Health

Three people in an isolation unit of Uganda’s main hospital have tested positive for Ebola, the country’s health minister said on Saturday. “Yesterday … three individuals from among the 60 in our Mulago isolation facility tested...

The World Health Organization (WHO) and UNICEF welcomed funding agreements from the King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Centre (KSRelief) valued at US$ 10 million to further bolster polio and measles programmes in eight countries. The...

On October 18th, global leaders confirmed US$ 2.6 billion in funding toward the Global Polio Eradication Initiative’s (GPEI) 2022-2026 Strategy to end polio at a pledging moment co-hosted by Germany’s Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and...

Yoweri Museveni, the president of Uganda, placed a lockdown on two districts that are the core of an Ebola outbreak on Saturday, prohibiting personal travel, issuing a night curfew, and closing down public spaces. Since the...

Indian health officials have ordered a maker of cough syrups to halt production after they were linked to the deaths of children in The Gambia. Maiden Pharmaceuticals broke rules “across its manufacturing and testing activities,” Indian...

Diabetes is one of the four major types of noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) that make the largest contribution to morbidity and mortality worldwide. The prevalence of diabetes is increasing in Bangladesh in both urban and rural areas....

The overall number of global Covid cases has now crossed 628 million, UNB reports. According to the latest global data, the total case count mounted to 628,345,850 while the death toll from the virus reached 6,565,764...

The Evercare Group, a leading impact-driven healthcare group investing in emerging markets on October 10, 2022, announced the official inauguration of its latest venture, Evercare Hospital Chattogram, the first ever multispecialty tertiary care hospital in the...

The resurgence of cholera in violence-stricken Haiti after three years without a single reported case threatens the well-being and health of 1.2 million children living in Haiti’s capital, Port-au-Prince, UNICEF warned. As the country grapples with...

Moderna Inc has refused to hand over to China the core intellectual property behind the development of its COVID-19 vaccine, leading to a collapse in negotiations on its sale there, the Financial Times reported on Saturday,...