HIV vaccine trial in Africa halted after disappointing initial results
African-led trial ended a year early as researchers conclude there is ‘little or no chance’ new combination vaccines cut HIV risk The first trial in...
Category : Society
Countries that criminalise gay sex are impeding fight against Aids, UN warns
Anti-LGBTQ+ laws lead to stigmatism and deny access to lifesaving drugs and services Anti-homosexuality laws stop people from accessing lifesaving health services and seriously impede...
‘Your wife wants to see you’: 18th-century Spanish letters seized at sea by British published online
Correspondence taken from 130 captured ships reveal details of the stories of seafarers and their families in the 1700s A letter from a reproachful wife...
Cheap over-the-counter nail drug found to work on crippling flesh-eating disease
‘Momentous’ breakthrough as trial finds treatment for nail infections to be highly effective for neglected tropical disease A cheap and easily taken drug used to...
Solar energy could power all health facilities in poorer countries and save lives, experts say
Move would cost less than $5bn and cut toll of deaths from power outages and lack of supply, Cop28 delegates will hear All healthcare facilities...
South Africa ‘can’t afford’ to pay for new anti-HIV drug, despite cut-price offer
The jab, given every two months, has been offered on a non-profit basis, but it can’t compete with a cheap daily HIV-prevention pill The South...
DRC offers free maternity care to cut death rate among mothers and babies
Healthcare workers say clinics are being overwhelmed by women seeking help, amid lack of staff and facilities to back programme Pregnant women across the Democratic...
‘Corruption is not an African issue’: bank chief says it’s time to believe in the continent’s future
In an exclusive interview, Akinwumi Adesina, head of the African Development Bank and ‘optimist-in-chief’, says the outlook is good for a continent with both the...
Zimbabwe bans large gatherings as threat of cholera outbreak grows
Cases are rising in many parts of the country and critics are blaming chronic water shortages and poor sanitation systems The Zimbabwean government has banned...
FGM ban in the Gambia under threat as calls grow to repeal law
Women’s rights campaigners denounce ‘hugely regressive’ proposals from political and religious leaders to decriminalise practice Political and religious leaders in the Gambia are threatening to...
