The government has launched its first ever tuberculosis survey, as statistics show that 90,000 cases of were recorded in the country last year alone.

The cost related to dealing with air pollution-related diseases is only set to go up, especially for the city’s poor, say scientists.

Women in Kenya are enjoying a higher life expectancy than men, living to an average of 67.5 years compared to 63 for men.

Doctors in Togo, West Africa have seen a 10% drop in tuberculosis death rates after redesigning diagnosis and treatment services in one of the country's health districts.

The High Court in Johannesburg will hear an application by the Treatment Action Campaign (TAC) and Sonke Gender Justice on Monday for them to intervene as amici curiae (friends of the court) in a p

Hundreds of residents in Ndola's Ndeke and Itawa townships say that they are living in danger with the emissions of lime coming from Ndola Lime Company.

`Heart, Lung Ailments Claim 5.8m LivesYr'

MUMBAI: Tuberculosis, hypertension and diabetes have emerged among the top killers of 2014-15, showing how maximum city is at the receiving end of both infectious and lifestyle diseases.

In a bid to ensure that tuberculosis cases in the country do not escape detection, a Geographic Information System (GIS)-based mapping and tagging of TB patients, which will provide a real time and

At least 60,000 Kenyans will be tested using a new technology in the first-ever post-independence tuberculosis survey, the Health ministry has said.