Giving some newborns in Guinea-Bissau an established hepatitis B treatment but not others is "unethical", it says.

Guinea-Bissau is making its first appearance at the Winter Olympics, with 19-year-old skier Winston Tang set to compete in ...

FIEL - Domingos Simoes Pereira, then prime minister of Guinea-Bissau, speaks during the 69th session of the UN General Assembly at U.N. headquarters, Sept. 29, 2014.

The World Health Organization on Friday voiced serious concerns over a planned US-funded hepatitis B vaccine trial on newborn ...

Guinea-Bissau is making its first appearance at the Winter Olympics, with 19-year-old skier Winston Tang set to compete in the slalom at the Milano-Cortina Games in Italy, which run until 22 February.

Feb 2 (Reuters) - The junta that seized power in Guinea-Bissau in a coup in November has vowed to bring the revolutionary ...

The World Health Organization (WHO) underscores that the hepatitis B birth dose vaccine is an effective, and essential public health intervention ...

DAKAR, Feb. 14 (Xinhua) -- At Carantaba Farm in northeastern Guinea-Bissau, the flow of water in the irrigation canals abruptly stopped. Under the dry-season heat, rice paddies began to pale and the ...

The U.S. plans to participate in a WHO meeting to decide on future influenza vaccines, signaling ongoing cooperation despite ...

All eyes will be on the Malawi Under 20 Women’s National Team, the Young Scorchers, as they host Guinea-Bissau in the ...

African scientists have criticised a study of hepatitis B virus birth dose vaccination as being unethical. Gilbert Nakweya reports.

BISSAU, Feb. 13 (Xinhua) -- The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has formally recognized 13 villages in Guinea-Bissau as "FAO Villages," the FAO office in Bissau said in a ...