Trump aid spending freeze halts leading malaria vaccine programme
Global collaboration with US researchers likely to be set back by years, including on spread of drug-resistant HIV A flagship programme to create malaria vaccines...
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Lammy tells Rwanda it is putting $1bn in aid ‘under threat’ in DRC invasion
UK foreign secretary issues direct warning during phone call with Rwandan president after escalation of conflict Rwanda has put $1bn of global aid under threat...
Charities reeling from USAid freeze warn of ‘life or death’ effects
Abrupt order has done ‘serious damage’, say experts, with supply chains halted, HIV clinics struggling to source drugs and refugee camps facing loss of vital...
Malawi sees influx of refugees from post-election violence in Mozambique
Marauding gangs and political unrest since October’s polls have driven thousands of Mozambicans across the border into Malawi, despite its drought, food and fuel shortages...
UK cut health aid to vulnerable nations while hiring their nurses, research finds
Royal College of Nursing says Labour has a duty to fix health ‘double whammy’ by raising aid and funding for UK nursing The UK cut...
Live Aid campaigner Bob Geldof was ‘scathing about African leaders’, files reveal
Singer urged Tony Blair not to appoint African co-chair to commission on aid, UK government papers show The Live Aid campaigner Bob Geldof urged Tony...
X-rays show shrapnel and bullets buried in children caught in Sudan war
Images released by MSF doctors highlight impact of conflict in the country, with medical supplies and aid unable to reach people due to fighting A...
Global health charities warn of ‘huge and terrible’ threat to abortion rights if Trump returns
‘Global gag rule’ and funding cuts will be ‘on different scale’ if Republicans win again, family-planning providers say Providers of women’s healthcare around the world...
Sudanese factions using starvation as weapon is ‘cowardice’, US envoy says
Tom Perriello condemns tactics of Rapid Support Forces and Sudanese military before peace talks in Geneva The US special envoy for Sudan has accused the...
Most new HIV infections occurred outside sub-Saharan Africa for first time – UN report
African countries hailed for achievements, but UNAids says cases on the rise in other areas of the world The majority of new HIV infections last...
