Pneumonia: Deadly but preventable disease

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Kidney stones are more common among people living in cooler climates as their chances to become dehydrated are lower, which concentrates minerals in their urine making stone formation easier. Today there are plenty of people in Africa, including children who suffer from this medical condition.

The drowning of more than 300 migrants in the Mediterranean Sea this week could have been prevented with better EU lifesaving provision, experts say.

>As Tanzania joins the rest of the world in marking the World Immunisation Week that reaches its climax this Thursday, the World Health Organisation (Who) is calling for renewed global collaboration in dealing with diseases.

Disease is one of three enemies that have dogged Tanzania for decades. At independence over 50 years ago, it was condemned as an avowed enemy along with ignorance and poverty.

Why does Ebola cause more concern than other diseases?

Dr Stacey Mearns has been keeping a video diary of her work helping people with Ebola in Sierra Leone. In part three she talks about some of her toughest challenges.

Pope Francis said Monday that fundamentalism is “a disease of all religions”, including the Roman Catholic Church, as he returned from a three-nation tour of Africa in which he preached reconciliation and hope.

>Prevalence of Hepatitis ‘B’ and ‘C’, a life-threatening liver infection that leads to cancer, is worrying that public health authorities launched an awareness campaign yesterday to curb quick spread of the deadly disease.