Checking vaccination status when children visit health facilities can be a highly effective way to catch up those who have missed vaccinations.

As displacement due to flooding spurs rates of teen pregnancy, a church programme in western Kenya is shepherding young mothers towards antenatal and immunisation clinics.

Increases in extreme wildfires in many parts of the world are fueling concerns over the impacts of smoke on human health.

Study suggests similar risk of preterm birth in women who were vaccinated against respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) during pregnancy and those who were not.

Health workers used to struggle to reach the more than 8,700 eligible kids of Lindi Ward, in Nairobi’s massive Kibra slum, with vaccines. Not anymore. 

Male foetuses infected with HIV during pregnancy stand a higher chance of remission.

Transgender activists in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa say it’s a step forward – here’s why.

A government project is extending access to prevention and treatment for a “forgotten” Great Lakes community.

An analysis of Taiwanese medical records supports the idea that dengue infection could have longer-term consequences for people’s health.

As deluges slay livestock in their hundreds, and climate change promises more natural disasters, experts warn that outbreak preparedness strategies need to evolve. 

New therapeutic HPV vaccines could complement existing HPV prophylactic vaccines.

The tragic loss of his wife to cervical cancer ignited Borno state immunisation officer Maina Modu's determination to protect not only his daughters, but all young girls in the state from the vaccine-preventable disease.