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Health workers prepare the launch of the Ebola vaccination campaign at Mulago National Referral Hospital, in Kampala, Uganda, on February 3, 2025.

Launching a Vaccine Trial During an Ebola Outbreak

Illustration of red blood cells affected by sickle cell disease.

How Sickle Cell Disease and Malaria Defined Evolution

Staff at ATGWU wear yellow polo shirts standing in front of a sign describing the facility's services

From 'Condom Man' to Full-Service HIV Clinic: How One Team in Uganda Serves Key Populations

Blessing Abosede with her son Iyanu. Abiodun Jamiu

Maternal Health

In Nigeria, Hospitals Are Unlawfully Detaining Newborns to Force Payment of Medical Bills

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