According to the World Health Organization’s (WHO) World Malaria Report 2022 issued in December, there were 247 million cases of malaria worldwide in 2021 resulting in 619,000 deaths with the WHO African Region continuing to carry a disproportionately high share of...
When 12-century philosopher Maimonides wrote about the eight degrees of charity, he said: “Lastly, the eighth and most meritorious of all, is to anticipate charity by preventing poverty, namely, to assist the reduced brother…by teaching him a trade, or by putting him...
In Sierra Leone, the challenges are many for more than 8.8 million residents (2023 current est.) who live in a country which spends less than 9 percent of its Gross Domestic Product (GDP) on healthcare compared to 18.8 percent in the United States in 2020, according...
The Kebeneti SDA Dispensary in Kericho, Kenya was founded in 1966 in a two-room mud building with the mission of serving children and adults in desperate need of healthcare in a rural region of the country where medical services were extremely limited. And decades...
This Friday, April 7, marks the 75th anniversary of the World Health Organization’s World Health Day when “in 1948 countries of the world came together and founded WHO to promote health, keep the world safe and serve the vulnerable – so everyone, everywhere can attain...