European report calls on countries to update strategies on sexually transmitted infections
KatarzynaBialasiewicz / iStock While the mortality gap between COVID-19 and influenza has narrowed since the onset of the pandemic, COVID ...
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Kenya and Zambia battle mpox spikes as African countries manage multiple health threats
Though some of Africa’s biggest mpox hot spots continue to see downward trends, fresh spikes are occurring in other countries ...
Ethiopia’s emergency medical response system is up and running. what other countries can learn from it
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Ethiopia has built a national emergency medical team and hosts Africa's first World Health Organization (WHO)-certified ...
Quick takes: More flu deaths in US kids, new chikungunya cases in France and Italy, new polio cases in 5 countries
The Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE) yesterday announced the end of a large measles outbreak in the southwestern ...
ViiV expands licensing deal for its HIV drug in low-income countries
Once again, ViiV Healthcare has announced steps to widen access to a sought-after HIV medicine in low- and middle-income countries, ...
Mpox cases rise in handful of Africa’s outbreak countries
Though cases are falling in two of the region's high-burden countries, officials from the Africa Centres for Disease Control and ...
Study finds non-prescription antibiotic use high in young children in poorer countries
showcake / iStock More than one third of children younger than 5 years old in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) ...
Diabetes care access for children still lags in lower-income countries
Although insulin makers have launched several initiatives to improve access in dozens of low- and middle-income countries, the medicines reached ...
Study: In low-income countries, few patients with highly resistant infections get the antibiotics they need
New research suggests only a fraction of multidrug-resistant bacterial infections in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) are being treated with ...
Why life expectancy gains in Europe stalled—and how some countries stayed ahead
New research reveals why life expectancy gains have slowed across Europe—and how proactive policies in some countries helped them weather ...
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