GENEVA, 15 July 2026 – Lower-income countries have achieved record-setting milestones in childhood immunisation, with 73 million children protected by Gavi-supported...
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Rwanda has begun sharing its experience in building a national health intelligence system with seven African countries as part of...
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, July 13, 2026/ --As of 9 July 2026, 112 health workers had been infected with Bundibugyo virus across DRC...
Kigali, Rwanda – Minister of Health Dr. Sabin Nsanzimana has described the growing problem of substandard and illicit alcohol that...
Millions of people worldwide continue to bear the physical, emotional and financial burden of cancer, with the disease killing more...
The Codex Alimentarius Commission has adopted new international guidelines on precautionary allergen labelling (PAL), introducing a science-based approach aimed at...
More than 6.5 billion people in low- and middle-income countries were exposed to dangerous air pollution levels in 2024, a...
Alcohol consumption continues to claim an estimated 2.6 million lives each year worldwide, prompting the World Health Organization (WHO) to...
On June 25, 2026, the United States and South Sudan’s Revitalized Transitional Government of National Unity (RTGoNU) finalized a three-year...
Thursday, 25 June 2026: A new study by researchers at RCSI University of Medicine and Health Sciences has found that combining rainwater harvesting with advanced solar water disinfection technology is the most...
NEW YORK/GENEVA/COPENHAGEN, 24 June 2026 – In a move designed to accelerate access to a vaccine against Bundibugyo Ebolavirus disease, UNICEF...
Millions of children worldwide are missing out on life-saving diagnoses and treatment because they are not screened for birth defects...
Kampala, Uganda, 22 June 2026 – Despite weighing only a few milligrams, mosquitoes have proven that some of the world's biggest...
