Sleeping sickness, a parasitic disease which is generally fatal without treatment, has been eliminated as a public health ...

In the most remote places in the world, people are daily battling diseases that many people may never have heard of. Called neglected tropical diseases, the World Health Organization (WHO) officially ...

Uganda has reported an outbreak of Ebola following the death of a nurse from the virus in the capital Kampala.

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has congratulated Niger for having met the criteria for onchocerciasis elimination, making it the fifth country globally and the first country in Africa to be ...

Sleeping sickness is no longer a health threat in Guinea, which may be a tipping point in the continent’s efforts to beat the ...

Guinea, a country in West Africa has successfully eradicated the gambiense form of human African trypanosomiasis (HAT) ...

Prioritising US health, Trump has already frozen the supply of HIV and malaria medication aid to endemic countries.

African countries should intensify efforts to eliminate neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) and unlock the productivity and ...

The World Health Organization (WHO) congratulates Guinea for eliminating the gambiense form of human African trypanosomiasis ...

General, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has extended his congratulations to Guinea for successfully eliminating human African ...

The World Health Organization (WHO) congratulates Guinea for eliminating the gambiense form of. This form of human African trypanosomiasis, the only type transmitted in Guinea, is the first neglected ...