During World Immunization Week 2016, held 24-30 April, WHO highlights recent gains in immunization coverage, and outlines further steps...

On the occasion of World Health Day 2016, the World Health Organisation (WHO) issues a call for action on diabetes, drawing attention to...

The UN fears communities living in Angola are carrying the mosquito borne virus into neighbouring countries. The World Health...

When the director general of the World Health Organization, Margaret Chan, declared a public health emergency of international concern in...

World Health Day, 7 April 2016, focuses on beating #diabetes through prevention, diagnosis, treatment and care. Hundreds of millions of...

Two months after the first yellow fever cases were confirmed in the Viana municipality, Luanda province, the Angolan authorities and...

Liberia closed its border with Guinea on Tuesday as a precaution against Ebola following at least four deaths from the virus in Guinea,...

A yellow fever epidemic in Angola has killed at least 250 people since the end of December [2015] and continues to spread, stretching...

You are sleeping quite soundly when a sharp buzzing sound around your head wakes you up, forcing you to try to swat it away. Or else you...

Recent findings published in Emerging Infectious Diseases showed that the 2014-2015 Ebola outbreak indirectly increased the number of...