But now, thanks to a combination of non-profit researchers and African public-health workers, there are signs of progress ...

NTDs, a group of 21 debilitating infectious diseases, affect over 1 billion people globally, causing significant morbidity, disability, and death. These diseases, including visceral leishmaniasis (VL) ...

Sokoto State Commissioner for Health, Dr Faruk Umar Abubakar, has promised that the state was now in a position to eradicate all tropical diseases.He made the promise while speaking at the 2025 World ...

The Anambra State Government, in partnership with Carter Centre, said it recorded and treated 156 dog bite cases between 2023 ...

By Benjamin Makafui Attipoe, Sogakope The Director in-charge of Technical Co-ordination at the Ministry of Health (MOH) and ...

Late former President Jimmy Carter had the goal of ending guinea worm disease for 38 years. Now, his goal is almost at the finish line.

Beyond a halt to USAID activities, senior officials at the agency have been placed on administrative leave while Trump and ...

In a small village in Niger’s Tahoua region, an 80-year-old man sits in the shade, his eyes clouded by irreversible blindness ...

Researchers from Universidade Estadual da Paraíba, Universidade Federal da Paraiba and affiliated organizations presented the ...

The Oyo state government has reaffirmed its commitment to eradicating Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs) with an investment of ₦30 million in disease elimination efforts across the 33 local government ...

The European Medicines Agency’s positive opinion for ivermectin-albendazole for treating soil-transmitted helminth infections ...

Viehbacher, “Biogen”) announced today an update on the ongoing regulatory review of the Marketing Authorization Application for lecanemab as treatment for early AD (mild cognitive impairment due to ...