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Even the cheapest nutritious foods can cost two to ten times more per calorie than maize meal

Last week, the government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) requested a release of Ervebo vaccines from the global Ebola virus disease vaccine stockpile, managed by the International Coordinating Group on Vaccine Provision (ICG). The request was for use of the vaccine in the current Bundibugyo virus disease outbreak. Ervebo vaccine is licensed…

What would it take for people, institutions and communities not merely to navigate a fractured and changing world, but to retain meaningful possibilities for the future?

Feinberg faculty are helping strengthen the next generation of healthcare professionals far beyond Chicago. Through a longstanding collaboration with the University of Global Health Equity (UGHE) in Rwanda, medical educators at Feinberg support a sustainable approach to global health: training educators who will go on to teach thousands of future physicians, nurses and other health professionals. 

Misinformation and distrust are among the challenges facing public health workers in the Democratic Republic of Congo as they confront the second-deadliest Ebola outbreak on record. Even though the virus has faded from U.S. headlines, key organizations are still at work providing medical care and training to counter the spread of the disease

The newly established South African Medical Research Council (SAMRC) and University of Cape Town (UCT) AI for African Population Health Unit is set to create new opportunities for collaboration between researchers and clinicians, harnessing diverse health data to improve healthcare outcomes across the continent

The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) and the World Health Organization (WHO) have called for an urgent scale-up of the community-led Ebola response in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), with stronger early detection, contact follow up, access to care, support for frontline health workers and faster delivery of re

[AIDS 2026] Africa Health Research Institute: Mobile Men study: injectable PrEP beats pills for men who travel for work

Applications are now open for the Africa Health Collaborative (AHC) Research Fund 2026, an initiative supporting collaborative research led by Early Career Researchers (ECRs) from AHC member institutions. The fund aims to strengthen research capacity, foster international collaboration, and generate evidence that improves Health Human Reacross Sub-Saharan Africa

South African health authorities have issued a fresh warning urging patients, pharmacies and medical practitioners to stop using, prescribing or dispensing recalled iDEXIS Semaglutide and Tirzepatide products, saying the medicines pose a serious risk to public health