The number of countries reaching and sustaining 90% coverage of children with routine life-saving vaccinations has doubled since 2000.

The Head of Prevention, department of Public Health in the Federal Ministry of Health, Dr Chukwuma Anyaike said about 20 million Nigerians are infected with the Hepatitis B and C virus.

A Seychelles free from plastic bags! That is what a group of young people living in the tiny Indian Ocean archipelago of 115 islands would like to see in the future.

About eighty per cent of the poachers arrested by the South African authorities in the Kruger National Park are Mozambicans, according to William Mabassa, of the public relations service of the Kru

Nairobi — Rampant illegal trading in ivory in Hong Kong is pushing elephants towards extinction, conservationists said Thursday, reporting more ivory items on sale there than in any other city.

A device called 'Smart Citizen', that tracks elements of weather such as the amount of carbon dioxiode, nitrogen oxide, sound levels and humidity will soon be selling in Namibia.

More than 120,000 households across Ethiopia are expected to benefit from significant new investment in water, wastewater and sanitation infrastructure.

Thirty cholera cases have been reported in Naivasha subcounty in two months, area medical officer of health Dr Oren Ombiro has said.

A report by the Joint United Nations Program on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) announces today in Addis Abeba that sixth Millennium Development Goal of halting and reversing the spread of HIV has been achieved