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Children walk home from school in Nairobi, Kenya, on June 30, 2022. Donwilson Odhiambo/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images

Infectious Diseases

Africa’s Different Dengue Symptoms Require New WHO Diagnostic Criteria

Students participate in a rural vaccination drive at a school in Mpumalanga, South Africa, on March 9, 2022. Waldo Swiegers/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Africa’s New Approach to Public Health

Health workers walk from house to house during a polio vaccination campaign in Hotoro-Kudu, Nassarawa district of Kano, Nigeria. April 22, 2017. Pius Utomi Ekpei/AFP via Getty Images

The Last Mile: How We’ll Stop All Poliovirus in Africa

A health worker prepares a COVID-19 vaccination certificate in Bimbo, Central African Republic, on November 15, 2021. Image: Barbara Debout/AFP/Getty

It’s Time to Take Coronavirus in Africa Seriously

Sudents line up at a primary school in Brickaville, Madagascar to receive treatment for intestinal worms, November 2020. Image: The END Fund / Viviane Rakotoarivony

Winning the Global War against Neglected Tropical Diseases

A health care worker tests for COVID-19 yesterday in Antananarivo, Madagascar. Photo by RIJASOLO/AFP via Getty Images

In COVID-19, the Africa CDC Faces Its Greatest Challenge

A health worker conducts drive-through novel coronavirus testing in Johannesburg yesterday. Photo: Marco Longari/AFP via Getty Images

Africa Prepares for “the Worst”

Stock photo of western volunteer listening to child's heartbeat

10 Fixes for Global Health Consulting Malpractice

A newly established clinic at the Muranga District Hospital extends hemophilia care into Muranga County, Kenya.

“We are Many”: The Race to Treat Hemophilia in Kenya

Exclusive Commentary: Challenges in Port Harcourt