WHO calls for increased investment to reach the goal of a toilet for all
The world will not reach the goal of universal sanitation coverage – where every person…
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SDGs: Akufo-Addo receives 6,000 smartphones to support Ghana’s CHWs
A philanthropist, Jenn Gross through the Advisor to the UN General-Secretary, Prof. Jeffrey Sachs, 1mCHW…
Researchers find a promising way to outwit mosquitoes
Mosquitoes are brilliant at two things – bringing misery to humans and quickly spoiling all…
WHO supports capacity building for enforcement of and compliance with tobacco control regulations in Zanzibar
The government of Zanzibar recently endorsed tobacco control regulations in line with the Public and…
Bringing poverty-alleviating solutions to market in India, Kenya, Nigeria, Tanzania, and Uganda
Six social entrepreneurs who are addressing pressing poverty challenges through market-based approaches have been selected…
Initiative aims to use nanotechnology to purify water
A five-year project focusing on the use of nanotechnology for addressing environmental challenges in Africa…
Closing the breast cancer divide in sub-Saharan Africa
Researchers from Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Centre and the Uganda Cancer Institute are launching a clinical…
Seventy seven percent of children 12–23 months in Nigeria did not receive all routine immunisation – survey findings
A major survey finding from 2016 Multiple Indicators Cluster Survey/National Immunisation Survey Coverage (MICS/NICS) reveals…
Pioneering type 1 diabetes therapy safe
The first trial of a pioneering therapy to retrain the immune system and slow the…
Cancer of childhood in sub-Saharan Africa
Collated Childhood cancer statistics in sub-Saharan Africa have been published for the first time as…