Malaria deaths have fallen dramatically in Papua New Guinea, bringing the country closer to its goal of eliminating malaria fatalities and improving public health outcomes nationwide.
People across Pakistan are set to gain wider access to free hepatitis C screening and treatment through a nationwide programme aimed at eliminating the disease as a public health threat.
In Australia, trachoma has been eliminated as a public health problem, ending the presence of a preventable disease that once disproportionately affected remote communities.
Global immunisation campaigns have cut measles deaths by 88% since 2000, saving nearly 59 million lives and bringing the world closer to eliminating one of its deadliest childhood diseases.
Across Africa’s “meningitis belt,” countries are introducing a new vaccine that targets all major strains of meningococcal bacteria, offering hope of ending the devastating epidemics that have killed hundreds of thousands.
The United States has reaffirmed its role as the largest donor to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, pledging $4.6 billion for 2026–28 despite an overall tightening of international aid budgets.
Egypt has officially eliminated trachoma as a public health problem, becoming the seventh country in the Eastern Mediterranean Region — and the 27th worldwide — to reach this milestone, according to the World Health Organization.
The world is making steady progress in defeating one of its oldest infectious diseases, as new data from the World Health Organization show tuberculosis deaths and infections continuing to decline worldwide.
Scientists have unveiled the first-ever treatment that makes a real impact on Huntington’s disease — a genetic neurodegenerative disorder once seen as untreatable.
The price of a full six-month treatment for drug-resistant tuberculosis has dropped under USD 300, following a third major price cut this year — a major step toward affordable care for all.
