By Emmanuel Musaazi Africa has one of the fastest-growing populations in the world. More than half of global population growth between now and 2050 is expected...
By Michelle Meineke Achieving the World Health Organization (WHO) target of reducing malaria by 90 percent by 2030 would not only avert 600,000 deaths annually, but...
The International Finance Corporation (IFC) has partnered with Bergman, Ross and Partners Incorporated (BRP) to provide medical diagnostic services to thousands of Ghanaians. According to information...
More than 60 percent of the 2,500 government paid medical doctors who are attached to the Jamaica Medical Doctors Association and the Medical Association of Jamaica...
(Black PR Wire) – The National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) is proud to announce its 5th Annual Media Institute on Health. The three-day conference will...
Former South African President Nelson Mandela. PHOTO/PETER DEJONG /AP South Africa’s former President Nelson Mandela “has made progress” in getting better after contracting a lung infection,...
Of the more than 1 million people in the United States infected with HIV, nearly half are African American men, women and children — even though...
Toni Carey and Ashley Hicks creators of Black Girls Run. PHOTO/black girls run Toni Carey and Ashley Hicks are on a mission to encourage African American...
(PRNewswire via COMTEX) — By the National Cancer Institute Many people who fear cancer don’t realize that some types of cancer are preventable. Cancer of the...
Health tourism has the capacity to generate US$ 35 billion per year and it appears to be a viable income generating option, which, if pursued, could...
There are two relevant issues. First, does Obama’s health law provide better medical care for Americans? And is it reducing the cost of healthcare? While the...
Dr. Rhonda Moore Johnson. PHOTO/File Dr. Rhonda Moore Johnson is the medical director of health equity and quality services at Highmark Inc., headquartered in Pittsburgh. She...
The Illinois Coalition of Community Blood Centers is working with the General Assembly’s Black Caucus to increase blood donations in the African-American community. The campaign is...
Not enough people are signing up to donate an organ, particularly African Americans. According to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, DHHS, in 2010,...
On February 18, Physicians Medical Forum (PMF) will host a day-long, tuition-free seminar to encourage the increase of African-Americans in health professions. The number of African-Americans...
Minister of Health, Hon. Dr. Fenton Ferguson, says a Government of Jamaica (GoJ) Health Card, to help improve the delivery of healthcare services to Jamaicans, is...
Now new research is revealing that African-American women appear to be less susceptible to premenstrual dysphoric disorder (PMDD) as well as to premenstrual symptoms overall, even...
When it comes to, men can be notorious for doing too little, too late. As men, we are told to play through the pain, tough it...
Sickle Cell Disease is a hereditary blood disorder that affects people in ways that can be felt and seen, such as causing pain and swelling. It...
Fact: Everybody knows that it’s important to get enough vitamins. Unfortunately there is no exact science of the facts about vitamins for determining just how much...
Zambia is among 22 other Sub-Saharan African countries that have seen their Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) infection rates dropping by 25 percent, a 2011 UN World...
Access to HIV treatment has improved greatly in Sub-Saharan Africa, the region which has long been worst hit by the AIDS epidemic, leading to a steady...
In the United States., African-Americans may be at a higher risk of Alzheimer’s disease than other populations. African-Americans are more likely to have vascular disease (disorders...
Black women are twice as likely to die of breast cancer as white women who have breast cancer. One possible reason is that black women tend...
The quest for the world’s first malaria vaccine appears to have taken a big step: A study in Africa shows experimental shots cut the risk of...
A new report released by the Health and Human Services Department’s, Preventative Services Task Force recommends against so-called PSA tests for men who don’t have symptoms...
In the United States, in keeping with the prevalence of health disparities in practically every other area of health, the African-American community suffers disproportionately from both...
Osteoporosis is a bone disease characterized by low bone mass, which makes bones fragile and easy to fracture. There are no symptoms or pain until fracture...
Hormonal birth-control injections may double a woman’s risk of contracting HIV and passing it on to her partner, according to a new study. The research comes...
(Reuters Health) – Black Canadians are at least as healthy as white Canadians, hints a study that is a stark contrast to U.S. statistics. From health...
This week the world mourns the passing of re-known environmentalist, feminist, activist and Nobel Peace Prize winner Prof. Wangari Maathai (pictured). A titan she was. Prof....
A global health group has come to the aid of millions with vaccine donations for a host of easily preventable diseases. The programme will cover 37...
The March 2010 report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) sited startling high levels of the genital herpes virus among African American women...
Health research indicators point out that race is helpful for understanding ethnic differences in disease and response to drugs. Genetic differences have arisen among people living...
A Denver-based medical investment company will open a hospital in Barbados in 2013 that it expects to be a center of medical tourism and an attractive...
VIDEO - This change could be the difference between life and death for young African American dialysis patients...
In global public health, disease-fighting tools that are cheap, available and sustainable are the Holy Grail. It might be hard to top the one being tested...
The Ministry of Health yesterday gave an assurance that the vaccination programme in public facilities was safe for young children, even as investigations continued into the...
MBABANE, Swaziland — Cash-strapped Swaziland’s state hospitals have only two months’ supplies of AIDS drugs, the country’s health minister has told parliament in an assessment that...
As a community, we should do our part to educate ourselves. Where we complicate things is not learning and not practicing safety. We must protect ourselves...
In the case of a working parent who was once emotionally distant and consumed by work, staying home during unemployment may have positive effects on the...
