Kat Lay

Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO director general, said: 'No one should die of malaria; yet the disease continues to disproportionately harm people living in the African region, especially young children and pregnant women.'

Those who work underground in mines have a high rate of tuberculosis, but they risk losing their job if they take time off to travel to a clinic. Now mobile technology is delivering diagnoses at the coalface

Malnutrition in southwestern province has left local population vulnerable to to disease, experts say

After Covid-19, world leaders agreed to work together to strengthen global health systems, but negotiations on a new agreement have stalled

Often forced into sex work, trans people are at higher risk of tuberculosis but face abuse when they seek treatment. Now screening and outreach work are helping tackle the disease

Royal College of Nursing says Labour has a duty to fix health ‘double whammy’ by raising aid and funding for UK nursing

Medical advances make pills to treat Alzheimer’s disease viable, though challenges remain in sharing gains globally

Potential changes to US policy under Trump could also hamper aid efforts to most vulnerable, says former UK foreign secretary

Clinics in Uganda are scrambling to find new sources for vital HIV drugs, aid workers in Bangladesh fear refugee camp infrastructure will crumble, and

Abrupt order has done ‘serious damage’, say experts, with supply chains halted, HIV clinics struggling to source drugs and refugee camps facing loss of vital services