It has been recently revealed that a fake antimalaria medication has become the reason for harming the progress of the malaria control drive running in Africa. It is a place where there are most of the cases of the disease. People die due to the same each year, and there is dire need for finding a proper mode of preventing the same.

It has been recently revealed that breast cancer is not linked to hormone therapy. The research done by scientists suggests that the hormone therapy will not tend to raise the risk of breast cancer in women. The research was done by a team of researchers from the University of Cape Town.

It has been recently revealed that there is a new technique of using spam filters in order to find an effective cure for HIV. It seems that the Antivirus software shall now help in hunting for an effective vaccine for HIV. This would be possible through the use of a new filtering system that would be able to scan spam and help towards finding a cure for HIV at the same time.

There are lingering rumors about banana shipments contaminated with the deadly "flesh-eating disease" as it has come to notice that sales of the same in Mozambique and South Africa has gone down. While all best efforts are done by authorities concerned to negate the rumors, fear could be seen among people about the same.

There is no doubt that AIDS is a contentious issue for countries across the globe, as it has been said that in a bid to rein in the rising number of new HIV infections, incentives would be given now.

By the next 10 years, South Africa would witness 300 specialists, promised Discovery Chief Executive Jonathan Broomberg, who said that they understand the need of trained staff in the health care system. Therefore, they have united hands with Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi and would work to increase the employment rate in the health sector.

Porridge or the Likuni Phala is highly notorious and therefore a regular school meal of children in Malawi.

According to reports, soon the South African Companies under the new breastfeeding law would be forced to provide facilities for breastfeeding employees.

On Wednesday, a global report on HIV prevention was launched in Johannesburg. According to the report, approximately 2 million youngsters between the age of 10 and 19 are living with HIV across the globe. The report has also found that out of these 2 million young people. About 86% are from sub-Saharan Africa. In sub-Saharan Africa, the rate of HIV infection has jumped to 72% since 2009.

South Africa has been hit by a deadly virus, H5N1, which is capable of harming human body drastically. In 2004 and 2006, South Africa was hit by a similar deadly virus - HPAI. The virus was found in 2007 and since then the EU emergency vet team has carried out 12 missions in seven Member State and five countries to control the spread of disease.