Our study thus confirmed what was found in people of African descent in the US: the genetic origin underpinning the excess ...

In a landmark partnership to bolster Africa’s fight against neglected tropical diseases (NTDs), the African Union (AU) Commission’s Department of Health, Humanitarian Affairs, and Social Development ...

In a major breakthrough for rhodesiense human African trypanosomiasis (r-HAT) treatment, in August 2024 WHO recommended ... This acute form of sleeping sickness progresses rapidly and, if untreated, ...

The human African trypanosomiasis ... Since its introduction in 2020, it has accounted for about 70 per cent of sleeping sickness treatments. However, it is not a silver bullet. The drug is less ...

Kidney disease, leading to kidney failure, afflicts disproportionately more black people than white people. Thus, there is a huge burden of kidney healthcare costs among black people all over the ...

A comprehensive strategy that combines pharmacological advances, vector control, public outreach to raise awareness and ...

Niger became the first African country to eliminate the parasitic infection onchocerciasis, also known as river blindness, and the fifth worldwide, according to World Health Organisation (WHO).

PaxMedica (NASDAQ: PXMD), a biopharmaceutical company dedicated to advancing treatments for neurological ... to treat the most severe form of African sleeping sickness creates immediate need ...

The country’s elimination of human African trypanosomiasis brings the total to 55 countries that have eliminated at least one ...

Organizations affected include APIN Public Health Initiatives, the Centre for Integrated Health Programs, FHI360, and Caritas Nigeria, all of whose work includes HIV/AIDS treatment and prevention.

Leaders of Eastern and Southern African regional blocs met for an unprecedented joint summit on Saturday to find a solution to a conflict in eastern Congo, where Rwandan-backed rebels’ rapid ...