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Health Show presenter Shini Somara talks to brothers Kingsley and Patrick Irhoghama in Nigeria by Skype. She finds out how both of them are faring after Patrick donated his kidney to Kingsley...

Lagos Lagoon is home to a vibrant community with little access to medical care. Medecins Sans Frontieres is running a floating clinic in the heart of the stilted homes. Local doctors who...

When it comes to halting the spread of deadly diseases, every second counts. But, current efforts to contain them are often hampered by the time it takes to diagnose and isolate those...

Kidney disease is on the increase in Nigeria due to changing lifestyles. There is a chronic shortage of trained healthworkers and the equipment needed to be able to deal with this disease;...

People suffered immense trauma in Cambodia during the Khmer Rouge rule. But as recently as 1993, there wasn’t a single mental health professional in the country. With support from the University of Oslo,...

US military staff from the hospital ship USNS Comfort are bringing medical relief and surgical care to local communities in Guatemala. Over 270 metres long, thirty-two metres wide and as tall as...

UNSN Comfort is a military hospital ship deployed to Latin America on a five-month humanitarian mission. Just like any hospital, it has operating theatres and wards for general and special surgical care. Staff perform...

Doctors at Churchill Hospital in Oxford are carrying out clinical trials to destroy cancerous tumours without the use of surgery. David Atwell, a keen tennis player, was recently treated for kidney cancer with...

A brand new vaccine against seasonal flu has to be created once a year for both the northern and southern hemispheres. The constant and rapid evolution of the virus means an effective vaccine...

Tsetse flies, the blood-sucking insects that transmit the potentially fatal sleeping sickness disease, are usually found in Sub-Saharan Africa. But a large colony can currently be found at the Institute of Tropical...