Malaria: Drug resistance and underfunding threaten progress towards eliminating killer disease
The authoritative World Health Organization (WHO) World Malaria Report, published [...]
African football legends join forces to give a red card to polio
Six African football legends are urging the continent to unite [...]
HIV and AIDS: Despite funding setbacks, prevention sees progress
Pooja Mishra’s health kept worsening until she began treatment for [...]
WHO backs wider use of weight-loss medicines, calling obesity a chronic disease
The UN World Health Organization (WHO) has issued its first guideline [...]
‘Every step a struggle:’ Nigerian woman with disabilities leads push for dignity and inclusion
A woman living with disabilities in a camp for displaced [...]
World News in Brief: Children hit by HIV funding gaps, risks to Pakistan’s courts, minority exclusion
Children and adolescents living with HIV continue to be left [...]
Global measles cases surge as 30 million children miss vaccines, UN health agency warns
Measles deaths have dropped by 88 per cent since 2000 [...]
Global HIV response facing worst setback in decades, UNAIDS warns
The global response to HIV is facing its most serious [...]
Amputee footballers reclaim hope amid Gaza’s ruins
Farah Youssef refused to let the loss of her leg [...]
Malaria vaccine price cut set to protect 7 million more children by 2030
Vaccine alliance Gavi and children’s agency UNICEF have struck a [...]
UN calls for legal safeguards for AI in healthcare
Use of artificial intelligence (AI) is accelerating in healthcare – [...]
Diabetes now affects 1 in 6 pregnancies: What you need to know
Diabetes is one of the world’s fastest-growing health challenges – [...]
Protecting lives in a warming world: Health takes centre stage at COP30
Hailed by Brazil as “a crucial moment to demonstrate the [...]
Ethiopia: UN supports response to potentially deadly virus outbreak
The World Health Organization (WHO) is supporting Ethiopia as the [...]
Gaza: War has made children violent, sad and bereft
More than nine in 10 children in Gaza are displaying [...]
World News in Brief: Gaza latest, Americas loses measles-free status, tornado recovery in Brazil
At least 600,000 litres of desperately needed diesel fuel has [...]
TB cases fall for first time since pandemic
Tuberculosis, or TB, remains one of the world’s deadliest infectious [...]
Catch-up immunisation campaign ‘a lifeline’ for Gaza’s children
A campaign for routine immunisation, nutrition, and growth monitoring will [...]
Syria’s future under threat from acute funding shortages
Hopes for a peaceful future in post-war Syria are at [...]
Around 224 million women still don’t access family planning
Since 1990, the number of people using modern contraception methods [...]