Targeting 1.5 million missed TB cases
The Global Fund, the World Health Organization (WHO), the Stop TB Partnership and 13 countries with…
Monthly Archives: October, 2017
Dramatic drop in global measles cases
In 2016, an estimated 90 000 people died from measles – an 84% drop from…
New typhoid vaccine enters the immunisation menu
Experts say it could have a 'huge impact' on the 22 million cases, and 220,000 deaths, from typhoid each year. Crucially it works in children, who are at high-risk of the infection, unlike other typhoid vaccines. It is hoped the vaccine could eventually help countries eliminate typhoid. Typhoid fever is caused by Salmonella Typhi bacteria and symptoms
mHealth artificial intelligence application debuts for Zambian HIV patients
An intelligent app to assist in the treatment and management of HIV patients is launched…
Kenya: Maternal Deaths Increase as Nurses’ Strike Persists
The number of mothers who have died in childbirth doubled to 857 in the first…
Marburg re-emerges in Uganda
Excerpts from a press release issued by Uganda’s Ministry of Health The Ministry of Health…
Cholera deaths to be reduced by 90% by 2030?
An ambitious new strategy to reduce deaths from cholera by 90% by 2030 has been…
Breakthrough with single-dose HIV treatment
A breakthrough pricing agreement for HIV drugs means the first affordable, single-pill antiretroviral treatment is…
Uganda steps up veterinary and public health collaboration
The World Health Organization (WHO) in collaboration with the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE)…