Nigeria: HIV/Aids - 58,000 Babies Are Born With Virus Annually in Nigeria - UNAIDS
Despite the decline in the HIV/AIDS new infection and deaths, a total of 58,000 babies are born annually with the AIDS virus in Nigeria...
Putting household water treatment products to the test
WHO’s new International Scheme to Evaluate Household Water Treatment (HWT) Technologies ensures that products used to treat water in...
WHO declares global health emergency
The World Health Organization on Monday declared that a surge in serious birth defects in South America was "strongly suspected" of being...
Zika Virus Update
Zika virus is spread to people through mosquito bites. The most common symptoms of Zika virus disease are fever, rash, joint pain, and...
Health in 2015: from MDGs to SDGs
I "Snapshots" on 34 different health topics outline trends, achievements made, reasons for success, challenges and strategic priorities...
Liberia: Ebola - Antimalarial Drug Reduced Patient Mortality By 31 Percent
PRESS RELEASE A malaria drug may have reduced risk of dying among a group of Ebola patients in Liberia during the height of the outbreak...
Zimbabwe: Malaria Outbreak Leaves Four Dead
Four people died, while 1 200 others were treated for malaria in Karoi town following an outbreak that occurred in the past two months,...
Cholera – United Republic of Tanzania
Disease Outbreak News The Ministry of Health and Social Welfare (MOHSW) of Tanzania has notified WHO of additional laboratory-confirmed...
Swaziland close to eliminating malaria
The tiny landlocked kingdom of Swaziland is likely to become the first country in southern Africa to eliminate malaria. With only 603...
Pollution report: Lead poses biggest threat
Zurich - Lead has been named as the world's worst toxin in a report published by NGOs Pure Earth and Green Cross Switzerland on...