September is Childhood Cancer Awareness Month, when globally, countries honour and remember children and families affected by this...

The interim guidance on prevention of sexual transmission of Zika virus has been updated with new evidence and advice. The primary...

Overview Every 40 seconds a person dies by suicide somewhere in the world. Over 800 000 people die by suicide every year. Yet suicides...

New community and environmentally-based approaches tested in the state of Yucatan in Mexico are helping to reduce vector-borne disease...

The biggest emergency yellow fever vaccination campaign ever held in Africa is underway in Democratic Republic of the Congo. With high...

A local midwife documents a mother’s health with the use of mobile technology. Mavis Tabi-Boateng, a midwife at a health centre in...

Dr Pilly Sahid and Yusuf Ahmed Mzitto, known as "Kessy", at the Mwananyamala District Hospital’s methadone clinic in Dar es Salaam In a...

Fifteen years ago, African leaders pledged to increase health spending to 15% of total government expenditure. Since then health spending...

A WHO emergency health team arrived 19 August 2016 in Maiduguri city to assess and respond to the health needs of 800 000 people in north...

PIC: Mosquitoes expert Willem Takken, professor at Wageningen University poses with his mosquito trap in Wageningen. The so-called "odor...