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Pre-qualification seen as significant step towards self-sufficiency in healthcare in continent where more than 70% of drugs are importedA Kenyan pharmaceutical company, Universal Corporation Limited, has become the first manufacturer in Africa to recei…
The director general of the World Health Organization, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, said it was “very concerned” about the outage and reports of heavy bombardment.
Israel’s leaders vowed to destroy Hamas, which controls the Gaza Strip, after the deadly Oct. 7 attack, and Israeli ground forces are closing in on the city from three directions.
Over the last two decades, medical facilities and staff have become casualties of war more frequently, in violation of international law.
Endorsement of British American Tobacco by Climate Active was revoked after complaint was made, FoI documents showGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastThe government has been forced to revoke carbon neutral certifica…
As a widely anticipated ground invasion looms, hospitals in Gaza City said they had no way to evacuate thousands of sick and injured patients.
Exclusive: Leaked email shows firm behind Marlboro cigarettes critical of global ‘prohibitionist’ agendaPhilip Morris International (PMI), the tobacco and vaping company behind Marlboro cigarettes, is waging a big lobbying campaign to prevent countries…
The new R21/Matrix-M vaccine will be far more easily available than the first vaccine – but the reality of life in Africa will blunt its impactA new vaccine against malaria – which kills 600,000 people every year, mostly children – is to be injected in…
In 2021, WHO endorsed the first malaria vaccine in what it described as a ‘historic’ effort to end the devastating toll the mosquito-transmitted disease has on Africa.
Climate change and the rapid evolution of the insect have helped drive up malaria deaths and brought dengue and other mosquito-borne viruses to places that never had to worry about them.