South Africa’s public health system is in turmoil after the widespread cancellation of USAID funding agreements. Among others ...

Pepfar, a global initiative to fight HIV/Aids, has saved millions of lives since its launch in 2003. Now its future is ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The Christian Science Church, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The Church publishes the ...

Orphan infant elephants are a challenge to raise ... Field biologists such as Joyce Poole, who has studied Africa's elephants for more than 35 years, describe elephants trying to lift the dead ...

Two-year-old Evans was brought to the Nyumbani Children’s Home in Nairobi, Kenya a year ago, suffering from HIV and ...

According to Stats SA, in 2023 children made up 33.7% of the South African population — 50.1% boys and 49.9% girls.

It is estimated that around 100 elephants are killed in Africa every day for their tusks. The ivory trade is the biggest cause of elephant poaching there and elephant numbers have been decimated ...

The 2003 inception of the US President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, or PEPFAR, provided new hope for children living with HIV around the continent, including the orphans at Nyumbani.

Concerns are rising in Africa about a potential resurgence of the devastating AIDS crisis that once claimed millions of lives ...