Two people have died and 26 others have been infected by an outbreak of cholera in the city of Gao, northern Mali, a region occupied by hardline Islamist groups, officials told AFP on Wednesday.
Jul 5, 2012
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European countries were on Tuesday given a clear timeframe for the start of their vaccination programmes after the bloc's medicines regulator said it would decide by December 29 whether to grant emergency approval for the ...
Dec 1, 2020
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Sudan on Monday announced a state of emergency and a near-total closure of its borders to tackle the coronavirus pandemic.
Mar 16, 2020
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Malnutrition is leaving children in Malawi vulnerable to the country's worst-ever cholera outbreak, the United Nations warned Tuesday as it appealed for more than $50 million to help combat the spread.
Mar 7, 2023
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The international medical aid agency Doctors Without Borders has pulled out of the first U.N. humanitarian summit, saying the meeting won't address the growing needs caused by war and violence across the world because of ...
May 5, 2016
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The Iranian military has set up a 2,000-bed hospital in an exhibition center in the capital to shore up the local health care system as it battles the worst coronavirus outbreak in the Middle East, state TV reported.
Mar 27, 2020
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The Spanish government said Tuesday it was suspending all air traffic from Italy for two weeks over coronavirus fears, the official state bulletin said.
Mar 10, 2020
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The European Union on Friday announced 140 million euros ($183 million) in funds to fight the deadly Ebola virus in West Africa, a sharp increase over its previous pledge as the outbreak worsens.
Sep 5, 2014
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Short-term medical missions (STMMs) have been described variously as volunteer missions, internships, global health education, and medical brigades, and in the last two decades, there has been a surge in such undertakings. ...
Feb 27, 2018
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