On 30 January 2025, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced that Niger has been verified for eliminating the ...

The Trump Administration’s decision to close the U.S. Agency for International Development has drawn much criticism.

ivermectin (Mectizan®), to control river blindness in Africa and eliminate the transmission of the disease in the Americas. Since then, Colombia, Ecuador, Guatemala, and Mexico have been verified ...

The European Union has announced an initial humanitarian assistance package of €1.9bn for 2025, with €510m earmarked for Nigeria and other countries in sub-Saharan Africa. The European ...

The Trump administration's attack on USAID puts at risk close to $500 million a year in aid for climate projects in ...

Urban populations in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia tend ... deaths from T2D and 257,962 deaths from CVD. Colombia, Mexico, and South Africa bear a disproportionate share of this burden.

Press Release - The World Health Organization (WHO) congratulates Niger for having met the criteria for onchocerciasis elimination, making it the fifth country globally and the first country in Africa ...

The disease primarily affects rural populations in sub-Saharan Africa and Yemen ... all in the Region of the Americas: Colombia (2013), Ecuador (2014), Guatemala (2016) and Mexico (2015).