It is hard to protect yourself from HIV when having sterile syringes or condoms can lead to arrest: discrimination is restricting progress in eliminating HIV Forty years after the first cases of Aids were discovered, goals for its global elimination ha…
UK joins calls on Mali to end alleged deal with Russian mercenaries
Mali’s military leaders under pressure to pull back from suspected agreement with Wagner GroupThe UK has joined a mounting international campaign of pressure on Mali’s military leaders to step back from a suspected deal with a Russian mercenary company…
Malaria trial shows ‘striking’ 70% reduction in severe illness in children
A study in Burkina Faso and Mali suggests combining anti-malarial drugs and vaccination could reduce deaths and hospitalisationsA trial combining vaccinations and prevention drugs has substantially lowered the number of children dying of malaria in two…
‘I’d never seen a boat come in with so many bodies’: mortal cost of Atlantic migrant route
Every year thousands of refugees from conflict, climate and instability in Africa board vessels in search of a new life in Europe but hundreds never arrive At 6.30am on Friday 28 May, three fishermen at work four miles off the southern coast of Tobago …