In a decisive move to combat malaria, the Ugandan government has made it mandatory for all six-month-old babies to receive ...

The countries with the worst air quality included Bangladesh and India, according to an annual report from IQAir.

March 8 holds painful memories for Ezekiel Batsi Batende, pastor of Swahili Baptist Church at Woodmont. On that day in 2008, ...

Fewer than one in five global cities met World Health Organization air pollution standards in 2024 with Central and South ...

As the world continues to pray for him throughout his prolonged hospitalization, the 88-year-old Pontiff has asked people to ...

Fighting by Islamic State and other terrorist groups over minerals and power has led to widespread killings and rape in the DRC. Disease, child slavery and Christian persecution stalk the population.

KAMPALA, Uganda — Malaria season begins this month in a large part of Africa . No disease is deadlier on the continent, ...

At the 58th regular session of the U.N. Human Rights Council, Caritas Internationalis highlighted the widespread effects of ...

As conflict in the eastern parts of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) continues, thousands are still crossing the border into Burundi in what has become the largest influx the country has ...

A cluster of deaths linked to a mysterious illness in the Democratic Republic of the Congo could be the result of a poisoning ...

A professor of global health was in Kivu when the fighting began to rage. She recounts what she and her colleagues ...

UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, today issued a new position on returns to the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), advising that Congolese nationals fleeing the conflict, as well as those ...