Niger's Minister of Public Health, Population and Social Affairs Garba Hakimi officially declared at a ceremony that the country is free of onchocerciasis. With this landmark achievement, Niger ...

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has congratulated Niger for having met the criteria for onchocerciasis elimination, making it the fifth country globally and the first country in Africa to be ...

The World Health Organization said Thursday that Niger met the criteria for the elimination of onchocerciasis, a cause of blindness, making it the fifth country globally and the first country in ...

On 30 January 2025, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced that Niger has been verified for eliminating the ...

Press Release - The World Health Organization (WHO) congratulates Niger for having met the criteria for onchocerciasis elimination, making it the fifth country globally and the first country in Africa ...

Pew study explores how people view the role of religion in national identity and policymaking. It surveyed nearly 55,000 people in three dozen countries from January to May 2024.

We asked people in three dozen countries how they see religion's role in society, government and national identity.

In many middle-income countries, majorities say the Bible, Quran or another religious text should influence national law at ...

New research links sugary drinks to 2.2 million diabetes cases and 1.2 million cardiovascular disease cases in 2020, highlighting a global health concern.

Globally, the burden of sugar-sweetened beverage consumption was found to be greater among men than women, as well as among ...

The surge in popularity of Chinese artificial intelligence (AI) app DeepSeek has sparked a selloff of shares in major tech companies after it overtook rivals such as ChatGPT to become the top-rated ...