Yesterday in Dakar, as part of the 10th edition of its regional program For Women in Science, the L'Oréal Foundation (http://bit.ly/37vVPE0),...

Josphat, a health worker based in Nairobi, needed a skin graft on his leg in 2013. But then, what is typically a common procedure nowadays became a...

A high-level meeting of policymakers, regulators and industry experts in the field of pharmaceuticals and trade opened in Addis Ababa, Thursday to...

In its newly launchedInvestment Case for Vaccine-Preventable Disease Surveillance in the African Region, 2020-2030,the World Health Organization...

Nigeria has marked its third National Noma Day with a strong commitment to eliminate the debilitating disease by 2030.

The theme for this year's...

On Tuesday, a promise consensually conceived five years ago saw the light of day at a milestone event in Juba: a complete action plan for the South...

There have been historic gains overall for the world's children since the Convention on the Rights of the Child was adopted 30 years ago. However,...

By Ted Chaiban

"Thirty years since the Convention on the Rights of the Child was adopted, the Middle East and North Africa has seen notable progress...

This November, the International Organization for Migration (IOM)'s emergency response project Emergency Humanitarian Assistance to Affected...

Although it may appear that much of the exploration activity in Africa is driven by smaller independents, the supermajors still have a significant...

To efficiently provide treatment to people needing urgent medical care during epidemic situations, the Ministry of Health in the Democratic Republic...

The United States, through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) in partnership with the Ministry of Health, announced the launch of...

Merck (NYSE: MRK), known as MSD (www.MSD.com) outside the United States and Canada, today announced that ERVEBO [Ebola Zaire Vaccine (rVSVΔ-ZEBOV-GP...

'Girls and boys need knowledge about their bodies, relationships and living together as well as about health and rights if they are to make good...

Alara Amin was 4 years old when she was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes. In the five years since, she has become actively involved in managing her...