Another Mass Food Poisoning Incident in Egypt

Updated: Wed 1 May, 09:33 am

A second incident of mass food poisoning at Al-Azhar university has resulted in 161 cases, according to the ministry of health. read more »

Africa: Tracking Vaccine Scares

Updated: Wed 15 May, 12:42 pm

Vaccine scares have emerged as a major challenge to global efforts to eliminate preventable diseases, with rumours and conspiracy theories proliferating faster than health authorities can respond to … read more »

Africa Has Highest Rates of First-Day Deaths

Updated: Wed 8 May, 09:27 am

More than one million babies die the day they are born and the countries with the highest rates of these deaths are in Africa, according to Save the Children's annual report on the state of the … read more »