Africa

Report finds ‘dramatic’ reduction in the number of childhood deaths between 1990 and 2013

The number of deaths among children under five years of age fell by 49% worldwide between 1990 and 2013, according to Unicef, the World Health Organization and the World Bank.…

First UK volunteer receives experimental Ebola vaccine

An experimental Ebola vaccine has been tested in the first healthy UK volunteer, as part of a phase I clinical trial being conducted at the University of Oxford. …

World Health Organization expedites trials for potential Ebola vaccines

The World Health Organization has announced that two vaccines will be expedited to clinical trials and could be available as soon as November 2014 for priority use in healthcare workers.…

Online initiative aims to improve pharmacy education in Africa

A virtual centre of excellence that aims to help pharmacy schools in Africa increase the number of regionally-trained pharmacists has been launched.…

The Ebola outbreak

International health organizations are struggling to contain the biggest Ebola outbreak on record. …

Nelson Mandela — healing a nation

Sybil Seoka, immediate past president of the Pharmaceutical Society of South Africa, writes in memory of elder statesman Nelson Mandela, who died on 5 December 2013…

The Mobile Pharmacy in Northern Uganda Project

The International Pharmaceutical Students’ Federation has collaborated with Respond ReNU, a non-governmental organisation based in northern Uganda, to establish and develop a project that would aim to improve the quality and effectiveness of health services supervision in northern Uganda. Roohil Y…