Over 20% of medicines in Africa are substandard Up to 23% of medicines used in African medical facilities are either substandard or falsified. https://www.independent.co.ug/over-20-of-medicines-in-africa-are-substandard/ How does a disease spread from animals to humans? A lot has to...

Leaders in Africa Rally to End Cholera African leaders have committed to ending cholera in Southern Africa, which has wreaked havoc in the region over the past three years. https://africacdc.org/news-item/leaders-in-africa-rally-to-end-cholera/ First case of more dangerous mpox found...

How to prevent your child from becoming obese Do most parents recognize their children as obese, or is it a secondary diagnosis? https://nation.africa/kenya/health/how-to-prevent-your-child-from-becoming-obese-4719446#google_vignette WHO invites mpox vaccine manufacturers to submit...

Africa leads in reducing new HIV infections – report Four countries (Kenya, Malawi, Nepal, and Zimbabwe) have reduced their numbers of annual new HIV infections by 75% and are well on track to reach the target of reducing new HIV infections by 90% by 2030...

Globally, about 39% fewer people acquired HIV in 2023 compared with 2010, with sub-Saharan Africa achieving the steepest reduction (-56%). Nonetheless, an estimated 1.3 million people acquired HIV in 2023—over three times more than the target of 370,000 or fewer new infections in...