Kenya court rules that criminalising attempted suicide is unconstitutional
The judgment has been welcomed as an important shift in perceptions by human rights and mental health groups A Kenyan judge has declared as unconstitutional...
Category : Global health
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...
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...
Women’s rights groups fear FGM is rife among Sudanese refugees in Chad
Practice banned in both countries but widespread among those displaced by Sudan’s civil war, say aid workers Women’s rights campaigners have spoken of their concern...
Race to combat mpox misinformation as vaccine rollout in DRC begins
Poll suggests half of Congolese have not heard of deadly disease, as conspiracy theories and rumours spread For doctors and nurses fighting mpox in the...
DRC receives first donation of 100,000 mpox vaccines to contain outbreak
Jab not yet approved for children, who make up most cases, while officials warn millions more doses will be required The first donation of mpox...
Failure to deal with mpox outbreak ‘is risk not just to Africa but whole world’
Health leaders warn that global response to virus is test case for equity and preparation for future pandemics A failure to show solidarity with African...
Mpox outbreak in Africa is public health emergency, declares WHO
Outbreak resembles early days of HIV, say experts, urging accelerated access to vaccines and testing An outbreak in Africa of mpox, the disease formerly known...
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...
Fifth of medicines in Africa may be sub-par or fake, research finds
Analysis suggests extent of problem UN estimates is causing 500,000 deaths a year in sub-Saharan region A fifth of medicines in Africa could be substandard...
