Health & Science

The East African Legislative Assembly on Wednesday passed a motion calling on partner states to legally recognise the right to food and take urgent...

Industrial and commercial establishments in Burundi could face fines of up to 500,000 Burundi francs (around US $150) for dumping wastewater and other pollutants...

Burundi’s government has introduced a new sanitation ordinance that imposes fines on individuals and businesses found violating public hygiene and cleanliness regulations, part of...

GENEVA — The World Health Organization is calling for urgent global action to prevent adolescent pregnancies and end child marriage, warning that millions of...

GITEGA, Burundi (AP) — DHL Global Forwarding has delivered a mobile heart clinic to Burundi as part of a logistics collaboration with the German...

Burundi has joined 17 other African countries in incorporating the malaria vaccine into its routine immunization program. The initiative, supported by GAVI, the Vaccine...

BUJUMBURA, Burundi — The African Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) has launched a three-day training session for community health agents in...

Arusha, Tanzania (Feb. 18, 2025) – The East African Community (EAC) has agreed to establish the East African Centre for Renewable Energy and Energy...

Food safety experts across Africa are calling for more consistent and harmonized standards for food additives, citing discrepancies that are hindering both public health...

The Burundian government is stepping up measures to prevent the spread of the Marburg virus, a deadly hemorrhagic fever, after neighboring Tanzania reported cases...