Sustained funding is needed to retain talented scientists and drive research, says head of pan-Africa science foundation.

Lessons from COVID-19 pandemic could ease Africa’s cholera outbreak, says WHO’s Matshidiso Moeti

HelpMum, a social enterprise, is helping Nigerian mothers close the immunisation gap with the help of a mobile app, an AI engine, and a few naira for bus fare.

A new study has attempted to quantify the pandemic’s effects on global health by surveying people across 13 countries.

Ghana is the first country to approve a new malaria vaccine that could save millions of lives in the world’s most malaria-ridden regions. Here are five things you need to know about the new vaccine.

Kenya’s ongoing cholera outbreak is a mortal risk to the clustered populations of Nairobi’s informal settlements. But recent improvements to sanitation in Kibera, the largest of them, offer hope.

Reaching the millions of “zero-dose” children who have yet to receive a single vaccine represents one of the final – and most complex – barriers to overcome in the push for global immunisation equity

Africa CDC’s New Public Health Order champions initiatives and investments across critical areas of health policy and practice on the African continent.

Health extension workers in Ethiopia have had a measurable impact on interconnected challenges such as child marriage, teenage pregnancy, and school dropout.

For the physicians, nurses, janitors and epidemiologists on the frontline, fighting Nigeria’s latest wave of Lassa fever is all-out and exhausting. But their efforts appear to be paying off.

Led by passionate women, village groups have raised funds and built vaccination shelters for their youngest and most vulnerable members.

Cervical cancer is one of the most common cancers in women. Mortality rates in sub-Saharan Africa are three times higher than the global average.