In-Depth: 69th session of WHO Regional Committee for Africa

The sixty-ninth session of World Health Organisation's Regional Committee for Africa in Brazzaville (August 19-23 2019) helped turn a much-needed …

After ebola, measles now devastates DR Congo

Since June 2019, 310,000 Congolese have suffered the disease

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

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 …

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 …

Over 3,000 killed by deadly virus in Democratic Republic of the Congo this year – and it’s not Ebola

Measles is proving fatal faster than Ebola

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 …

Can mobile-based systems strengthen Africa's poor public health infrastructure?

The most disadvantaged region in the world, Sub-Saharan Africa is witness to improvements in the quality and coverage of healthcare …

Antimicrobial Awareness Week 2021: Zimbabwe’s initiatives to prevent and contain AMR

A look at the steps taken by the Government of Zimbabwe to contain AMR in the country

Guinea declares Ebola outbreak after 3 deaths

Four more infected; the epidemic first began in 2013 in Guinea and left more than 11,300 dead across the region

Open defecation in Nigeria: Faecal sludge is country's clicking time bomb

The country, which has the largest number of people defacting in the open, needs to frame a safe toilet technology and treat its faecal sludge, …

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?

Ghana first to approve Oxford’s malaria vaccine for children

Vaccine was up to 80% successful in clinical trials 

Outbreaks of measles: compounding challenges in the DRC

Weak spot of prevalent strategy: Accessibility of routine preventive health services

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-…

Nation without doctors

Shortage of medical staff is a major challenge to Kenya's healthcare sector

COVID-19: Zimbabwe staring at ‘massive health crisis’

Southern African country does not have enough medical personnel; those trained are on strike

Lessons from Kenya on how to boost breastfeeding rates

The country increased its number of breastfed babies to 61% in 2014 from 13% in 2003

SDG remains a distant dream in Sub-Saharan region

Africa's progress is crucial to the world achieving the 37 health-related indicators under the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals by …

Ghana faces hurdles to achieve targets set for COVID-19 vaccine rollout

At least 60% of Ghana’s 31 million residents will need to be vaccinated for the population to attain herd immunity. But a timeline for this …

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 …

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

How West African countries are coping in absence of strong healthcare system

In countries like Liberia and Nigeria, declining budgetary share in health services continues to undermine public well-being

WHO launches new strategy to tackle antimalarial drug resistance in Africa

Some 96% malaria infections and fatalities worldwide in 2020 were from sub-Saharan Africa