European drug regulators are endorsing a new and simpler treatment for sleeping sickness, in what could be a giant boost to efforts to eliminate the disease.

Federal health data shows Black women are more than three times likely than white women to die around the time of childbirth.

Africa renewed its efforts to document maternal and perinatal deaths in 2014 following the release of the WHO’s maternal and perinatal death surveillance and response (MPDSR) guidelines. Successful ...

As Uganda rolls out mandatory nationwide screening of newborns for sickle cell disease this month, a gene therapy celebrated in the United States and Europe remains financially out of reach for most ...

Guinea-Bissau's decision to cancel a contentious hepatitis B vaccine study, following strong objections from the WHO, raises critical questions about ethical oversight in health research and the ...

Gamini was translocated to India from South Africa as part of the ambitious project launched in September 2022 to revive the population of the world's fastest land animal in India, which had gone ...

Guinea-Bissau suspends a US-funded vaccine trial for newborns following ethical concerns and international criticism.

The World Health Organization on Friday released a formal statement blasting a US-funded vaccine trial as “unethical,” because it would withhold an established, safe, and potentially lifesaving ...

One Plan, One Budget, One Report. There is little doubt that this is what African countries need if they are serious about universal health coverage — ensuring that every member of their populations ...

In 1987, Zurich was a hotbed of radical feminism. For three Swiss francs (close to $6 today), left-wing bookstores sold a copy of a pamphlet called “Antisexistische Schrittversuche fuer die Aufloesung ...