health

Liberia’s Vice president, Jewel Howard Taylor, opens the country’s first school for autistic children. (bottom) A desk in the classroom. Agnes Fallah Kamara

How I set up Liberia’s first school for autistic children

Community activist debunks cultural myths about autism

An Ebola survivor cares for her six-month-old son at a UNICEF-supported crèche in Beni, eastern DR Congo, December 2018. Photo: © UNICEF/UN0264160/Hubbard

Pregnant, nursing women can now be given Ebola vaccine, UN health agency announces

Photo Credits:Thomas Nybo. On 12 September 2018 in Beni, a UNICEF staff member discusses the best way to protect yourself against Ebola in a conversation with young people living in Beni, Democratic Republic of Congo, after a recent Ebola outbreak.

Frontline workers vaccinated in Uganda in bid to halt spread of deadly Ebola

Une fillette sud-africaine de 9 ans se recueille avant de prendre ses médicaments antirétroviraux. Photo: © Getty Images / Per-Anders Pettersson

Toll mounts in global AIDS pandemic

Lacking drugs, doctors and solidarity, Africa counts its dead

Le Secrétaire général, Kofi Annan (à gauche), visite le Centre de santé Matola au Mozambique. Au centre : l'Envoyé spécial du Secrétaire général pour le VIH/sida en Afrique, Stephen Lewis. Photo : ©United Nations / E. Debebe

AIDS: a 'real weapon of mass destruction'

Affordable and effective vaccine brings Africa close to elimination of meningitis A

Ebola virus transmission has been stopped in Sierra Leone – UN health agency

Africa Sierra Leone

Mobile phones with solar-powered chargers are distributed to all Ebola-quarantined homes in Sella Kafta, Sierra Leone, allowing them to stay in touch with friends and family, which lessens anxiety and resentment.

No new cases of Ebola reported for first time since March 2014 – UN health agency

Survivors of polio in Kano State, Nigeria, sit on tricycles specially designed for people with disabilities.

Polio is no longer endemic in Nigeria – UN health agency

Truckers from Guinea wait to be screened for Ebola at the busy Konadu checkpoint in Lofa County, Liberia.

At Security Council, top UN health officials spotlight role of emergency preparedness in Ebola fight

Africa Ebola Fight

L'enregistrement des naissances pour les enfants autochtones se produit dans la République du Congo, où ils suffrent de manière disproportionnée à cause de manque d'aliments nutritifs et de services de santé. Photo: UNICEF/NYHQ2009-0832/Williams

UN chief urges greater efforts to improve health and well-being of indigenous peoples

Health workers clean hospital scrubs and protective gear at the Island Clinic for Ebola treatment centre in Monrovia, Liberia, during the 2014 Ebola outbreak. USAID/Morgana Wingard

Billions now required to save depleted healthcare systems

sustainable development health

Ebola’s most affected countries lobby for funding for hospital infrastructure