Access to contraception can allow adolescent girls and women to stay in school longer, opening up better economic opportunities and more...

More than 1 in 4 deaths of children under 5 years of age are attributable to unhealthy environments. Every year, environmental risks –...

There are 360 million people in the world with disabling hearing loss. Unaddressed hearing loss costs approximately US$ 750 billion....

When people need advice about topics like health, careers, or relationships, the first place they often look is the internet. The same is...

WHO today published its first ever list of antibiotic-resistant "priority pathogens" – a catalogue of 12 families of bacteria that pose...

The number of people living with depression is increasing, 18% between 2005 and 2015. In the lead-up to World Health Day on 7 April,...

Childhood tuberculosis is usually a curable disease. Many cases can be prevented with chemotherapy and BCG vaccination. WHO estimates...

Years of violent conflict have deprived millions of people in north-eastern Nigeria, northern Cameroon, western Chad and south-east Niger...

The Western Cape health department has vaccinated 15 500 students and children against measles in Stellenbosch and Drakenstein this month...

The health problems of refugees and migrants are similar to those of the rest of the population. The most frequent health problems of...