More than 40,000 previously unknown gut microbes in African populations could completely change how medicines work for ...

Africa accounts for only 3% of all medicine production globally, and more than 90% of drugs and 99% of vaccines consumed are imported.1 The continent has not been well positioned to address these gaps ...

Aid cuts by the United States are hurting Africa’s capacity to respond to disease outbreaks, the head of the continent's public health agency said ahead of a meeting with regional health ministers to ...

Health ministry executive director Ben Nangombe says Namibia has not recorded any cholera cases in the past 10 years.Nangombe, who was speaking during a cholera elimination validation workshop ...

In some regions, the pollution has reached alarming levels, leading to devastating consequences for both the environment and the people who depend on it. We explore the grave environmental, economic ...

Since 20 February, when the latest cholera outbreak started in Sudan ’s White Nile State, until 5 March, a total of 2,718 ...

KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — Malaria season begins this month in a large part of Africa. No disease is deadlier on the continent, ...

NAIROBI: In a strategic move to enhance access to clean drinking water across Africa, Danish company 4Life Solutions has ...

Nearly 100 people died of cholera in two weeks since the waterborne disease outbreak began in Sudan's White Nile State, an international aid group said. Doctors Without Borders — also known as ...

Nearly 100 people died of cholera in two weeks since the waterborne disease outbreak began in Sudan’s White Nile State, said Doctors Without Borders.

Residents of Amarondo village in Kisii County are struggling with a disease that is yet to be fully identified but which authorities have now said is waterborne.