Population and Public Health Insights
In-house dental program Senior Smiles improving overall health, quality of life in aged care homes
14th May 2022, via ABC News
A lack of dental care for elderly residents can cause extreme pain, difficulties swallowing and spea... [read more]
Mauritius: Free Medical Screening Campaign Kicks Off At Trèfles
28th Mar 2022, via All Africa
According to WHO, noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) kill 41 million people each year, equivalent to 71... [read more]
Milestone for TB patients with HIV
27th Mar 2022, via Daily Nation
People living with HIV are more likely than others to become sick and probably die from TB. Some of... [read more]
New bed nets that 'ground' mosquitoes could boost malaria fight
24th Mar 2022, via The Standard
In 2020, 627,000 people died of malaria, mainly children in sub-Saharan Africa. Bed nets have been i... [read more]
We Must Innovate To Find The 40% Missing People with Tuberculosis
24th Mar 2022, via Amref
Globally, each day over 4,100 people lose their lives to TB and close to 30,000 people fall ill with... [read more]
New project launched to fight blindness
23rd Mar 2022, via Daily Nation
Trachoma is an infectious eye disease and one of the leading causes of blindness globally. If left u... [read more]
Knowledge gap hindering kidney care in Kenya
10th Mar 2022, via Daily Nation
In the past year, over 285,000 dialysis treatments were done in the country. Over 6,000 patients are... [read more]
Knowledge gap hindering kidney care in Kenya
10th Mar 2022, via Daily Nation
In the past year, over 285,000 dialysis treatments were done in the country. Over 6,000 patients are... [read more]
Ministry of Health confirms Yellow Fever outbreak
05th Mar 2022, via The Standard
The Ministry of Health (MoH) has reported an outbreak of Yellow Fever in Isiolo and raised the alert... [read more]
Rapidly increasing climate change poses a rising threat to mental health, says IPCC
01st Mar 2022, via The Conversation
Over the past decade, research and public interest on the effects of climate change on mental health... [read more]
Malawi Declares Polio Outbreak
18th Feb 2022, via All Africa
The health authorities in Malawi have declared an outbreak of wild poliovirus type 1 after a case wa... [read more]
Africa: Snakebite - A Public Health Crisis Made Worse by Climate Change
11th Feb 2022, via All Africa
Snakebite is an age-old public health problem across Africa. In 2017 the World Health Organization a... [read more]