MALNUTRITION, MALARIA and the MYCOBACTERIUM

Novelist and poet Alan Sillitoe, one of the "Angry Young Men" of British fiction who emerged in the 1950s, has died aged 82, media...

Once a disease thought to have been eradicated across most of the developed world, today the incidence of tuberculosis (TB) is again on the ...

Nigeria has the highest burden of tuberculosis in Africa. So it is quite correct to say Nigeria has one of the highest risks of contactin...

Poor nutrition as a child would be a bad influence on a child's physical health. But it was not only on his physical problems, but also ...

AFTER the global economy was jolted by the worst recession since World War II last year and the food and fuel crises in 2008, a report joint...

WASHINGTON, April 24, 2010—With malnutrition causing the deaths of as many as 3 million mothers and young children every year, ministers, he...

April 25 is World Malaria Day, so this is a good opportunity to mention the new second edition of WHO's Guidelines for the treatment of ...

Out of the 500 malaria patients detected last year, the majority were Armed Forces personnel in North and East, a Healthcare and Nutrition M...

Although a massive increase in funding has allowed a “dramatic expansion” in the war against malaria, which kills nearly 1 million people a ...

The anti-poverty head of the European Union refused to acknowledge that bio-fuels raised food prices to make millions more hungry. This cl...

A global economy where more than one billion people suffer from hunger is not a sustainable one," US Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner sa...

In many countries, starting a business requires more than a good idea. You also need an unmarked envelope full of cash - a bribe. You want t...

During 2002-2008, low and middle income countries averaged economic growth of 6.2 per cent a year, and during 1999-2005 the number of people...

ZANZIBAR CITY, 25 April 2010 (IRIN) - Efforts to combat malaria in Zanzibar have seen the prevalence rate come down from 35 percent before 2...

ZANZIBAR CITY, 25 April 2010 (IRIN) - Efforts to combat malaria in Zanzibar have seen the prevalence rate come down from 35 percent before 2...

— Last week, five-year-old Prisca Nyaboke was recovering from her third bout of malaria at a private clinic in Mathare North, Nairobi. The ...

Benin, 14 April 2010 – More than one in three Beninese children under the age of five show signs of chronic malnutrition. In the drier, nort...

WFP recently released its analysis of Malawian food security for 2010. Having been both lauded and criticized by donors for its food policie...

Madhoun: India's government is spending billions of dollars on welfare schemes, and plans even more this year. But that is news to Poona...

Kampala Ms Grace Komuhindo sat quietly under a tent, holding her one-and-a half year-old baby at the nutrition unit at Mulago National Refer...