WHO chief heads to Congo as Ebola outbreak strains responseHealth authorities in Congo and neighbouring countries are scrambling to contain the latest outbreak of the rare Bundibugyo strain, for whi...
28 May, 2026, 07.34 PM IST
Trump will send Americans exposed to Ebola while abroad to a new facility in KenyaAmerica's Trump administration is planning a new Ebola treatment center in Kenya. This facility will care for Americans exposed to the viru...
28 May, 2026, 09.54 AM IST
India, Italy, and Kenya partner to drive sovereign AI adoption across AfricaIndia, Kenya, and Italy have launched a strategic trilateral partnership to co-design and deploy sovereign AI solutions across Africa. This...
20 Feb, 2026, 10.13 PM IST
Neglected killer: Kala-azar surge in Kenya leaves record deaths, missed diagnosesA deadly kala-azar outbreak is claiming lives in Kenya's arid regions, with cases more than doubling in 2025. Misdiagnoses and a lack of tr...
08 Feb, 2026, 08.01 AM IST
India's mpox case 'isolated', not caused by new strainIndia has confirmed an isolated mpox case in a person returning from abroad, but it is not the new Clade 1b strain causing the global healt...
09 Sep, 2024, 08.14 PM IST
Farmers in Africa say their soil is dying and chemical fertilisers are in part to blameProblems with soil health are growing as the African continent struggles to feed itself. Africa has 65% of the world’s remaining uncultivat...
25 Jul, 2024, 10.39 AM IST
India-Kenya collaboration in trade, economy, education has grown: Rajnath SinghIndia and Kenya have witnessed growth in collaboration in various sectors such as trade, economy, education, health, and people-to-people c...
29 Aug, 2023, 05.27 PM IST
Chinese hackers attacked Kenyan government as debt strains grewChina's foreign ministry said it was "not aware" of any such hacking, while China's embassy in Britain called the accusations "baseless", a...
24 May, 2023, 11.18 AM IST
Coming to India? Be ready to stay at home for a weekTravellers shall also be required to upload results of repeat RT-PCR test for COVID-19 done on eight day on Air Suvidha Portal. “If found n...
08 Jan, 2022, 07.08 AM IST
Fearing India-like Covid collapse, Kenya scrambles for oxygenIn April Kenya registered a record 571 deaths, and the health ministry warned hospitals were overrun with fewer than 300 patients in the In...
13 May, 2021, 12.57 PM IST
Kenya says to stop flights to and from India amid coronavirus surgeKenya's health ministry said on Wednesday it was suspending flights to and from India after midnight on Saturday amid the coronavirus surge...
28 Apr, 2021, 09.11 PM IST
Rwanda's first coronavirus patient is an Indian"The patient had no symptoms upon arrival in Rwanda and reported himself to a health facility on March 13, where he was immediately tested,...
16 Mar, 2020, 01.41 PM IST
India, UAE to ink MoU for projects in third countriesIndia and UAE will collaborate to set up an IT excellence centre in Ethiopia riding on Delhi’s expertise and UAE’s funds in the Eastern Afr...
04 Dec, 2018, 08.51 AM IST
Budget 2014: Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana may be shifted to Health MinistryGovt is weighing possibility of shifting Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana, largest medical insurance programme globally which covers over 120...
07 Jul, 2014, 04.56 PM IST
- Health Ministry's new labelling norms on cola, energy drinks may dent sales
With the notification likely to enforce statutory warnings of all products that contain caffeine, sales of such aerated drinks could be neg...
30 Jun, 2012, 11.31 AM IST
- Kenya sees cure in Indian generics now
African nation’s health ministry says it will try to change anti-counterfeit law to save genuine generics.
03 Jun, 2010, 05.27 AM IST
- Kenya gives clean chit to imported drugs from India
This comes in the backdrop of a series of events in recent times in several parts of Africa, questioning the quality and efficacy of generi...
14 Jul, 2009, 02.08 AM IST