Kenya’s COVID-19 vaccine rollout has got off to a slow start: The gaps, and how to fix them

Kenya is currently accessing vaccines exclusively through the COVAX facility, and yet supply to this initiative has been dogged by vaccine …

Reducing risk of zoonoses in food production: WHO lays down guidelines

There is, however, no evidence that consumption of food is implicated in the transmission of the COVID-19, the WHO guidlines underscored

What Nigeria must do to eliminate malaria: 3 researchers offer insights

Nigeria accounts for nearly a quarter of deaths from malaria in the world — in 2018 the numbers stood at 95,000. Three of the country&…

Long working hours killed 745,000 in 2016, study finds

The trend may worsen during COVID-19 pandemic, which has significantly altered the way people work, the report adds  

Need to ramp up vaccine supply for developing countries: Global task force on COVID-19

Heads of the World Bank Group, International Monetary Fund, World Health Organization and World Trade Organization met for the first time …

Deaths by exposure to hazardous chemicals increased 29% between 2016 and 2019: WHO

While most of these deaths are preventable, countries still don’t have enough legal control on the use of hazardous compounds such as lead

Don’t politicise SARS-CoV-2 origin, WHO says as probe calls grow louder

WHO announced next steps August 12 as part of its investigation to find SARS-CoV-2 origins 

World freed from toxic leaded petrol: A global win

While global eradication of toxic lead in petrol needs to be celebrated, this also reminds us how tough it is to undo wrong if the evidence of …

COVID-19 virus not the last to cause pandemic, warns WHO chief

Tedros Ghebreyesus October 13 announced names of 26 experts who will advise WHO on developing framework to define studies into …

WHO calls for moratorium on booster till 2021-end, ‘additional’ dose for high risk population

Currently, 20 per cent of the available vaccines are being used as boosters

Different air under one sky: Almost everyone in South Africa breathes polluted air

Air quality is not monitored in most cities as they lack the resources to compile inventories

WHO, WMA, other health leaders seek legally binding pact to turn off fossil fuels

Over 190 groups ask high-income countries to help others with global phase-out

World Health Summit: Global agreement on health need of the hour, says WHO

Conference to focus on pandemic treaty, polio eradication, digital health and universal health coverage

Vaccine inequity: Disparity in access to doses hits low-income countries, says WHO

Only 2 manufacturers are supplying key vaccines such as pneumococcal vaccines, measles and rubella-containing vaccines across the world

New study finds loopholes in previous research on mass deworming

Mass deworming of school children is practised by countries that cannot afford expensive diagnosis, previous studies say

Run-up to World TB Day: Shorter, cheaper treatment regimen can help eradicate tuberculosis

India accounts for more than 28% of the global burden of TB and more than 26% of total multi-drug resistant TB cases

WHO draft document lays out framework for countries to introduce new TB vaccines

There’s an urgent need for effective new TB vaccines without which it would be impossible to attain a TB-free world by 2030