A 2023 report by Lancet suggest that only 17% of the population in the continent have access to health insurance, with less ...

Public health emergencies, including outbreaks of cholera, mpox and, more recently, viral haemorrhagic fevers, are posing significant threats to the safety and wellbeing of millions of children in ...

There are fears millions of people could die from preventable diseases after Donald Trump signed an executive order halting billions of dollars worth of USAID.

The withdrawal of USAID funding enacted by Donald Trump is having an immediate impact in poor countries – with reproductive ...

Cutting off money for programs that help get medicine, food, and other necessities to the world's most vulnerable people ...

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.

A study on FUO in Guinea found diverse bacterial and viral infections, frequent misdiagnoses, and high antibiotic resistance, ...

Vector-borne diseases in Africa pose increasing threats due to factors like population expansion, livestock movement, and climate change. Ticks, as ...

In the rural villages of South Africa, U.S. President Donald Trump’s sudden freeze on foreign aid impacts hundreds of ...

Feb. 11, 2025 — A new retrospective, laboratory-based observational study provides detailed insights into the causes of fevers of unknown origin in sub-Saharan Africa. Scientists examined 550 ...

As Rare Disease day 2020 approaches, we take a look at the biggest challenges facing orphan drug developers and ask whether the future is bright or bleak for these difficult conditions.

Nigeria is Africa's biggest oil producer, with reserves primarily located in the Niger Delta. Yet, over the decades, the population has not substantially benefited from its oil riches. One of the ...