Two million Africans to receive oral cholera vaccine
Largest ever vaccination underway in Zambia, Uganda, Malawi, South Sudan and Nigeria A spate of cholera outbreaks across Africa has prompted...
To eliminate malaria, TDR recommends thinking and acting locally
WHO's TDR initiative shares lessons learned for the malaria endgame Malaria prevention, control and elimination depend on getting to grips...
Kenya eradicates guinea worm disease
WHO has certified Kenya free of dracunculiasis - guinea worm disease The World Health Organization (WHO) has certified Kenya free...
900 million people could suffer from disabling hearing loss by 2050
Today is World Hearing Day. WHO says 466 million people now affected from 360 million 5 years ago Some 900...
Leprosy: 9 out of every 100 new cases diagnosed today are children
World Leprosy Day: WHO advocates concerted efforts to achieve global target of zero child infection by 2020 The World Health...
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In Borno, malaria is claiming more lives than all other diseases combined [PHOTO ESSAY]
In Nigeria’s Borno State, malaria is currently claiming more lives than all other diseases combined. Children under the age of...
Tuberculosis is the top infectious killer in the world
WHO releases Global Tuberculosis Report 2017 Global efforts to combat tuberculosis (TB) have reportedly saved an estimated 53 million lives...
WHO announces Marburg virus disease outbreak in Uganda
There is another Ebola-like disease outbreak plaguing Africa, it is Marburg virus disease in eastern Uganda The World Health Organization...
Measles kills 90,000 annually
For the first time, global measles deaths have fallen below 100 000 per year. In 2016, an estimated 90 000 people...
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