News Category: Africa

How cultural beliefs are hindering treatment of TB in Africa

Most rural residents in Africa mistook TB for witchcraft out of ignorance
TB patients mistake TB for HIV, and upon testing negative, believe they're bewitched

Tuberculosis (TB) signs

Tuberculosis is a communicable disease and one of the leading causes of death worldwide ranking above HIV/AIDS.

Diabetes: How diabetes kills you from inside out

Diabetes is a chronic lifelong condition that causes a person's blood sugar level to become too high (WARNING: Contains images showing extremely damaged human organs and suicide)

AHO is pleased with a 15% increase in vaccine uptake in Africa

Africa’s COVID-19 vaccine uptake rose by 15% between January and February as several countries embarked on mass vaccination drives to expand coverage and protect populations against the adverse health impacts of the virus.

Africa plagued by obesity, warns Africa Health Organisation AHO

Urgent measures such as taxes and restrictions on sugary foods and drinks are needed to stem the rising trend of obesity in Africa.

AHO worried about rising Substance Abuse Post-COVID in Africa

African health groups have warned that the COVID pandemic has led to a rise in drug and alcohol abuse on the continent, but a gap in data is making it hard to monitor.

AHO praises Zimbabwe for repealing the law that criminalizes HIV transmission

AHO congratulates Zimbabwe’s parliament for repealing section 79 of the Criminal Law Code, which criminalizes HIV transmission.

Hepatitis C and how to avoid reinfection

Hepatitis C is a liver infection caused by the hepatitis C virus. The virus is transmitted from person to person through contact with blood.

Hepatitis C reinfection can happen when you’ve received treatment for hepatitis C that cured it or your body cleared the virus on its own, and then you contract the virus again.

COVID-19 Daily updates reaches 11.3million people in Africa

The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Africa reached 11,284,902 as of 18 March 2022.

AHO worried about late HIV diagnosis of older people

Among people diagnosed with HIV over the age of 50, the proportion diagnosed at a late stage is higher than among younger people, in almost all global regions examined by Professor Amy Justice of Yale University in The Lancet HIV. While rates of late diagnosis have fallen among younger people in many regions in recent years, there has been less progress for older people.