Kenya has been validated by the World Health Organization (WHO) for eliminating Human African Trypanosomiasis (sleeping sickness) as a public health problem, marking a historic milestone in disease ...

Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has said that in 2023, Africa received $74 billion in aid but lost $90 billion to illicit financial flows and $55 billion to corporate tax exemptions.

It was known as the “silent killer” of the countryside. Victims would start with a fever, then headaches, then confusion. They would eventually slip into a deep, irreversible sleep, one from which ...

President John Dramani Mahama has advocated the scaling up of African homegrown solutions for health challenges.

A WHO-Listed Authority designation signifies that an agency has undergone rigorous performance evaluation, using WHO’s ...

The World Health Organization (WHO) has warned of a worsening humanitarian crisis in the Gaza Strip, confirming that deaths ...

Africa needs fair terms of engagement, not charity, as declining health aid threatens systems across the continent, Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of the World Health Organisation, ...

WHO Director-General says Africa lost more to illicit flows and tax breaks than it gained in aid, urges financial reform ...

The World Health Organization has closed in on its bold goal of eradicating polio several times, but the paralytic virus is ...

The World Health Organization and partners embarked on their polio campaign in 1988 with the bold goal of eradication - a feat seen only once for human diseases, with smallpox in 1980.

For nearly four decades, the World Health Organization and partners have been trying to rid the world of polio, a paralytic ...