A self-test for H.I.V. in Harare, Zimbabwe. The every-six-months injection was found to provide better protection than the current oral drug for whatβs called pre-exposure prophylaxis, also taken as a daily pill.
A high-speed production line of insulin at a Novo Nordisk factory. The company said it would continue to supply insulin in vials to South Africa, where more than four million people live with diabetes.
Methods such as hormonal implants and injections are reaching remote areas, providing more discretion and autonomy.
Sandra Dadjan, left, administering a three-month contraceptive injection to her client Mary Amoako at Kwapong Health Centre in the Ahafo Region of Ghana.
When a child in a small Cambodian town fell sick recently, his rapid decline set off a global disease surveillance system.
Members of a team from Cambodiaβs Ministry of Agriculture took a swab from a duck during surveillance of the poultry section of the Orussey market in Phnom Penh this month.