Country leaders and donors commit to eliminating malaria and NTDs at key summit in Kigali.

A World Trade Organization deal on patents is not the intellectual property waiver that campaigners hoped to see.

Africa Science Focus travels to Dubti Hospital in northern Ethiopia, where child malnutrition cases are rising by 30% a month.

Good surveillance and diagnostics are central to containing monkeypox which is spreading rapidly worldwide.

Sickle cell disease disproportionately affects babies in Africa, but many go undiagnosed due to lack of screening.

The cost of climate disasters is rising exponentially but donors are not keeping up, say campaigners.

African scientists raised the alarm as early as 2010 to warn that monkeypox could become a global health concern.

Researchers use geospatial imagery to assess global carbon stocks and better target climate change mitigation efforts.

The ‘silent pandemic’ of antimicrobial resistance can be beaten by improving access to treatment, new research says.

A draft deal on patent waivers for COVID-19 vaccines has been widely panned by critics ahead of a key meeting.

Free coding clubs are springing up across Africa, with kids as young as three learning to speak the language of computers.

Researchers say immunisation campaigns targeting first six months are vital to stem respiratory syncytial virus.

Project uses artificial intelligence to develop oral antiviral drugs against COVID-19, dengue and Zika.

Coffee drinkers could soon rely on hybrid varieties to meet demand, as traditional coffee plants come under threat.

Pakistan controls lumpy skin disease in cattle but there are fears of a second wave around Eid in July.

India’s wheat export curbs may ensure food security but deny farmers and traders profits.

Urgent action is needed to stop deaths from the ‘deadliest infection’ by 2030, say diseases specialists.

COVID-19 will remain uncontrolled in many countries unless coordinated action is taken, warn scientists.

Scientists seek solutions as conflict and climate change threaten to leave 320 million facing acute hunger.