Tuberculosis (TB) claims more lives each year than any other infectious disease – a global total of 1.4 million deaths. India accounts for one-third of these, along with 2.7 million new cases each year. The disease afflicts both rural and urban areas, but crowded...
Background Malaria is one of the leading causes of illness, death, and lost economic productivity globally. A malaria infection may result in a wide variety of symptoms, ranging from absent or mild symptoms like a headache or a fever to organ failure followed by coma...
Rotavirus is the most common cause of diarrheal disease among children. In fact, nearly every child who is not vaccinated will experience rotavirus at some point by age five. For children in countries without access to vaccinations and treatment, rotavirus can be...
Aziz Sheshe is the Regional Vaccine and Immunization Officer for Tanzania’s Arusha region. He has been working with the government’s immunization program for the past 15 years. Aziz oversees immunization services at more than 300 health facilities across the region,...
Namibia has made remarkable headway in its push against malaria – between 2005 and 2015, reported incidence of malaria in the country dropped by 97 percent. It is well positioned to become one of the first countries in Africa to eliminate the disease. But key to...
There is a major global equity gap in cervical cancer prevention. Approximately 266,000 cervical cancer deaths and 528,000 new cases occur each year, making it the fourth most common cancer among women worldwide. Nearly 90 percent of the global deaths from cervical...
As low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) set their sights on the global elimination of hepatitis C virus (HCV) by 2030, adoption of WHO recommendations for diagnosis and improved access to testing will be critical. We believe that better market intelligence will...
Each year, 72,000 people die of cancer in Nigeria, with another 102,000 cases diagnosed. Lack of access to diagnosis and treatment, sparse public awareness, and an inadequate number of qualified health professionals and equipped treatment centers result in a high...
I still remember that day in late 2012, when this patient walked into my lab. He must have been in his early forties looking very weak and emaciated. He handed over the prescription and told me that his doctor had asked him to give his blood sample for a TB...
