Front-line responders to the ongoing Ebola virus outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo warn that the persistent hostility to the response among some of the affected communities is jeopardizing efforts to end the epidemic. Read more.
An introduction to Germany’s new Global Health Hub, which is intended to spur collaborations between a range of sectors and to generate new approaches to tackling existing health challenges. Read more.
A leader in lymphoma research. Born in Le Puy-en-Velay, France, on March 26, 1947, he died of lung cancer in Lyon, France, on Jan 2, 2019. Read more.
Global health activist and founding member of the People's Health Movement. Born in Kolkata, India, on July 5, 1958, he died in a swimming accident in Goa, India, on Nov 28, 2018. Read more.
Influential public health researcher who focused on perinatal epidemiology and maternity services. Born in Cardiff, UK, on Feb 15, 1941, she died from complications of Alzheimer's disease in Melbourne, VIC, Australia, on Oct 25, 2018. Read more.
Ugandan surgeon and hospital director. Born in Kiryasaka, Uganda, on April 9, 1948, he died after a series of heart complications in Kampala, Uganda, on Nov 10, 2017. Read more.
Former UN Secretary-General and Nobel Peace Prize recipient. Born in what is now Kumasi, Ghana, on April 8, 1938, he died in Bern, Switzerland, on Aug 18, 2018. Read more.
Investments in health care and infrastructure are an essential component of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation discussions. The results of those commitments can be difficult to track, though, which is exactly what China wants. Read more.
Following new recommendations, England will join the ranks of countries prescribing human papillomavirus vaccines to boys as well as girls. Read more.
Leading malaria researcher. Born in the Dogon region of Mali, Africa, on Jan 1, 1956, he died after complications from surgery in Marseille, France, on June 9, 2018. Read more.
South Africa's health minister presented two bills last week that would substantially overhaul the country's health-care system in a bid to move the country closer to universal health coverage. Under the new scheme, all accredited health facilities, whether public or private, will be required to provide a package of services at a price set by the government. The legislation would also abolish copayments to health insurance companies and set up a cross-subsidization system to ease access to coverage. Read more.
With one investigational vaccine already deployed, officials are discussing the possibility of introducing as many as six other preventive and therapeutic interventions in the midst of the ongoing Ebola virus outbreak in DR Congo. Read more.
The quick response of the Congolese government and international partners to the outbreak of Ebola included enhancing surveillance in the affected areas, establishing case management facilities and mobile laboratories, and beginning the process of tracing every person who might have come into contact with a patient with the virus. Experts said this was a marked difference from the situation in March, 2014, when cases of Ebola virus disease were first reported in Guinea. Read more.
Africa has seen substantial advances in influenza surveillance over the past decade. In 2006, fewer than ten countries had surveillance and laboratory capacity, according to WHO. That number has now risen to 30. But while rapid progress has been made, there is still limited surveillance capacity to assess the risk of epidemic. Read more.
Malaysian public health expert and advocate for access to medicines. Born in George Town, Malaysia, on March 13, 1962, she died of breast cancer in Los Angeles, on Nov 21, 2017. Read more.