After visiting Nyarugusu refugee camp in Tanzania, two trainees in medicine and public health at Johns Hopkins reflect on disparities in the quality of medical and surgical care provided to refugees.
For millions in remote areas, health-care is barebones. The health-care team may be a long canoe ride away. Supplies are meager. Electricity comes and goes. And the pandemic made things worse.
Angola's civil war left 1,100 active minefields. The attitude had been that clearing mines is man's work until a nonprofit stepped in. Now nearly 400 women deminers tread carefully — and courageously.
Angola's civil war left 1,100 active minefields. The attitude had been that clearing mines is man's work until a nonprofit stepped in. Now nearly 400 women deminers tread carefully — and courageously.
Sidelined by the pandemic, the Dakar Biennale is back. The theme of this year's festival is "Ĩ Ndaffa" — meaning "out of the fire," as artists forge bold visions of the world.
Sidelined by the pandemic, the Dakar Biennale is back. The theme of this year's festival is "Ĩ Ndaffa" — meaning "out of the fire," as artists forge bold visions of the world.
People who catch COVID may feel as if they won't get it again, at least not for a long time. Their immune system should be primed to fight it off in the future. Right? Well, let's see.
A Reddit user claimed that while visiting a friend's house in Sweden, he had to sit in another room while the family ate dinner. The story ignited a conversation about how the rest of the world eats.
A Reddit user claimed that while visiting a friend's house in Sweden, he had to sit in another room while the family ate dinner. The story ignited a conversation about how the rest of the world eats.
Hospitals are running out of medicines. Staff members are leaving. And some parents will even leave a newborn stranded in the intensive care unit if they can't afford the fees for additional care.
Symptoms that doctors were taught about in medical school are not necessarily indicative of the cases of 2022. It can be much more subtle — and look a lot like other diseases.
Younger workers are questioning the benefits of the daily grind as they face worsening prospects. The rise of "Sang culture" embodies the frustration and soul-crushing weariness.
India's all-female task force of community health-care workers won the World Health Organization's Global Health Leaders Awards. But instead of recognition, some want a better salary and benefits.
Dr. Ifeanyi Nsofor is a physician in Nigeria, which has seen a monkeypox outbreak over the past few years. He does not like the way the media is covering the current outbreak in Western countries.
Using found materials and trash, artists from the Democratic Republic of Congo create getups that draw attention to Kinshasa's woes. Belgian photographer Colin Delfosse snaps their portraits.