The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), Regional Centre for Surveillance and Disease Control (RCSDC) has intensified its fight against the 67 new outbreaks of emerging and re-emerging ...

Isolated by mountains along the East African Rift is Lake Tanganyika. More than 400 miles long, it is the continent's deepest ...

ANDREW NATSIOS served as Administrator of the U.S. Agency for International Development during the George W. Bush ...

A 2023 report by Lancet suggest that only 17% of the population in the continent have access to health insurance, with less than 1% of the populations covered in some countries, such as Niger.

KIGALIPrisca Githuka's journey with cancer began in 2013 when she discovered a lump in her breast. After a series of tests, she was diagnosed with triple-positive breast cancer.Her treatment journey ...

Nigerian lawmakers have approved an additional $200 million for the health sector as part of its 2025 spending plan to offset the shortfall from U.S. aid cuts.

An offensive by M23 fighters is disrupting health services and displacing people in a region already beset by health ...

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HIV is spread by bodily fluids such as blood, breast milk or semen. It gradually weakens the body's immune system and makes ...

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In Haiti, a group treating HIV patients awaits U.S. permission to dispense medicines that prevent mothers from giving the ...