insert_link Health / Medical Malaria and TB cases increase in Ohangwena region Ohangwena Regional Governor Kadiva Hamutumwa revealed in her State of the Region Address on Monday that the region recorded a sharp rise in malaria and tuberculosis cases during the 2024/25 financial year. Authorities investigated 8,552 presumptive TB cases, confirming 742, of which 700 were new infections or relapses. According to the Namibia Press Agency, malaria also surged, with Ohangwena reporting up to 5,000 cases between late 2024 and early 2025. […] today5 August, 2025
insert_link South Africa SA Health Dept to Discuss US Funding Cuts Impact on HIV & TB S.A's Department of Health will this week engage with non-governmental organisations to discuss the impact of US funding cuts on HIV/Aids and tuberculosis programmes. The consultations will assess the impact of the USAID funding cuts and inform the government’s response. The department’s Foster Mohale urges patients receiving HIV treatment from affected US-funded centres to continue care at public health facilities: today4 March, 2025
insert_link Namibia Bience Gawa-!nas Highlights Namibia’s Global Role at Doha Forum Bience Gawa-!nas, the Vice Chair of the Global Fund, discussed her involvement at the Doha Forum, where she represented Namibia on the global stage. Gawanas emphasized the significant role Namibia plays in receiving Global Fund grants to combat AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria, and to strengthen health systems: today11 December, 2024
insert_link Health / Medical 154 million lives saved in 50 years: 5 charts on the global success of vaccines By Meru Sheel, University of Sydney and Alexandra Hogan, UNSW Sydney We know vaccines have been a miracle for public health. Now, new research led by the World Health Organization has found vaccines have saved an estimated 154 million lives in the past 50 years from 14 different diseases. Most of these have been children under five, and around two-thirds children under one year old. In 1974 […] today14 May, 2024
insert_link Health / Medical New TB skin test could offer cheaper and easier way to detect the disease By Yvette Naudé, University of Pretoria Detecting tuberculosis early could play a significant role in eradicating the world’s most deadly infectious disease. The World Health Organization says 1.5 million people die from this devastating disease each year. People infected with Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the TB bacteria that attack the lungs, often do not know that they have it until their symptoms become severe. Two out of every […] today28 March, 2024
insert_link 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. […] today26 March, 2024
