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Corporate watchdog urges clean-up of supply chains as analysis finds weak regulation and enforcement has led to lack of scrutiny.

More than 70% of people surveyed by the Wellcome Global Monitor reported trusting scientists, doctors and nurses but there is no room for complacency.

A deadly conflict is brewing between those forced out of the DRC's Kahuzi-Biéga national park and the rangers charged with protecting it.

The Democratic Republic of Congo's deadly Ebola outbreak is ‘global wake-up call’ says World Health Organisation head, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus.

Political, security and cultural complications – not least a refusal to believe that Ebola exists – have thwarted efforts to overcome DRC’s deadly outbreak.

Mali joins the ranks of countries such as Sierra Leone, South Africa & Burkina Faso to provide free healthcare to moms and tots.

Women in the war-torn Democratic Republic of Congo are allegedly being asked for sexual favours in exchange for Ebola treatment.

The World Health Organization launches an inquiry after claims of ‘legendary’ corruption, including racism and sexism.

We are facing possibly the greatest health threat of our time: drug-resistant infections. But here's why there's hope the world can change course.

Our computers and phones keep us connected but a key ingredient in them keeps children as young as six locked in a vicious cycle for about R26 a day.

The virus’ resurgence, this time in a city of more than one-million people could set the scene for a fast-spreading disaster.

Why the world is just waking up to the power of immunisations to tackle this infectious disease and how we’re learning more with every rainy season.

International insecticide brand Mortein claims that Nigeria contributes 23% of the world’s malaria cases. Does the figure hit the mark?

Patients too poor to settle medical debts are chained to drain pipes, starved and abused in health centres across parts of Africa.

A disease that claims the lives of two children under five a minute worldwide has hit drought-stricken Kenya hard, its spread driven by malnutrition.

The products themselves could be dangerous and are likely to encourage high-risk sexual behaviour.