Maputo — 3,413 patients across Mozambique are undertaking the new tuberculosis preventive therapy, coupling strong doses of isoniazid (H) and rifapentine (P), to prevent simple and non-contagious cases from worsening and increasing the number of infected people.

Maputo — More than 300,000 children between the age of six months and five years old were screened for tuberculosis during Mozambique's National Health Week which ended on 29 July. According to figures released by the Ministry of Health, over eight thousand children presented signs of tuberculosis.

Increase of Multi- drug Resistant Tuberculosis (MDR-TB) cases and access to the right drugs in Nigeria currently constitutes a major source of worry, Chinyere Okoye writes

Cape Town — The government's massive scaling up of its anti-retroviral (ARV) treatment programme is beginning to show results, with a new report showing that South Africa's life expectancy has increased by over three years in the last two years.

Luanda — Southern Africa Development Community (SADC)'s experts are gathered in Luanda since this Monday morning to analyse and prepare the agenda for the Extraordinary Joint Meeting of Ministers of Health, Mining and Employment.

Maputo — Tuberculosis remains a serious public health problem in Mozambique, particularly because of combined HIV/tuberculosis infection and the rise of strains of the disease that are multi-drug resistant, according to the Health Ministry.

For decades Africa has been ravaged by its three most life-threatening diseases: HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis (TB) and Malaria. The "deadly trio" takes the lives of millions of Africans every year, but instead of focusing on these ruthless diseases, many African governments are spending their budgets on guns or exorbitant political salaries, while failing to fulfill their promises to protect their citizens by investing in health and in providing medical prevention and treatment - the weapons that are needed the most.