Zimbabwe has been battling serious cholera outbreaks since the turn of the millennium due to the breakdown of water and sewer ...

According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), foodborne diseases affect millions of people annually, leading to a wide ...

The 2023–2024 cholera outbreak was a stark reminder that in Zambia, access to clean water and safe sanitation is not a given. As cholera spread rapidly, it left entire neighbourhoods extremely ...

“While oral cholera vaccination is important, it is one of several tools to curb the ongoing outbreak,” says Dr Humphrey ...

Sudan's crisis offers a preview of how climate change and health care collapse can transform political conflicts into ...

Over one million people have fled the ongoing conflict in Sudan into neighbouring South Sudan, new data provided by two ...

With a rising climate crisis causing health threats and economic losses in India, integrating public health into climate ...

Great Lakes Fact or Fake? is a new book by Dave Dempsey. Below are adapted excerpts from the book, which bring readers along while he answers 41 myths about the Great Lakes. FACT or FAKE? There was a ...

When the plague, cholera and yellow fever rippled deadly waves across a newly industrialised and interconnected world in the mid-19th century, taking a global approach to health became an imperative.

A healthy nation is a productive one. Health is existential and ranks extraordinarily on the pyramid of desiderata. Since ...

Coordinated cross-border efforts have eradicated smallpox, virtually eliminated tuberculosis and polio, and reduced ...