Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Critics say pandemic treaty text is 'step backwards'

As negotiations accelerate towards a new pandemic treaty, observers warn that efforts to ensure equal access to the medical products needed to battle future threats are being watered down.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

No longer a death sentence: Four decades of living with HIV

Forty years after the discovery of HIV, AFP looks at how far we have come in fighting a deadly virus that was once shrouded in fear and shame but is now treated as a manageable chronic condition.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Are we ethically prepared for Disease X?

According to some estimates, there is more than a one in four chance in the next decade of another global pandemic. We don't know whether this will be influenza, a coronavirus (like SARS and COVID), or something completely ...

Vaccination

WHO hails Africa's first mRNA vaccine hub

Africa's first mRNA vaccine hub was ceremonially launched on Thursday to acclaim from the UN's global health chief, who hailed it as a historic shift to help poor countries gain access to life-saving jabs.

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