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Fibroids: Treat women, not just fibroids — Ajayi

Fibroids: Treat women, not just fibroids — Ajayi

…Centre marks HIFU milestone, calls for wider access to non-invasive care By Sola Ogundipe Medical doctors must look beyond treating fibroids to address the physical, psychological, social and reproductive challenges women face, the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Fibroid Care Centre, Nordica, Dr Abayomi Ajayi, has said.Ajayi spoke as the centre marked 1,000 high-intensity […]
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The man with a young woman’s heart

The man with a young woman’s heart

Fifty years ago South Africa stunned the world: A surgeon in Cape Town, Christiaan Barnard, successfully transplanted the heart of a woman into the chest of a dying man.

Menstrual activism: ‘We need to talk about this…’

Menstrual activism: ‘We need to talk about this…’

The time for being coy about the time of the month may be over.

Women are starting to speak up about their periods in a wave of “menstrual activism” which is being compared to the “women’s liberation” movement of the 1960s.

$2.7bn invested in malaria control globally — WHO

$2.7bn invested in malaria control globally — WHO

World Health Organisation, WHO yesterday said despite an estimated US$ 2.7 billion invested in malaria control and elimination efforts globally in 2016 the world were still well below the target of $6.5 billion annual investment required to meet the 2030 targets of the WHO global malaria strategy.