5 million people each year, making it the world’s deadliest infectious disease. Over 25% of these deaths occur in African countries. The World Health Organization has developed a strategy to reduce TB deaths by 95% by 2035. It’s a monumental task. […]

todayMarch 26, 2024 20

Oshiwambo

Omupresident Hage Geingob, ota twikile noilonga nonande amonika omadidiliko ee cells doudu wo Cancer.

Ombelewa yomupresident oye shikoleka kutya omu President Hage Geingob okwa monika oudu wo  cancer, shalandula koidjemo yomakonaakono opaunamiti okomudo  oo ali aningilwa  08 January 2024. Momukanda oo watuminwa oikundaneki onghela ombelewa yomupresident oyati , onga oshitopolwa shoku ningilwa omakonaakono opaunamiti komudo keshe, omupresident okwali akaningilwa omakonaakono, noidjemo oya ulika ena omadididiliko ee cells doudu wo kakela. Nande ongaho Omukanda ina uyelifa kutya omupresident okuli mongalo ili ngahelipo ashike owa yelifa […]

todayJanuary 20, 2024 27 15 17

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