The World Health Organisation (WHO) issued a stark warning on Wednesday that recent US funding cuts to tuberculosis (TB) programmes could have a devastating impact, putting…
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The decision by US President Donald Trump to freeze foreign aid threatens critical health efforts in Ivory Coast, particularly in combating HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria, humanitarian…
The World Health Organisation (WHO) acknowledged on Tuesday that the freeze on US foreign aid funding has disrupted critical global health programmes but vowed to continue…
Lema Tefera’s voice trembled as he recounted the devastating loss of four of his children to malaria in just one month—deaths that could likely have been…
A new study released on Tuesday warns that nearly 60% of adults and one-third of children worldwide will be overweight or obese by 2050 unless immediate…
The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) announced on Monday that a new round of negotiations for an international treaty aimed at reducing global plastics pollution will…
Authorities investigating the deaths of at least 60 people in northwestern Congo suspect that a contaminated water source may be to blame in one of the…
Nigeria has invested $500 million in efforts to eradicate polio, but the country still faces obstacles in completely eliminating circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus (cVDPV). Minister of Health…
The World Health Organisation (WHO) said Friday that an unexplained sickness outbreak in western Democratic Republic of the Congo is suspected of being caused by poisoning.…
Dengue cases in Cavite, Philippines, have skyrocketed by 409% this year, putting all 23 local government units on high alert, according to the Provincial Epidemiology and…