health News
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World News in Brief: US executive orders continue, killings in Sudan, breast cancer alert in Africa, human rights in Tunisia
According to President Trump’s latest directive from the White House on Tuesday…
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Explainer: How family planning saves lives
“I will never allow my daughter to go through what happened to…
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Groundbreaking Ebola vaccination trial launches today in Uganda
In a global first, Uganda’s Ministry of Health, the World Health Organization…
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World News in Brief: WHO chief asks US to reconsider withdrawal, gender parity remains distant goal, call for rethink on Nordic alcohol law change
President Trump’s executive order of 20 January is regrettable “and we hope…
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WHO and partners enable access to candidate vaccine and treatments for outbreak of Sudan Ebola virus disease in Uganda
WHO and partners have immediately boosted their support to the Ugandan government’s…
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WHO verifies Niger as the first country in the African Region to eliminate onchocerciasis
The World Health Organization (WHO) congratulates Niger for having met the criteria…
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World News in Brief: Deadly virus outbreak in Uganda, $500 million human rights appeal, Thailand’s lèse-majesté laws in spotlight
Health authorities in Kampala confirmed that one patient has died – a…
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Guinea eliminates human African trypanosomiasis as a public health problem
The World Health Organization (WHO) congratulates Guinea for eliminating the gambiense form…
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UNAIDS welcomes US decision to keep funding life-saving HIV treatment
The move from the UN agency dedicated to ending the disease came…
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WHO statement on potential global threat to people living with HIV
The World Health Organization (WHO) expresses deep concern about the implications of…
