John Green's new book highlights the history of tuberculosis, the world's deadliest infectious disease, which the Trump ...

In a unified display of solidarity, Liberia has strengthened its resolve to eradicate tuberculosis (TB) as government officials, healthcare practitioners, and civil society representatives convened to ...

Tanzania has nominated Professor Mohamed Janabi as the next Regional Director of the World Health Organization (WHO) for Africa to advance healthcare on the continent.The search for a new regional ...

UNICEF and partners took on Guinea worm, a debilitating parasitic disease. Joining them in that fight: former President Jimmy ...

That's the perspective of a World Health Organization official after the Global Measles and Rubella Laboratory Network, which ...

Chad has one of the highest rates of maternal mortality. A group of midwives helped but now their jobs are on the line — one ...

Guinea worm disease, caused by the parasite *Dracunculus medinensis*, is transmitted mainly through the consumption of ...

Researchers helped conduct an important new global health study that found a vaccine that protects against five strains of meningitis prevalent in sub-Saharan Africa is safe and effective for use in ...

A new World Bank report argues that South Africa can raise growth and employment ... to include the social sectors of education and even health, where government is pursuing a national health ...

In 2008, the organization embraced its acronym and became simply Jhpiego. For more than five decades, Jhpiego has delivered critical care and health care training around the world, supporting ...

In fact, Africa’s largest city has been dubbed the second-worst place to live in the world, just behind Syria’s capital, Damascus, which was in the midst of a civil war. Lagos, Nigeria ...

As such, establishing a continental health R&D coordination and governance framework (table) is proposed, which will be led by Africa CDC within a network of African health research institutions and ...