WHO and UNICEF release global and national routine immunisation coverage estimates (WUENIC).Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance analyses what the 2024 WUENIC data says about the state of immunisation in the 57 ...

Muhammadu Buhari died at 82 in a London clinic on July 13. The strongman-turned-democrat led Nigeria twice - as a military ruler from 1983 to 1985 and an elected president from 2015 to 2023.

The WHO and UNICEF have warned that widespread misinformation and severe international aid cuts are widening coverage gaps, ...

Today marks 240 days since the detention of Ugandan opposition leader Dr. Kizza Besigye and his co-accused Hajj Obeid Lutale -- an incarceration their lawyers now describe as a gross miscarriage of ...

No fewer than 1,111 Nigerians were killed and another 276 persons abducted by non-state actors in the month of June, a report released by Beacon Security and Intelligence Limited has disclosed.

Deputy Minister of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment, Narend Singh, has urgently called for global leaders to address climate action and provide the necessary support for mitigation and ...

Hepatitis B continues to affect a significant portion of Uganda's population, with 4.1% of adults living with the virus, according to Uganda Population-based HIV impact assessment survey 2016.

Uganda is set to roll out a nationwide birth dose vaccination against hepatitis B this August, in what health officials are calling a key step in the fight against mother-to-child transmission of the ...

As Uganda ramps up efforts to eliminate hepatitis B, health officials say the program continues to face significant funding challenges that hinder progress.