09-Oct-17 With the highest rate of hepatitis C globally, Egypt has developed an expertise in treating it. Now it is looking to share its know-how, as well as locally produced low-cost drugs, with foreigners having trouble getting treatment at home.[image: Mohamed El-Shahed, AFP]

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]