Positive results announced by Micron Biomedical earlier this week stated that a measles and rubella vaccine patch has completed a Phase 1/2 clinical trial. These are exciting results which show, for the first time, the potential for vaccine patch to safely and effectively deliver vaccines to children. Needle-free vaccine technology has the potential to transform immunisation and reach everyone everywhere. This is especially ...

Following a recommendation from the World Health Organization (WHO) Emergency Committee for COVID-19, WHO Director General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has confirmed that COVID-19 will no longer be categorized a Public Health Emergency of International Concern(PHEIC). WHO declares a PHEIC when an emergency is “serious, sudden, unusual or unexpected”, with implications for health beyond the affected state’s national borders – ...

Lagos residents use art to draw attention to the gaps in the prevention and treatment of malaria. Pius Utomi Ekpei/AFP via Getty Images Segun Isaac Oyedeji, Federal University, Oye Ekiti Malaria is a major public health problem and can be life-threatening. The disease, mostly found in tropical countries, is transmitted to humans by the female Anopheles mosquito. Nearly half of ...

There have been substantial improvements in some areas of TB therapeutics. Punit Paranjpe/AFP via Getty Images Graeme Hoddinott, Stellenbosch University Tuberculosis (TB) is a preventable and curable disease. Half of the world’s 30 highest TB burden countries are in Africa. In many of these countries, TB is the leading cause of death across age groups, but especially among children. Globally, ...

About 2 billion people worldwide are estimated to be infected with tuberculosis and more than 38 million people globally are living with HIV, including over 6 million undiagnosed. Roche‌ has announced the expansion of its collaboration with the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to strengthen laboratory capabilities in countries greatly affected by the HIV and tuberculosis (TB) ...

According to a new report published on Wednesday, January 25, 2023, the use of modern contraception is soaring around the world, with an estimated 371 million women of reproductive age in low- and lower-middle-income countries now using a modern method of family planning—87 million more than just a decade ago. FP2030’s 2022 Measurement Report, which was previewed in November 2022 at the ...

Researchers have long known that sitting at your desk hour after hour is an unhealthy habit. Morsa Images/Digital Vision via Getty Images Keith Diaz, Columbia University The Research Brief is a short take about interesting academic work. The big idea To reduce the harmful health effects of sitting, take a five-minute light walk every half-hour. That’s the key finding of ...

A past anti-FGM campaign meeting in Kajiado County, Kenya. Simon Maina/AFP via Getty Images Tammary Esho, Amref International University (AMIU) Female genital mutilation is a practice deeply rooted in cultural traditions around the world. The World Health Organisation defines it as comprising all procedures that involve removal of parts of the external female genital organs for non-medical reasons. The cut ...

By Raymond Ozoji, Awka The attainment of Universal Health Coverage in Anambra state was the Crux of the matter at the world press conference held at the conference hall of the Anambra State Health Insurance Agency (ASHIA) Government House Awka. The whole media parley was that Universal Health Coverage would be achieved as envisioned by the state governor Professor Charles ...

bmszealand/shutterstock Akanni Ibukun Akinyemi, Obafemi Awolowo University Nigeria classifies abortion as illegal except under certain medical circumstances. A recent investigation by Reuters news agency has alleged that, since 2013, the Nigerian military has run a secret mass abortion programme in the north-east of the country, where it is at war with the militant Islamic organisation Boko Haram. Ten thousand women ...