The MalaFA (Malaria Futures for Africa) study for Central Africa, commissioned by the Swiss pharmaceutical group Novartis, was presented Tuesday in Abuja, Nigeria. This study includes interviews with 23 politicians, senior officials, malaria program managers, researchers and NGOs in Cameroon, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Republic of Congo and Rwanda. In these four...

The government of Kenya and its partners have launched a National Immunisation Programme (NIP) for the Human Papillomavirus (HPV). HPV is the main cause of cervical cancer which is one of the popular types of cancer in Kenya and across Africa. Approximately 530 000 women are diagnosed with cervical cancer around the...

Researchers have implicated 10 new genes in the development of schizophrenia using a method called whole exome sequencing, the analysis of the portion of DNA that codes for proteins. Working with a global consortium of schizophrenia research teams, Tarjinder Singh, PhD, a postdoctoral fellow affiliated with the Stanley Center for Psychiatric Research...

It turns out being Sugar Daddy isn't a one-size-fits-all gig. While it occasionally lives up to the stereotype of a wealthy, middle-aged man lavishing gifts and money on a young woman in return for her companionship, there's more to it in the U.S. Drawing from 48 in-depth interviews, sociologist Maren Scull, PhD, assistant...

The World Health Organization (WHO) has announced it is working closely with national health authorities and partners to respond to cases of cholera in Blue Nile State in south-eastern Sudan. Between 28 August and 10 September, Sudan’s Federal Ministry of Health reported at least 51 cases of acute watery diarrhoea in Blue...

In the past 6 weeks, the Ebola virus disease outbreak in North Kivu and Ituri provinces in the Democratic Republic of the Congo has reached an `average of 86 cases per week (range 80 to 91 cases per week) according to the World Health Organisation (WHO). It noted that the outbreak continued...

Globally, only 41 per cent of babies were exclusively breastfed in the first six months of life in 2018 but in Rwanda, the estimate was 86.9% according to UNICEF. As African countries join the rest of the world in marking this year's World Breastfeeding Week, UNICEF has revealed that more than half...

DR Congo's health minister resigned Monday, citing his removal as the head of his country's Ebola response and concerns over a proposed "experiment" with a new, unlicensed vaccine. "As a result of your decision to place the response to the Ebola outbreak under your direct supervision... I hereby submit my resignation as...

On the sidelines of the African Union Summit, national and international leaders join the "No to NTDs" movement to reduce the burden of neglected tropical diseases in sub-Saharan Africa. The high-level side event was convened as part of the African Union Summit, by policy and advocacy tank Speak Up Africa, in partnership...

The Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) will only end with bipartisan political cooperation and community ownership, according to the World Health Organization’s Director-General, Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus. He was speaking to Member States in Geneva after returning from a visit to DRC, where he reviewed the health response and met with...