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The oral polio vaccine is most commonly used in the developing world, despite one big problem.
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A newly designed vaccine may help stamp out remaining polio cases worldwide

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Global health still mimics colonial ways: here's how to break the pattern

Madhukar Pai 19 Aug 2019

DRC President Felix Tshisekedi during the inauguration ceremony. Hugh Kinsella Cunningham/EPA-EFE

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Mosoka Fallah 12 Aug 2019

A health worker prepares to administer Ebola vaccination in the north-western Democratic Republic of the Congo.
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The Uganda vaccine trial: how African researchers are tackling Ebola

Yap Boum 8 Aug 2019

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ARV breakthrough: trial in South Africa confirms effectiveness of new drug

Michelle Moorhouse & Willem Daniel Francois Venter 6 Aug 2019

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The WHO wants to rid the world of hepatitis by 2030: why it's a tough ask

Pauline Bakibinga 31 Jul 2019

Dr Joseph Sempa of Sacema presenting at the 2019 Clinic on Meaningful Modelling of Epidemiological Data. AIMS-South Africa

Africa needs specialist capacity to tackle the spread of infectious diseases

Juliet Pulliam & Jonathan Dushoff 29 Jul 2019

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20-million children miss out on lifesaving measles, diphtheria and tetanus vaccines in 2018

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Countries can be better prepared and respond faster to disease outbreaks if public health data is shared more freely. Shutterstock

Sharing data can help prevent public health emergencies in Africa

Moses John Bockarie 8 Jul 2019

The three big studies pushing at the frontiers of HIV prevention

Glenda Gray 14 Jun 2019

Fruit bats can pass Ebola on to humans. Jeffrey Paul Wade/Shutterstock

Ebola outbreaks may be more common than we think

14 Jun 2019

Two women sell roadside refreshments in rural Kano in 2011. Shobana Shankar, CC BY-SA

What the US could learn about vaccination from Nigeria

Shobana Shankar 7 Jun 2019

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Decolonising healthcare

6 Jun 2019

Stronger health systems will boost the fight against infectious diseases

Stronger health systems will boost the fight against infectious diseases

13 May 2019

Tips from Nigeria on teaching teens about breast and cervical cancer

Tips from Nigeria on teaching teens about breast and cervical cancer

10 May 2019

Dr Matshidiso Moeti, WHO regional director for Africa

The app that tracks diseases and saves lives in Africa

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There is currently no established cure for Ebola – could antibody treatments be the answer? AHMED JALLANZO/EPA

Guinea pigs cured of Ebola with antibodies, raising hopes for treatment in humans

Pramila Rajil & Alain Townsend 4 Apr 2019

Dr Matshidiso Moeti, WHO regional director for Africa

WHO report: 630-million years of healthy life lost in Africa

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Health workers in Liberia at the height of the 2014-2016 Ebola outbreak. Ahmed Jallanzo/EPA

Ebola in the DRC: the race is on between research and the virus

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The oral polio vaccine is most commonly used in the developing world, despite one big problem.
CDC/Alan Janssen, MSPH, CC BY

A newly designed vaccine may help stamp out remaining polio cases worldwide

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Global health still mimics colonial ways: here's how to break the pattern

Madhukar Pai 19 Aug 2019

DRC President Felix Tshisekedi during the inauguration ceremony. Hugh Kinsella Cunningham/EPA-EFE

Tshisekedi has taken over the DRC's Ebola response. How he can make a difference

Mosoka Fallah 12 Aug 2019

A health worker prepares to administer Ebola vaccination in the north-western Democratic Republic of the Congo.
EPA-EFE/STR

The Uganda vaccine trial: how African researchers are tackling Ebola

Yap Boum 8 Aug 2019

The drug is set to improve HIV treatment. shutterstock

ARV breakthrough: trial in South Africa confirms effectiveness of new drug

Michelle Moorhouse & Willem Daniel Francois Venter 6 Aug 2019

Hepatitis is a major public health burden. Shutterstock

The WHO wants to rid the world of hepatitis by 2030: why it's a tough ask

Pauline Bakibinga 31 Jul 2019

Dr Joseph Sempa of Sacema presenting at the 2019 Clinic on Meaningful Modelling of Epidemiological Data. AIMS-South Africa

