The World Health Organisation (WHO) has announced that Read more »
More than 60 million children globally did not receive out on one or more essential vaccinations between 2019 and 2021 due to disruptions caused by the Covid-19 pandemic and Read more »
The disease burden and distribution of mycetoma - a neglected tropical disease (NTD) - are not very well understood. However, it is known to affect people in Sudan, Senegal, ... Read more »
Health authorities in Burundi have announced that they had identified eight samples of polio, marking the country's first outbreak of the disease in over 30 years. The World ... Read more »
HIV/Aids patients in Malawi, Rwanda and Zambia who contract Covid-19, now have access to oral medication, with the delivery of PAXLOVID, Pfizer's Covid-19 oral treatment. The ... Read more »
The Covid-19 pandemic will be remembered for the widespread lockdowns and devastating loss of life, particularly among the elderly. According to an article by Clemens Schleupner ... Read more »
From the widespread outbreak of Mpox (formerly called monkeypox) in 2022, to the evolving bird flu situation, to recent cases of Marburg virus in Equatorial Guine Read more »
After three years since the outbreak of Covid-19 and over almost 7 million reported deaths, World Health Organisation (WHO) Director-General Tedros Ghebreyesus has expressed conf Read more »
Up to 25% of children and adolescents reported that they experienced significant depression and the incidence and hospitalisation rates for new onset eating disorders increased by ... Read more »
South Africa's department of health is not planning to buy the Covid-19 bivalent vaccine boosters specifically tailored to target Omicron variants soon, Adele Baleta writes for ... Read more »
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