Toxic paracetamol syrup kills dozens of Nigerian babies

Nigeria's health authorities are warming citizens of a toxic paracetamol syrup which has killed dozens of children two months after they started teething. It is yet to be determined which ingredient of the syrup...

Rain season Zimbabwe will trigger more cholera deaths

If the cholera outbreak itself is not enough, Zimbabwe has to brace itself once again. According to international aid organisations, the humanitarian crisis is expected to escalate and worsen due to...

Deadly ebola outbreak strikes southern DRC

By Miriam Mannak (from Lubumbashi / DRC) An ebola outbreak in the southern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has killed nine people. About 92 are believed to be infected with the deadly virus. The epicenter of...

Cape Town Baby Diagnosed With Cholera

The authorities in Cape Town are on high alert after a 4-month old baby was admitted to hospital with cholera. According to the provincial health department of the Western Cape, the case is probably not related...

South Africa Is Winning Fight Against Cholera

South Africa is making good progress when it comes to fighting the spill over of Zimbabwe's cholera epidemic. According to the health department, water resources in Musina - a border town with Zimbabwe - have...

Botswana Rings Alarm Bells After New Cholera Infections

The city of Francistown in Botswana is on high alert after two more people were diagnosed with cholera. This brings the number of infections to four. All cases are a spillover from the cholera epidemic in...

Saving Girls From a Deadly Tradition: Uganda's Mission

By Miriam Mannak A huge breakthrough for girls and women in Uganda seems to be on the horizon with the drafting of a national bill that will send practitioners of female genital mutilation to jail for up to seven...