Health

MOGADISHU, Somalia – The UN’s World Health Organization and UNICEF have called on Somalia to vaccinate children against polio while already 15 children have been infected with the polioviruses. The polio vaccination campaign runs from…

by Junaid Nabi-BOSTON – A few years ago, toward the end of his life, my father battled severe depression. As a physician and professor, he did not lack access to mental-health care. But he had grown up in a society that stigmatized mental…

MOGADISHU, Somalia – At least 35 people, including women and children have been admitted in hospital in Somali capital, Mogadishu after eating suspected poisonous UN food-aid porridge. The alleged poisoning took place at camps in Kahda…

ASD refers to a range of conditions characterised by some degree of impaired social behaviour, communication and language, and a narrow range of interests and activities that are both unique to the individual and carried out repetitively. …

by Bernard J. Tyson-OAKLAND – The world faces an epidemic of mental health problems that cuts across borders, economies, and cultures and carries a stigma that leaves people suffering in silence. Tackling the problem requires political,…

by Jakaya Kikwete--DAR ES SALAAM – It has been three years since world leaders committed to one of the boldest goals ever set in global public health: achieving universal health coverage by 2030. Achieving this objective will mean that…

Mareeg.com-Internet Plus has completely revolutionized Chinese people’s lives. Following in the footsteps of cab hailing and food delivery services, around-the-clock online pharmacies offer a new drug ordering and delivery model in China.…

By Wang Hailin from People’s Daily-Border for Doctors, a four-episode TV documentary on China's medical aid to Africa in the past 55 years made a splash after being broadcast on August 19, the first Medical Workers' Day of China. The…

by Jorge Moreira da Silva-PARIS – Mareeg.com- With newspapers full of stories about the challenges migrant families face, it might be tempting to assume that the causes of displacement are also being addressed. In most cases, however, such…

by Christine Stegling--BRIGHTON – When I began my career as an HIV activist in Botswana two decades ago, the thought of a vaccine seemed fanciful. Even after the country hosted vaccine trials in the mid-2000s, many of us on the frontlines…