Cholera deaths to be reduced by 90% by 2030?
An ambitious new strategy to reduce deaths from cholera by 90% by 2030 has been…
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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)…
Climate change threatens new menace from mosquitoes
From deadly droughts and destroyed crops to shrinking water sources, communities across sub-Saharan Africa are…
Hospitals in crisis in Uganda as Middle Eastern countries poach medical staff
Recruitment of almost 2,000 health workers to Libya has led to urgent calls for government…
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…
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…
Initiative aims to use nanotechnology to purify water
A five-year project focusing on the use of nanotechnology for addressing environmental challenges in Africa…
Global blindness set to ‘triple by 2050’
The number of blind people across the world is set to triple within the next…
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…