One way to cope with cuts in HIV prevention funding is to continue to push to increase the number of people who self-test for HIV instead of getting tested at a clinic or hospital, experts at a series ...

Uganda's recent decision to increase cigarette taxes appears to have anticipated global health trends, coming just weeks before the World Health Organization (WHO) officially launched its bold "3 by ...

Malaria caused 597,000 deaths worldwide in 2023, with children under 5 accounting for 76 percent of all malaria deaths in the ...

The Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO) is hereby transmitting the report of the fourth meeting of the International Health Regulations (2005) (IHR) Emergency Committee (Committee) ...

The World Health Organization (WHO) has validated Burundi as having eliminated trachoma as a public health problem, making it ...

Museveni backs global health funding, climate mitigation at BRICS. President Museveni has called on BRICS nations to lead the ...

The first malaria treatment for newborns and young infants has received approval from Swiss health regulators, with eight ...

Novartis and a Swiss nonprofit have made history, scoring the world’s first approval for a medicine to treat babies who are ...

Coartem Baby contains two medicines — artemether and lumefantrine — that work together to fight the malaria parasite. These ...

The World Health Organization (WHO) has validated Burundi as having eliminated trachoma as a public health problem, making it ...

According to the World Health Organization (WHO), a newborn baby is born prematurely every two seconds globally. Prematurity ...

Several African countries where malaria is widespread are expected to swiftly approve the new medicine following Swissmedic’s ...