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In Côte d’Ivoire, transgender communities break down barriers in the fight against HIV
Teddy will continue protecting transgender rights – despite the stigma and violence she and her community face every day.
Tanzania’s 5-million-girls HPV vaccination campaign a “success”
The week-long drive to vaccinate 9-to 14-year-old girls against the human papillomavirus promises to put a dent in the country’s cervical cancer burden.
Clues From Bird Flu’s Ground Zero on Dairy Farms in the Texas Panhandle
Even though H5N1 has circulated for nearly 30 years, its recent arrival in U.S. dairy cattle was unexpected.
CEPI and Gavi extend partnership to target future disease outbreaks
CEPI and Gavi, two co-leads of COVAX, the multilateral mechanism that accelerated equitable access to COVID-19 vaccines globally, have expanded their partnership to enhance the rapid development, deployment and access to vaccines against other…
Climate change causes malaria cases to triple in northwest Pakistan
In the wake of 2022’s floods, provincial health leaders say they need a new “climate-change specific” plan.
Hervs’ date back hundreds of thousands of years – and play an important role in regulating genes.
How Bangladesh eliminated its “kala-azar” public health problem
Fatal in almost every case if untreated, the parasitic infection preys particularly on the poor. But Bangladesh has the disease on the retreat – Mohammad al Amin finds out how.
Older adults face greater health risks from extreme heat for several reasons. Communities can save lives by starting to make changes now.
Veterans of Ghana’s immunisation programme look back
At the World Health Assembly of 1974, countries committed to a programme of routine childhood vaccination. In 1978, Ghana put its pledge into practice. The years since have seen profound, if not always linear, progress.
Chad is facing a Hep E outbreak: what role could vaccines play in the response?
The World Health Organization recently approved a two-dose schedule of Hepatitis E vaccine in outbreak settings. Could it be implemented in Chad?
How digital communication can help drive vaccine demand and healthcare access
What a person’s future looks like depends on their access to universal rights like healthcare. Access Challenge is an organisation transforming communities through digital media. Here is what we can learn from their COVID-19 campaigns in Tanzania…
This is how stress affects every organ in our bodies
Our mind and body act as one. A World Economic Forum expert shares why urgently reducing stress for both is so important.