Diseases

We have a rare chance as a continent to send a message to the whole world: Africa is the first...

In the past week, from 21 to 27 October, 20 new confirmed Ebola virus disease (EVD) cases were reported from...

The National Institutes of Health plans to invest at least $100 million over the next four years toward an audacious...

While more people received life-saving treatment for tuberculosis (TB) in 2018 than ever before, gaps still remain according to the...

Diabetes is a major public health issue that is approaching epidemic proportions globally. Its prevalence has been rising more rapidly and...

To improve their response to outbreak of infectious diseases, countries in West Africa are embracing technology as part of the...

The health authorities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) have announced plans to introduce a second experimental Ebola...

Kenya has officially launched the world’s first malaria vaccine today in Homa Bay County, western Kenya. The malaria vaccine pilot...

The Federal Government, in collaboration with the World Health Organization (WHO), Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance and partners, is launching a...

A new report launched by The Lancet Commission on malaria eradication concludes that malaria, one of the world’s oldest and deadliest diseases, can...