Africa's top public health institution is warning of the risks of losing the gains made over the past two decades in epidemic preparedness and response. At the heart of the concern is a steep decline ...

Nairobi: Africa's Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said Thursday that the continent faces "an unprecedented financing crisis" that could lead to between two to four million ...

Africa bears a disproportionate infectious disease burden, with HIV, tuberculosis, and malaria posing ongoing threats ...

Holding the G20 presidency this year, South Africa is well positioned to push for new ways to boost agricultural productivity ...

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is following through on his pledge to order the CDC to stop recommending that US communities add fluoride to their drinking water. The debate over fluoride ...

Geneva — Over the past two days, WHO convened more than 15 countries and over 20 regional health agencies, health emergency networks and other partners to test, for the first time, a new global ...

One of Africa’s most famous refugee camps could transform into a city. The Kakuma camp in a remote part of Kenya houses ...

PEPFAR (President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief), a landmark US foreign health policy, is recognised for saving 26 million ...

The US Department of Health and Human Services said Monday that it is reconvening the Community Preventive Services Task Force, an independent panel of public health and prevention experts, “to ...

Deep cuts to the CDC institute that approves and assures continued quality of protective gear for firefighters, miners and others risk their safety, experts warned.

Refugee camps in Ethiopia need to be made more liveable. Creating wetlands to provide greenery, absorb flash floods and ...