High demand for antibiotics and antimalarials in the country creates a lucrative market for substandard medicines.

A baby in her mother's arms receives a dose of malaria vaccine in Apac district, northern Ugandan, on April 2, 2025.

Trump's Tariffs Impact 185 Countries, Disrupting Global TradeU.S. President Donald Trump declared a 10% baseline tax on imports from 185 countries and even higher tariff rates on dozens of others.

Uganda has launched its largest malaria vaccination campaign to date, introducing the R21/Matrix-M vaccine into routine ...

Turkana County has officially been categorised as a high malaria burden county in the 2023-2027 Kenya Malaria Strategy, necessitating targeted interventions to combat the disease.

For weeks, the Kala-azar disease has been a menace to the residents of Wajir, with the Ministry of Health racing to eradicate it and save lives.Kala-azar is a parasitic disease transmitted by ...

Chief Officer for Preventive and Promotive, Janerose Tioko, stated that malaria accounted for 30 percent of the reported ...

Uganda's Ministry of Health, with support from Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance (Gavi) and Alliance partners, UNICEF, the World Health Organization (WHO), PATH and CHAI rolled out a malaria vaccination ...

Some observers, however, say African countries will first face the shock, and may even be stuck in it for lack of capacity ...

The Kenya Meteorological Department has issued a crucial warning regarding the heightened risk of floods and landslides in various regions ...