WHO declares Ebola outbreak in Congo a global health emergency
The declaration was made after case was registered in Goma city, which shares a border with Rwanda
Is the world ready to meet the SDG target on sanitation?
A closer look at the report by UNICEF and WHO tells you that this certainly not the case
We're developing the world's first vaccine suitable for humans and livestock
The technique uses a chimpanzee respiratory virus (adenovirus) to expose individuals to just a small part of the Rift Valley Fever virus
‘COVID-19 wave not distinct entity, will come periodically’
Epidemiologist Dr Chandrakant Lahariya on the new variant, vaccine immunity and India’s preparedness
Haphazard COVID-19 vaccine donations useless for Africa, WHO flags
Countries should be informed 4 weeks in advance, shots should have at least 10-month shelf-life
Everyone DOESN’T need booster jabs of COVID-19 vaccines: Lancet study (but are the rich countries reading?)
Access to vaccination has been vastly inequal; Booster doses in developed countries will further squeeze out low, mid-income …
Stop boosters now: WHO to rich countries on COVID-19 vaccines
Less than 1% of the population in Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda, Nigeria, Somalia have been fully vaccinated due to supply shortage
WHO declares end of Ebola transmission in Guinea
This is the first time that the three host countries — Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone — are free of the virus
Processed meat carcinogenic to humans, says WHO agency’s study
IARC says red meat also has nutritional value, and hopes that the findings will help countries conduct assessments to provide the best possible …
UN targets for Ebola response may not be met in West Africa
Targets for treatment and safe burials likely to be achieved in many places, but not in others, says WHO
Bike riders reach out to people in a unique campaign against Ebola
The worst Ebola outbreak in history has claimed nearly 2,300 lives in four countries; about 4,300 cases have been detected in four countries
After successful monkey trials, new Ebola vaccine being tested on humans
Two vaccines have been used in the treatment—one as doze against the virus and second to boost the immunity
Ebola crisis is largely underestimated, warns WHO amid rising death toll
Disappearance of nearly 20 patients from medical facility in Liberia a big blow to control efforts in country
No immediate cause for concern, epidemiologist tells DTE as MERS case detected in UAE
A 28-year-old male tested positive for MERS-CoV in Al Ain, WHO said July 24
New WHO panel to investigate rise in zoonotic diseases and build action plan
The experts will advise several international organisations on how future outbreaks can be averted
COVID-19 vaccines for all: Why COVAX is not working
The initiative to deliver COVID-19 vaccines to the poorest countries has not succeeded in its goal so far due to over-dependence on a few …
COVID-19 Solidarity Response Fund, ACT Accelerator face cash crunch
ACT Accelerator needs $22.1 billion in 2021; COVID-19 Solidarity Response Fund $1.96 billion
Why pregnancy brings distress for women in Sierra Leone
A crumbling health system deters women from going to hospitals, making the West African country home to the world's highest maternal death rate
South Asia accounts for over one-fourth of the world's hearing impaired: WHO
Only 32 of the 76 countries surveyed have plans and programmes to prevent and control ear diseases and hearing loss, says report
Rise in hypertension cases in Delhi highest in the age group of 35 to 44 years
The prevalence of hypertension, an important risk factor for Non-Communicable Diseases, has increased rapidly in the National Capital Region over …
2.1 billion people lack access to safe drinking water at home; rural-urban gap persists
The WHO and UNICEF report finds significant inequalities in basic water, sanitation and hygiene services
New replenishment mechanism to make WHO funding flexible welcomed at World Health Assembly
Sustainable Development Goals should also discuss adolescent health, says a report presented at the World Health Assembly
A promise of equitable access to all
WHO, pharma giants and governments have come together to provide access to all on COVID-19 therapies. But will WIPO allow this to happen?
100 days of COVID-19: I faced death threats, racial slurs, says WHO DG
In a never before press conference, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus chides the US, refutes allegations of favouring China
The DRC is on the road to being Ebola free: how it got here
At the beginning of March the authorities in the Democratic Republic of Congo announced that the last Ebola patient had been discharged from a …