Global risks of zoonotic disease are high on policy agendas. Increasingly, Africa is seen as a ‘hotspot’, with likely disease spillovers from animals to humans. This paper explores the social dynamics ...

The World Health Organization calls cholera a disease of poverty, as it thrives where there is poor sanitation and a lack of ...

Why do so many children in Africa go undiagnosed, and what impact does this have on their futures? BBC Africa Daily’s Peter Musembi speaks with Cameroonian author Delly Singah, whose personal ...

03/08/2025 March 8, 2025 In many African societies, women are directly or indirectly pressured to bear children. DW finds out what women think of this issue as International Women's Day approaches.

It also said children who are sick or wounded should be evacuated to receive medical attention. "Food, safe water, shelter, and medical care have become increasingly scarce. Without these ...

A research team led by statistical experts from the University of Innsbruck has now provided high-resolution estimates of anemia prevalence among children in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia.

That is an average of 30 children killed every day over the past 535 days. My best friend blushed easily, loved our Gaza neighbourhood, and hoped to become a nurse to look after sick children.

The mothers of sick Palestinian children who were medically evacuated from Gaza to Ireland have pleaded with the Government to be reunited with their husbands and remaining children. One of the ...