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Children raised in orphanages often lack a key ingredient for healthy development – love.
New guidelines from the World Health Organization mean more people are eligible for antiretrorviral therapy. It’s critical to find ways for people to start treatment without multiple clinic visits.
The world looks to the WHO for all health-related matters – but it is only part of the picture.
Canada is the latest country to see a decline in rates of overweight and obesity. Does that mean anti-obesity strategies are starting to work?
Non-communicable diseases are skyrocketing in Kenya and Uganda. Though the countries’ governments have a responsibility to tackle the problem, individuals need to take action too.
Most people are aware of the benefits of breastmilk, but few are aware of the risks.
New initiative with old handsets halves rates of the disease in southern Tanzania – and is being applied to other conditions, too.
Diabetes has become a massive global problem and requires a dedicated effort in both the developed and the developing world.
To tackle Zika and other viral outbreaks, we need to focus not only on the pathology of the disease, but also on the global political and economic architecture.
For thousands of miners who have developed silicosis from years of work on South Africa’s gold mines, a landmark court case will change their lives.
Only 28% of working women across the globe are fully protected by maternity laws that provide for time off work with full pay.
How does an institution like the World Bank come to put a price tag on a virus like Zika or any other health calamity?
Despite the breakthroughs in HIV and AIDS research, without an effective vaccine, the world will not get to zero new infections and deaths.
The World Health Organization classifies the common herbicide glyphosate as “probably carcinogenic to humans”. But this doesn’t mean using it to kill weeds in playgrounds will hurt children.
Globally, the health community is moving to a point where there could be zero new HIV infections or deaths. But it has been a long road.
Residents in Nairobi’s urban slums are opting for fast food rather than the healthy alternatives, which is increasing their risk of developing diabetes.
With limited laboratory capacity and a lack of experts and funding, an outbreak of the Zika virus in Africa could be problematic.
Overnight, World Health Organisation Director-General Margaret Chan declared the outbreak of Zika virus a public health emergency. So what does this mean?
Zika is quite different to Ebola – and experts would do well to wait before making recommendations this time.
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