Mpox (formerly monkeypox) has officially been declared a public health emergency by the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The African agency reported an increase in the disease ...
Adolescent girls and young women are at the heart of the HIV epidemic in sub-Saharan Africa. They need to know their HIV ...
Nature Communications, Communications Medicine and Scientific Reports are launching an open call for papers to support and showcase research related to all aspects of health in Africa. We aim to ...
The Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention declared the increasing spread of mpox a health emergency, warning the virus might spread across international borders. A new form of mpox that ...
Despite data gaps in many countries, the burden of sickle cell disease, especially in west and central Africa, underscores the urgent need to scale up newborn and early childhood screening, ...
The impact of the U.S. government’s sudden retreat on foreign assistance in 2025 has been most pronounced in Africa. For decades, African countries received the majority of U.S. global health ...
A comprehensive assessment of immunization efforts across Africa presents a mixed picture. Vaccines have quietly transformed child survival on the continent, yet the pace of that progress is beginning ...
LONDON (AP) — The World Health Organization declared Wednesday that the increasing spread of mpox in Africa is a global health emergency, warning the virus might ultimately spill across international ...
Cameroon has officially rolled out the first malaria vaccine approved for routine vaccination, targeting children 6 months and older. It reduces severe disease by 30% among young kids. World health ...