Africa

Dr Tedrous _Reuters

Three Ideas on How the New WHO Chief Can Build Health Systems From the Bottom Up

Kabir Sheikh 01/06/2017

Tedros Ghebreyesus Adhanom has set universal health coverage as...

A handout photo of the lower jaw of the 7.175 million year old Graecopithecus freybergi (El Graeco) from Pyrgos Vassilissis, Greece

Fossils Cast Doubt on Human Lineage Originating in Africa

Will Dunham 23/05/2017

Fossils from Greece and Bulgaria of an ape-like creature...

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The Six Advantages of Imposing a Harmonised Carbon Tax

Armin Rosencranz and Kshitij Bansal 06/05/2017

A carbon tax policy might not be a magic...

meningitis

Africa Needs to Join Forces (Again) to Secure a Lower Cost Meningitis Vaccine

Ngozi Erondu 04/05/2017

To tackle diseases like meningitis, African governments must find...

A child who is suffering brain damage resulting from Cerebral Spinal Meningitis is seen at the Save the Children stabilisation ward in Maiduguri, Nigeria

Nigeria Tackles Rise in Infections, Meningitis Outbreak Kills 813

Reuters 27/04/2017

The government approved a house-to-house search in northern Nigeria...

FILE PHOTO: The GlaxoSmithKline building is pictured in Hounslow, west London

Ghana, Kenya and Malawi to Pilot Malaria Vaccine From 2018

Kate Kelland 25/04/2017

The injectable vaccine was developed by British drugmaker GlaxoSmithKline...

mosquito-malaria-reuters

Africa’s Anti-Malaria Efforts Face a New Hurdle – Drug and Insecticide Resistance

Andrew Githeko 22/04/2017

The gains made towards eliminating malaria in endemic countries...