Africa needs specialist capacity to tackle the spread of infectious diseases

Juliet Pulliam & Jonathan Dushoff 29 Jul 2019

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Bizcommunity.com 23 Jul 2019

Photo: World Economic Forum

20-million children miss out on lifesaving measles, diphtheria and tetanus vaccines in 2018

16 Jul 2019

Countries can be better prepared and respond faster to disease outbreaks if public health data is shared more freely. Shutterstock

Sharing data can help prevent public health emergencies in Africa

Moses John Bockarie 8 Jul 2019

The three big studies pushing at the frontiers of HIV prevention

Glenda Gray 14 Jun 2019

Fruit bats can pass Ebola on to humans. Jeffrey Paul Wade/Shutterstock

Ebola outbreaks may be more common than we think

14 Jun 2019

Two women sell roadside refreshments in rural Kano in 2011. Shobana Shankar, CC BY-SA

What the US could learn about vaccination from Nigeria

Shobana Shankar 7 Jun 2019

Photo: Newstalk

Decolonising healthcare

6 Jun 2019

Stronger health systems will boost the fight against infectious diseases

Stronger health systems will boost the fight against infectious diseases

13 May 2019

Tips from Nigeria on teaching teens about breast and cervical cancer

Tips from Nigeria on teaching teens about breast and cervical cancer

10 May 2019

Dr Matshidiso Moeti, WHO regional director for Africa

The app that tracks diseases and saves lives in Africa

11 Apr 2019

There is currently no established cure for Ebola – could antibody treatments be the answer? AHMED JALLANZO/EPA

Guinea pigs cured of Ebola with antibodies, raising hopes for treatment in humans

Pramila Rajil & Alain Townsend 4 Apr 2019

Dr Matshidiso Moeti, WHO regional director for Africa

WHO report: 630-million years of healthy life lost in Africa

28 Mar 2019

Health workers in Liberia at the height of the 2014-2016 Ebola outbreak. Ahmed Jallanzo/EPA

Ebola in the DRC: the race is on between research and the virus

Yap Boum, Jean-Jacques Muyembe & Sabue Mulangu 8 Mar 2019

Mali was one of the West African countries affected by the biggest Ebola outbreak ever recorded from 2014 to 2016. Shutterstock

Why Ebola vaccine on trial in the DRC is raising hopes

Shirin Ashraf & Arthur Wickenhagen 11 Feb 2019

Personalised medicine aims to tailor treatment according to each person’s genetic makeup. Shutterstock

Why African countries need to give genomic research a major boost

Lamech Mwapagha 30 Jan 2019

Healthworkers vaccinated against Ebola in South Sudan

29 Jan 2019

Professor Kelly Chibale. Photo: Je'nine May

R&D is the pipeline for science jobs in Africa

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Minister of Health of Burkina Faso, Professor Nicolas Meda and Minister of Health of Rwanda, Dr Diane Gashumba

Addressing neglected tropical diseases

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Nigerian children receiving the polio vaccine in Lagos. EPA

Why eradicating polio everywhere has been so hard to crack

Melinda Suchard 26 Oct 2018

Professor Souleymane Mboup

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Red Cross steps in to curb cholera and typhoid in Zim

Red Cross steps in to curb cholera and typhoid in Zim

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New partnership to boost drug discovery for malaria, TB and more in Africa

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29 Jun 2018

New vaccine might be game-changer in Ebola fight

New vaccine might be game-changer in Ebola fight

Salem Solomon 25 May 2018

Ebola outbreak in DRC: Are we better prepared this time?

Ebola outbreak in DRC: Are we better prepared this time?

Connor Bamford 14 May 2018

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DRC and its neighbours mobilise resources to tackle Ebola outbreak

Chikwe Ihekweazu 11 May 2018

Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, director general at the WHO

One billion yellow fever vaccinations in Africa by 2026

11 Apr 2018

Efforts to tackle AMR on farms and in food systems gaining momentum

Efforts to tackle AMR on farms and in food systems gaining momentum

20 Nov 2017

FAO calls for increased vigilance as avian influenza virus H5N1 advances

FAO calls for increased vigilance as avian influenza virus H5N1 advances

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Communications Minister Faith Muthambi says that incorrect information from some Asian governments had prompted the cancellation of planned trips because visitors feared they might risk contracting Ebola Virus Disease. These reports are completely wrong. Image: GCIS

Asia's Ebola fears cause tour cancellations

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