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Revolutionising immunisation through digital healthcare in Rajasthan, India
Gavi’s partnership with Khushi Baby aims to leverage digital innovation to ensure no child is left behind in receiving life-saving vaccines in India.
Climate monitoring upgrades urgently needed in Africa
Systems for monitoring weather and water in Africa are “missing, outmoded or malfunctioning”, researchers warn.
Climate and health crises are converging: we need to tackle them together
As leaders across Africa gather on 4 September in Nairobi to assess continent-wide progress and propose ambitious plans to address climate change, we can only commend this initiative and share their goals to protect the planet and promote the…
Burundi fights back against resurgent poliovirus
Round two of a nearly three-million child polio vaccination campaign was launched in mid-August, amid concerns the paralysing virus could still be spreading silently.
Rapid experiments to improve health-care delivery
Public health experts are borrowing a technique from the tech world to make messaging more effective — so that patients are more likely to get preventive care.
How folk remedies can fuel misinformation
Medical folk wisdom is the complex problem health professionals can’t afford to ignore.
The Kenyan community worker putting the “care” in healthcare
Grace Achieng’s first-born son missed out on all his vaccinations. The reason her younger children have been protected from the start is called Geoffrey Otieno.
The mesquite and the mosquito: Malaria threat spreads in Kenya's Rift Valley
How mathenge, a thorny invasive plant colonising large tracts of Kenya, is fuelling malaria transmission, even in semi-arid landscapes.
COVID: should we start wearing masks again?
Some experts are calling for a return to masking as new variants emerge.
In the heart of the equatorial rainforest lies the remote city of Boende, Democratic Republic of Congo. Nestled in 178 million hectares of rich biodiversity, it is home to thousands of people. This area was hit hard by a deadly Ebola outbreak in…
Preparing for Nigeria’s HPV vaccine rollout
Tina Iroghama Agbonyinma helps lay the groundwork for successful HPV vaccine introduction
‘Protect biodiversity to secure traditional medicine sources’
WHO summit highlights need to protect traditional medicine sources.