November 29, 2022
Africa: Gender Inequalities Hampering Global Efforts to End AIDS - Report
Inequalities will prevent the world from meeting agreed global targets on AIDS, but a "feminist route map" can get countries back on track, the UN agency leading the fight against… Read more »
November 28, 2022
Africa: Flatlined Progress On HIV Treatment and Prevention Affects 2.7 Million Young People - UN
Some 110,000 youth under age 19 died last year from AIDS-related causes, the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) said on Friday, noting that coupled with 310,000 newly infected, the total… Read more »
November 18, 2022
Africa: WHO Unveils New Strategy to Tackle Antimalarial Drug Resistance in Africa
A new strategy has been launched to address the urgent problem of antimalarial drug resistance in Africa, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced on Friday. Read more »
November 16, 2022
Uganda: Doses of Ebola Candidate Vaccines Expected to Be Shipped to Uganda Next Week - WHO
Three candidate Ebola vaccines for a proposed clinical trial in Uganda should be shipped to the country next week, the head of the World Health Organization (WHO), Tedros Adhanom… Read more »
November 04, 2022
Africa: Climate Change Much Deadlier Than Cancer in Some Places, UNDP Data Shows
The impact of climate change on health if carbon emissions remain high, could be up to twice as deadly as cancer in some parts of the world, according to new data released on… Read more »
October 27, 2022
Africa: Rise in TB Deaths Another Fallout From the Pandemic, WHO Report Reveals
Tuberculosis (TB) deaths and infections rose during the COVID-19 pandemic, which disrupted access to treatment and support services, the World Health Organization (WHO) reported on… Read more »
October 19, 2022
Ethiopia: There is a Very Narrow Window to Prevent Genocide in Tigray, UN Health Chief Warns
The Director of the World Health Organization (WHO) urged the international community and the media on Wednesday to give the crisis in Ethiopia "the attention it deserves". Read more »
Africa: Cholera Vaccine Shortage Forces Shift to One-Dose Regimen
A lack of global supply has prompted the international body which distributes oral cholera vaccines during outbreaks and emergencies to temporarily suspend the standard two-dose… Read more »
Africa: Time to Get Off the Couch, WHO Warns, As 500 Million Risk Developing Chronic Illness
Almost 500 million people will develop heart disease, obesity, diabetes or other noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) attributable to physical inactivity, between 2020 and 2030, if… Read more »
August 08, 2008
Cote d'Ivoire: Toxic Waste Sites Still Not Cleaned Up
The sites around Côte d'Ivoire's biggest city where hundreds of tons of toxic waste were illegally dumped two years ago have still not been decontaminated and continue to… Read more »