On December 16, 2025, the United States and Cameroon signed a cooperation agreement in Yaoundé providing about CFA240 billion ($400 million) in US funding to strengthen Cameroon’s health system over a five-year period. The agreement was signed by US …

Clade I mpox-Ib, indeed now highlighted, puts the virus into fresh headlines and raises new questions about how worried people in the UK should be. While experts still describe the overall risk to the general public as low, they are watching this strain …

Dar es Salaam. Tanzanian health experts have cautioned the government against hastily endorsing a new United States global health aid model, warning that poorly negotiated agreements could undermine data sovereignty and roll back hard-won gains in …

The US has launched a sweeping overhaul of its foreign health assistance through the America First Global Health Strategy in an approach to African countries, tilting the benefits largely toward Washington.   Under this approach, Kenya, Rwanda, Uganda, …

Daijiworld Media Network - New Delhi New Delhi, Dec 13: Health authorities in Spain have identified the first confirmed case of human-to-human transmission of mpox clade 1b outside Africa, marking a significant development in the global understanding of …

Welcome to Foreign Policy’s Africa Brief. The highlights this week: Aid in Sudan is in jeopardy as the country faces worsening famine, Kenya’s high court suspends the country’s $2.5 billion health deal with the United States, and tensions simmer ahead of …

You both started out reporting in Africa and working for Agence France-Presse (AFP). Can you tell us about your early days — Pierre in South Africa and Margaux in Sudan? Pierre Haski: When I was 18, I went to visit my mother, who was living in Tanzania at …

Introduction Infertility is defined as failure to achieve pregnancy after 12 months or more of regular unprotected sexual intercourse.1–7 The global incidence of infertility is approximately 8–12%.8 The most common causes of female infertility are …

As the US rolls out its new global health aid strategy, clinicians and public health experts say the shift could reshape how HIV, tuberculosis (TB), malaria, and other infectious diseases are prevented and treated across dozens of low- and middle-income …

The sudden stop work order on USAID in January 2025 sent shock waves around the world. Many health clinics were immediately shut down, leaving millions without access to vital medicines and facilities, with potentially deadly consequences, especially for …