WHO declares Ebola outbreak in Congo a global health emergency

The declaration was made after case was registered in Goma city, which shares a border with Rwanda

How the DRC’s Ebola crisis has led to children dying from measles

Community mistrust towards the outbreak response team; high levels of insecurity due to battles between army and armed groups

Ebola in Uganda, and the dynamics of a new and different outbreak

The 2018 Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo and the massive West African outbreak in 2014 and 2015 share a devastating economic impact

Kenya responded fast to Ebola scare, but cross-border risk remains high

Given that Kenya shares a porous border with Uganda – and is a busy international travel hub – is Kenya ready to handle an outbreak?

How Africa’s porous borders make it difficult to contain Ebola

'The surveillance team has to enter the mind of a typical villager from the DRC who knows they’re infected and is trying to escape to …

Most African countries don’t have real-time air pollution monitors: Unicef

This includes Chad, Somalia and the Central African Republic where air pollution has reached emergency levels

Now, Ebola case surfaces in Uganda

Five-year-old child who travelled from Democratic Republic of the Congo to Uganda, down with  disease

Drones deliver medicines in Africa

A US-based company transports life-saving drugs, 148 vaccines and blood units to 2,000 health facilities across Ghana

What the US could learn about vaccination from Nigeria

Nigeria’s highly mobilized efforts to eliminate polio can teach America how to reverse the increase in measles cases and shore up its …

Nigeria needs a more effective sanitation strategy. Here are some ideas

Almost one in four Nigerians – around 50 million people – defecate in open areas

Lack of access to sanitary products, privacy drives girls away from schools in Zambia

New report says girls prefer to stay home during menstruation for fear of staining their dresses, interacting with and being teased by boys, as …

Radical ideas are needed to break the DRC’s Ebola outbreak. Here are some

The deaths in this outbreak are 10% of the total deaths recorded in West Africa in 2014, which took more than 11,000 lives

World doesn't have enough oncologists to treat rising cancer patients in Africa

The continent currently has 3,913 cancer specialists but 50% more will be needed to treat more than 2 lakh new cancer cases

Road to measles elimination is predictable, but can be rocky

In 2019, Ukraine, Philippines, Madagascar, the Democratic Republic of Congo, and Venezuela and Brazil, recorded tens of thousands of measles …

World Malaria Day: How Africa plans to fight the disease

Malawi becomes the first African nation to roll out landmark vaccine, Ghana and Kenya to join the league soon; Uganda adopts a new mass action …

Six reasons why antibiotics access remains a challenge in Uganda

Lack of registry, sub-standard health facilities, poor cold storage, limited expenditure on health, irrational antibiotic use and lack of …

After India becomes ODF, Nigeria faces a mounting challenge

The African nation is set to replace India with the largest number of open defecators

The death rate for mothers having C-sections is 50 times higher in Africa

It isn’t only the mothers who are suffering — the in-hospital mortality of babies after Caesarean delivery was double that of high-…

Extracting a radioactive disaster in Niger

For 40 years, French firms have been extracting uranium ore in the heart of the Sahara. But instead of benefiting, local communities in Niger …

A Bang for the Buck: Leveraging flexible seed money to improve impact

A mix of integrated financial approaches is needed to bring about transformative change

Why fixing Africa's data gaps will lead to better health policies

Commitment may be the first step towards affordable health care, but more needs to be done to harness the power of data for public health

How a nutrition programme is helping a Rwanda village overcome malnutrition

Under the Gikuriro Project, 336 households in Muhoza village do not have a single undernourished child as of now

Africa's non-communicable disease burden likely to worsen without political will

Africa has the resources and support to tackle non-communicable diseases; all it requires is political will to seize the opportunity

Breaking free: How several initiatives are helping Africa get better healthcare

Four projects of differing nature in different countries

People-centric services help Rwanda move towards universal health coverage

Rwanda’s healthcare system is strengthened by 58,286 community health workers who go house to house to provide basic healthcare support and …