Nearly a half-million children could die from AIDS by 2030 if President Donald Trump follows through on plans to cut U.S.

An onslaught of tariffs by the United States will send "shock waves" through African economies, the president of the African ...

Foreign aid cuts could result in a major outbreak of mpox across the African continent and beyond, with virus control measures already disrupted, public health experts warn.

The United Nations Assistant Secretary General and United Nations Development Programme, UNDP, Regional Director for Africa, ...

A modelling study shows the six-monthly anti-HIV jab, lenacapavir, could end Aids in SA by 2032 — but only if between two and four million HIV-negative people in the country would need to use the jab ...

Over a thousand Sudanese refugees have reached or attempted to reach Europe in early 2025, the United Nations' refugee agency ...

Two years since the start of the war in Sudan, the news remains exceedingly grim.The world's most damaging displacement crisis is now happening amid the worst humanitarian funding situation in decades ...

In February 2025, the US cut major funding for HIV/AIDS care and medical research in South Africa — a move with far-reaching consequences. With up to 70% of our medical research funded by the NIH, the ...

The victims died on a grueling three-hour walk in scorching heat as they tried to reach the nearest remaining health facility ...

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

Amid uncertainty about the long-term future of the landmark HIV/AIDS relief program PEPFAR (President's Emergency Plan for ...

But his spirit lives on in Burkina Faso’s latest military ruler, Ibrahim Traoré, an army captain who took power in a coup in ...