07-Oct-17 African heads of state and government recently issued a declaration and committed to accelerating implementation of the 2005 International Health Regulations, requesting that the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention and WHO support the venture. [image: EC-OIE]

07-Oct-17 In an effort to aggregate the fragmented diagnostic sector of India, leading laboratories from India, Sri Lanka, South Africa and the UAE have joined forces to launch India’s first global Pathology Laboratory Consortium, Neuberg Diagnostics in Bangalore. [image: ET Healthworld]

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25-Sep-17 The failure to stop a brain drain of almost 2,000 of its best doctors and nurses is exacerbating Uganda’s healthcare crisis, reflecting a growing problem across east Africa, say healthcare workers. [image: Ben Langdon / Alamy]

17-Sep-17 A team from the Dubai Medical Tourism Council and Dubai Health Authority is working to attract people from China, Russia and selected African nations such as Ethiopia, Kenya and Tanzania, as new sources of medical tourism. [image: Hotelier Middle East]