WHO recommends long-acting cabotegravir for HIV prevention
Download logoWHO today released new guidelines for the use of long-acting injectable cabotegravir (CAB-LA) as pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) for HIV and called for countries to consider...
SOMALIA: Rise in Severe Malnutrition Cases Sees 300% Surge in Children...
Download logoThe number of children receiving treatment for the most dangerous form of malnutrition surged 300% in the first six months of 2022 at...
91 million Africans infected with Hepatitis B or C
Download logoMore than 91 million Africans live with Hepatitis B or C, which are the deadliest strains of the virus, according to a World...
Former Angolan President Dos Santos Dies
Download logoAfter years of prolonged illness, the former president of Angola, José Eduardo Dos Santos, died on Friday in Barcelona, Spain at age 79. A controversial...
Submission to the Committee on the Rights of the Child Review...
Download logoThis submission relates to the review of Mauritius under the Convention on the Rights of the Child. This submission focuses on teenage pregnancy and...
Tunisia: Questions and Answers on the Draft Constitution
Download logoThe draft constitution proposed by Tunisian President Kais Saied enumerates many rights but eviscerates the checks and balances needed to protect them, Human Rights Watch...
DR Congo: Resurgent M23 Rebels Target Civilians
Download logoThe M23 armed group in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo summarily killed at least 29 civilians since mid-June 2022 in areas under their control, Human...
Historic Funding to Expand Roll-out of First-ever Malaria Vaccine in Africa
Download logoThe World Health Organization (WHO) welcomes the launch by Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, of the landmark opportunity for countries to apply for funding...
Coronavirus – Uganda: MSF helps vaccinate quarter of a million over-50s...
Eighty per cent of over-50s in Uganda’s Kasese district have now received two doses of COVID-19 vaccine thanks to a Ministry of Health vaccination...
COVID-19 vaccination in Africa increases by almost three-quarters in June 2022
Download logoAdministered COVID-19 doses rose by 74% in June 2022 compared to the previous month after a sustained three-month decrease between March and May....