At least 50 dead, 350 injured in a train crash in eastern India – reports
BHUBANESWAR/KOLKATA (Reuters) – At least 50 people were killed and 350 injured when two passenger trains collided in the eastern Indian state of Odisha on...
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World Bank lends $50.8 million to cut air pollution in the Bosnian region
SARAJEVO (Reuters) – The World Bank has approved a 46.1 million euro ($50.8 million) loan to help Bosnia’s autonomous Bosniak-Croat Federation tackle alarming air pollution...
South Africa cholera outbreak re-ignites anger over service delivery
By Carien du Plessis HAMMANSKRAAL, South Africa (Reuters) – When a cholera outbreak was confirmed in Hammanskraal, just north of South Africa’s capital Pretoria, it...
WHO ‘overstretched’ in response to increasing health emergencies
By Jennifer Rigby LONDON (Reuters) – A growing number of health emergencies around the world, from Covid-19 to cholera, have left the World Health Organization’s...
Study aims to help Africans age better
By Phephile Motau Innovations that could be developed through a new research programme may raise the life expectancy of people living in sub-Saharan Africa in...
South Africans blame city as cholera cases rise
By Catherine Schenck HAMMANSKRAAL, South Africa (Reuters) – South Africans on Monday blamed their local government for failing to provide clean water as deaths from...
Eswatini assures of contingency plan following rise in cholera cases in SA
By Khulile Thwala Minister of Health Lizzie Nkosi has assured the country that the ministry has a near-airtight plan to ensure control of the cholera...
Cholera outbreak claims ten more lives in South Africa
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – The provincial health department in the South African province of Gauteng on Sunday announced 19 new cases of Cholera in Hammanskraal, including...
HIV-prevention drug to be made in SA
By Phephile Motau An affordable version of a ground-breaking HIV-prevention drug will be made in South Africa for the first time. This will potentially give...
Mass vaccination drive begins in Malawi after deadly storm
CAPE TOWN (Reuters) – Malawi on Monday kicked off a mass vaccination drive to inoculate more than 9 million children against several life-threatening diseases, as...
