Africa: Major Progress in Malaria Fight - Report

Despite an increase in the number of people at risk for malaria, mortality rates have dropped dramatically since 2000 through the use of a handful of tools that global health… Read more »

Africa: Better Coordination Needed to Eradicate Malaria

Malaria researchers believe that better coordination and new technologies, such as the use of vaccines and sophisticated disease mapping, can inject new life into the ambitious… Read more »

Kenya: Nairobi Reports Family Planning Gains

Kenyan health officials say there has been a significant increase in the number of clients using family planning services in Nairobi county. Read more »

Africa: Helping Mothers to Deliver Healthy Children Safely

Holding the hand of Kumi as she went into labor at 3 am is a moment I'll never forget. Kumi lives in small hut in rural Ethiopia, hours away from the nearest health facility - and… Read more »

Africa: Child Mothers Set to Double By 2030, Says UN

The number of girls who become mothers before they are 15 years old is set nearly to double in sub-Saharan Africa by 2030, according to a new United Nations report. Read more »

Africa: Advances and Setbacks in Polio Fight

As the global community marks World Polio Day on Thursday, recent events show there is both cause for celebration and concern. Read more »

Africa: Ethiopia Proclaims Right to Family Planning

"Unmet need", in the context of family planning, is a rather mundane term that masks an urgent social justice and human rights issue. An estimated 220 million women in the world… Read more »

Africa: New Guidelines Aim to Coordinate Fight Against Malaria

Leaders in the fight against malaria have launched a new set of inclusive guidelines to combat the disease, which still kills an estimated 660,000 people each year, many in Africa,… Read more »

Africa: Nutrition On the Global Agenda - a Conversation With Jamie Cooper-Hohn

It may not sound like a compelling topic - and it certainly hasn't grabbed headlines or dominated policy dialogues. Read more »

Kenya: Kenya Fights Hidden Hunger Through Home Fortification

From the scribble on the walls to mothers clutching crying babies, the bustling ward at Mbagathi District Hospital is unmistakable as the children's unit. But amidst the activity… Read more »

Africa: Hidden Hunger in the Spotlight

Can a scarcely reported health condition unite the global community against what many medical professionals say is the leading cause of death worldwide? Read more »

East Africa: Using African Staple Foods to Promote Nutritious Diets

It’s time for East Africans to prepare their palates. Read more »

Zambia: Activist Questions Sustainability of Zambia's HIV Funding Plan

Zambia's government says it has met the challenge raised in the 2001 Abuja Declaration for African countries to spend at least 15 percent of their annual budgets on health care.… Read more »

Africa: Response to Polio Outbreaks Shows Global Eradication Plan Is Working

Just as we were seeing record-low cases of polio worldwide and coming closer than ever to eradication, 105 new cases of wild polio have been identified in Kenya and Somalia,… Read more »

Africa: Kenyan Doctor Receives Peace Corps Association's Highest Honor

Dr. Mohamud Sheikh Nurein Said is the 2013 Harris Wofford Global Citizen Award winner. The award is the National Peace Corps Association's highest honor, given to Said in… Read more »

Zambia: Chief Advocates Circumcision to Prevent HIV

As the influential leader of Zambia's Kaonde people, Chief Jonathan Eshiloni Mumena's decision to undergo male circumcision was nothing short of a public health practitioner's… Read more »

Kenya: Increasing Access to Family Planning in Informal Settlements

Kenya's infant mortality shows the fastest rate of decline among the 20 countries in sub-Sahara Africa, according to the World Bank. Among the possible reasons for this decline are… Read more »

Tanzania: Improving Access to Health Care for Women and Children

Women in Tanzania face challenges accessing adequate and proper health care services, partly as a result of inadequate funding for healthcare facilities and limited access to… Read more »

Africa: Power Sector is Ready for 'Stampede' of Investment - General Electric

The U.S.-based multinational General Electric, which points to a 100-year record of involvement in Africa, is one of the companies participating in the Power Africa initiative,… Read more »

Africa: Obama Promises Africa a 'Partnership of Equals'

President Barack Obama has promised Africa "a new model of partnership" which moves beyond the provision of aid and is focussed on increased trade and investment, including a… Read more »

Africa: Study - Rotavirus Vaccines Work Well in Developing Countries

Leaders of developing nations take note: a new study shows that rotavirus vaccines will have a powerful public health impact in your country. This pivotal study, just released in… Read more »

Africa: An Africa Fit for Women and Girls

I believe in an Africa that is fit for women and girls; that protects their well-being and creates a supportive environment for them to realise their aspirations. As I look at the… Read more »

Nigeria: Knotty Cassava Tubers Can Change a Nation

When Mathius Karoni shops for bread at his local Park 'n' Shop supermarket, he's not thinking about the contribution he's making to Nigeria's national budget or to the farmers… Read more »

Africa: Fund Invests to Break 'Unrelenting' Cycle of Mother, Child Death

The Children's Investment Fund Foundation (CIFF) will invest U.S.$787 million (£2.7 billion) to tackle under-nutrition – which underlies over three million… Read more »

Africa: Hope for Ending 'Unrelenting' Cycle of Malnutrition, Poverty

Gently laying three-month-old Benjamin on a board to measure his length, Elizabeth Mumo, 28, is grateful for the weekend clinics in a makeshift health facility, run by a retired… Read more »