NTDs, a group of 21 debilitating infectious diseases, affect over 1 billion people globally, causing significant morbidity, ...

A comprehensive strategy that combines pharmacological advances, vector control, public outreach to raise awareness and ...

In the wake of devastating floods in Northern Queensland and bushfires in Victoria, rural communities in these regions are grappling with significant ...

Niger became the first African country to eliminate the parasitic infection onchocerciasis, also known as river blindness, and the fifth worldwide, according to World Health Organisation (WHO).

From 2011 to 2016, the Department of Health (DOH) grappled with the complexities of dengue fever, which has long plagued tropical countries like ours. Under the stewardship of Secretaries Enrique Ona ...

India experiences the world’s absolute burden of at least 11 NTDs, including hookworm, dengue, lymphatic filariasis, leprosy, kala-azar, and rabies, representing the highest number of cases worldwide ...

The disease primarily affects rural populations in sub-Saharan Africa and Yemen ... under the umbrella of the WHO Onchocerciasis Control Programme in West Africa (OCP), Niger undertook vector control ...

India is on track to be declared free of Kala Azar by 2024, achieving elimination targets set by WHO after decades of efforts against the deadly disease.

Climate change poses as a biggest environmental threat. It substantially affects pathogens (parasites, viruses and bacteria), vectors, and reservoir hosts, having implications for the transmission of ...

WHEN some local government units (LGUs) responded positively to President Marcos' call to purchase their own Covid vaccines, ...

A state-level media sensitisation workshop was organised by the HF&W department in collaboration with the Global Health ...

In light of changes in the global development assistance landscape, it remains incumbent on the country to ensure adequate access to health for all inhabitants of the kingdom. As His Majesty outlined ...