South Africans have different perceptions about their weight and are in denial about how unfit they really are. A recent survey reveals that 61% South Africans are overweight, obese or morbidly obese. However the study reveals that 74% of South Africans think their fellow citizens are overweight and only 34% of people considered themselves as [...]

The cholera outbreak in Nigeria has claimed 781 lives from 3,000 reported cases, the Minister of Health, Professor Onyebuchi Chukwu, has said. The minister made the statement in Abuja, on Tuesday, at a media briefing to intimate Nigerians on current trends and intervention strategies mapped out for the epidemic. Chukwu also said that of the [...]

UNITED NATIONS — The United Nations reported Tuesday that more than 500 systematic rapes were committed by armed combatants in eastern Congo since late July — more than double the number previously reported — and accepted partial responsibility for not protecting citizens. U .N. Assistant Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Atul Khare told the U.N. Security Council [...]

NO fewer than 70 persons were hospitalised in Ile-Ife on Friday following a cholera outbreak in Ife Central Local Government Area of Osun State. Dr Funso Ajao, Osun State Director of Primary Health Care Development Agency, announced this in Osogbo on Saturday in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN). Ajao said that [...]

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No fewer than 30 children between the ages of four and six are believed to have died following the outbreak of lead poisoning last week at Bagega village of Anka Local Government Area of Zamfara State. As a result of the development, the Emir of Anka, Alhaji Attahiru Ahmad, has suspended this year’s annual Sallah [...]

Cholera has killed 297 people in the west African nation of Cameroon, health officials said Wednesday. The outbreak, which began in May, has exceeded 3,000 cases, said Dr. Eric Mintz, the leader of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s global water sanitation and hygiene epidemiology team. The agency has an office in Cameroon. “It’s [...]

ABUJA, Nigeria — Health officials are warning that all of Nigeria is at risk in a cholera epidemic that has killed 352 people since the beginning of the year. The Health Ministry issued a statement Wednesday saying the country has had more than 6,400 cases of the waterborne infection this year. The statement blames heavy [...]

Circumcision is a common practice in the more developed regions of the world especially in Europe and America. About sixty percent of newborn boys in the U.S. are circumcised, usually within a few days after birth. The reason for circumcision varies according to culture and religion. For some, circumcision is done for hygiene and health [...]

In Afar, a region in north east Ethiopia, over 90 percent of women are subjected to one of the severest types of genital mutilation. The practice is mostly carried out by traditional circumcisers, who often play a central role in communities, such as attending childbirths. In Ethiopia as a whole, the prevalence of genital mutilation [...]