By genetically arming an already deadly fungal pathogen with a powerful toxin, researchers conducting an experiment in Burkina Faso dramatically reduced the mosquito "field" ... Read more »
Despite affecting a huge number of people, it's rare to hear snakebite spoken about as a health problem. But the global burden of death and disability due to snakebites is the same ... Read more »
This comes after four-and-a-half months of the country fighting the disease in 21 states, leading to 129 deaths. Lassa fever is a haemorraghic disease caused by the urine and ... Read more »
Doctors Without Borders hopes the hospital will address the needs of people living in a remote and neglected area who have been affected by years of war and frequent bouts of ... Read more »
In a bid to give expectant mothers quality services and hope, Nakuru county government has pumped millions of shillings into revitalising the facilities that were abandoned by the ... Read more »
The UN and leading aid groups have taken the step of formally declaring that the Ebola outbreak needs a major scale-up from the humanitarian community. Read more »
Half of the world's population by virtue of being female will at some point in their reproductive life have periods. It's a natural and normal occurrence; the average woman ... Read more »
A campaign by the Ministry of Health which aims to immunise more than 800,000 people against cholera will be supported by the World Health Organization. Read more »
MSF has revealed that at least 58 people have been killed by measles in Borno State since January. Measles is a highly contagious infectious disease caused by a virus. The ... Read more »
With the Ebola epidemic now in its tenth month and the number of new cases increasing in recent weeks, the UN has announced new measures to strengthen its fight to end the ... Read more »
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