FOR a long time now, Zambia has suffered a brain drain in the health sector just as some citizens have been trekking outside the country to seek specialised treatment.

Both the brain drain and citizens going outside the country to seek specialised treatment have been a huge cost to the country.
That is why countries such as China, India and South Africa, with modern"...

(AETOS Wire)-- Shinkowa Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. (Chuo-ward, Tokyo; CEO, Megumi Tanaka) sells the first ever original supplements and cosmetics containing β-nicotinamide mononucleotide (NMN) under the 'MIRAILAB' supplement brand and the 'MIRAIDA' cosmetic brand, respectively.
The company has begun world-wide distribution of the special supplement products 'NMN PURE 3000' and 'NMN PURE 1500', which contain high doses of NMN.

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Health facilities in West Darfur are struggling to handle a surge in Malaria cases, brought on by the rainy season. In Sirba, the hospital must accommodate patients three to a bed.

The Coordinator of the Sirba camps for the displaced told Radio Dabanga that a basic school teacher and a basic schoolgirl died in Kendebe on Wednesday. A health source at El Geneina hospital in the state capital confirmed the transfer of four secondary school students"...

In the STEPSTONE open-label study, ozanimod demonstrated meaningful clinical and endoscopic improvements in patients with moderately to severely active Crohn’s disease at week 12

In the TOUCHSTONE open-label extension study, ozanimod continued to demonstrate clinically meaningful results in moderately to severely active ulcerative colitis across multiple measures of disease activity through week 92

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AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) is putting the spotlight on menstrual health for young women and girls through the donation of one million sanitary pads to three countries in Africa: Uganda, Nigeria and Zambia. The symbolic gesture is in honor of the 2017 International Day of the Girl Child; a United Nations"...

In times of economic uncertainty and political instability, healthcare costs and claims tend to increase, particularly with regard to anxiety and depression. It is clear that there is a co-dependency between mental and physical health.

Recent studies show that over 17 million people in South Africa are dealing with anxiety disorders such as panic attacks, post-traumatic"...

Officials at the Kapoeta Civil Hospital in South Sudan have closed down cholera treatment centres in the town due to a sharp decline in the number of reported cholera cases.

Mustapha Lokuru, medical director of the hospital, told Radio Tamazuj on Sunday that no new cases have been reported at the hospital for the last one month.

He said all the treatment equipment and"...

The African Summit for Combating Heart Diseases in the continent is due to begin session tomorrow, Tuesday, at the Friendship Hall in Khartoum.
The summit will be chaired by the world heart association to design the policies and plans for the confrontation of the problems of the heart disease in the African continent, and will be attended by the African health ministers, the services providers and the World Health Organization WHO, which will be concluded by the Khartoum declaration for the combat and prevention from"...

• Ferring enters agreement with Antares Pharma Inc. for worldwide rights to ZomaJet™ needle-free injector device
• ZomaJet is used to deliver Ferring’s Zomacton® (somatropin), indicated to treat Growth Hormone Deficiency in children and Turner Syndrome in girls
• ZomaJet helps increase adherence to treatment through its needle-free feature and the ability to self-administer 1,2,3

(AETOS Wire)-- Ferring Pharmaceuticals announced today"...

The hospital of Sirba in West Darfur has to make do with four staff members and very poor equipment.

The facility is serving about 75,000 people in the locality, a resident of Sirba's Abu Shajeira reported to Radio Dabanga.

“There are four people working in the hospital: A doctor, a midwife, a health worker, and a vaccination worker,” he said.

The"...