Africa has world’s highest suicide rates – WHO
GENEVA, The World Health Organization says Africa has the highest rate of people dying by suicide in the world. In a statement, the agency
GENEVA, The World Health Organization says Africa has the highest rate of people dying by suicide in the world. In a statement, the agency
JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA — The Beijing-funded African Center for Disease Control (CDC) in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, is due to open in the next few months.
GENEVA, The World Health Organization (WHO) issued an alert Wednesday over four cough and cold syrups made by Maiden Pharmaceuticals in India, warning they could
The deaths of dozens of children in Gambia from kidney injuries may be linked to contaminated cough and cold syrups made by an Indian drug
PRETORIA, South Africa Deputy Minister of International Relations and Cooperation, Candith Mashego-Dlamini, will hand over vaccines in Liberia and Sierra Leone this week. “It
KAMPALA, UGANDA — As Uganda reports more deaths from the latest Ebola outbreak in the country, medical interns at the hospital handling most of the
BLANTYRE, MALAWI — Malawi has become the first country in southern Africa to eliminate trachoma, the leading infectious cause of blindness, the World Health Organization
The head of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said Friday that very few people in the United States have received a
TOKYO — Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has tested positive for Covid-19, his office said Sunday, a week before the leader was expected to attend
NONGOMA, SOUTH AFRICA — Thousands of people gathered at the Zulu royal palace in South Africa Saturday to witness the crowning of a new king
LONDON — A smaller dose of the monkeypox vaccine appears to still be effective and can be used to stretch the current supply by five
The World Health Organization says clinical evidence shows two monoclonal antibody treatments are effective at saving the lives of many people stricken with the deadly