South Africa will almost triple the number of workers at its drugs regulator in the next 3-5 years, a consultant said on Tuesday, as part of broader plans to slash long drawn-out registration timelines to as little as six months.

A Federal High Court, Lagos, Tuesday, sentenced a businessman, Paul Ejiofor to 20 months imprisonment for importing fake Lonart DS tablets into the country.

Graduates of medical colleges from 9 Nigerian higher institutions seeking to register or obtain a license to practice in the United Kingdom have been barred by the General Medical Council (GMC) of the United Kingdom.

Between public health and public finances, the Greek government Friday tried to split the difference, allowing smoking in some night clubs and casinos in exchange for paying a special tax.

Plans to get people to adopt healthier lifestyles will not work unless the government is more prepared to use legislation, peers believe. The House of Lords science and technology committee said ministers seemed to be mistaken in their use of what is known as the nudge theory.

Authorities in Somalia launched on Friday a campaign to tackle cholera which has infected about 60,000 in the country since the start of the year, the World Health Organisation said.

The first antibody which can fight all types of the influenza A virus has been discovered, researchers claim. Experiments on flu-infected mice, published in Science Express, showed the antibody could be used as an "emergency treatment".

A drug used by smokers to help them quit increases the risk of heart attacks and other serious cardiovascular problems, research says. An international team reviewed studies involving more than 8,000 smokers, and found more of those taking Champix fell ill than those on dummy drugs.