As Madagascar faces its largest measles outbreak in history and cases soar well beyond 115,000, an IoL report says that resistance to vaccinating children is not the...Talking Points
Delegates from governments and civil society organisations, attending a global forum on fair pricing and access to medicines, have called for greater transparency around...HIV/AIDS
Although neural tube defect risks may be higher with dolutegravir than efavirenz, dolutegravir will lead to many fewer deaths among women, as well as fewer overall HIV...Africa
Disease is causing an “astounding” drain on Africa’s economy, costing the continent almost $2.4trn each year. The Daily Telegraph reports that this is according to...Africa
Democratic Republic of Congo’s Ebola outbreak is spreading at its fastest rate yet, eight months after it was first detected, The Times reports the World Health...Weekly Roundup
Mozambique is to start a cholera vaccination campaign this week in areas ravaged by Cyclone Idai, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said, after five confirmed cases...
March 27th, 2019
The fate of entire village populations in Mozambique remain unknown as rescue workers try desperately to reach thousands still trapped in rising floodwaters...
March 27th, 2019A group of ethicists and scientists – including some of the inventors of CRISPR – have called for a moratorium on all clinical uses of germline editing. But the...
Gender inequity remains a challenge in the health workforce, with too few women making critical decisions and leading the work. The World Health Organisation (WHO), the...Infectious Diseases
Final results from Stage 1 of the STREAM randomised clinical trial show that a 9-11-month treatment regimen is as effective in treating multidrug-resistant tuberculosis...
