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As the World Health Organization announces the next step in its rollout of the world’s first authorized malaria vaccine in three African countries, concerns about its value have come from an unlikely source: the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, arguably the vaccine’s biggest backer

As the World Health Organization announces the next step in its rollout of the world’s first authorized malaria vaccine in three African countries, concerns about its value have come from an unlikely source: the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, arguably the vaccine’s biggest backer.

One by one, the elephants are being sedated and moved from Malawi's overcrowded Liwonde National Park to the much larger Kasungu park 236 miles away in the country's north.

One by one, 250 elephants are being moved from Malawi’s overcrowded Liwonde National Park to the much larger Kasungu park 380 kilometers (236 miles) away in the country’s north

One by one, 250 elephants are being moved from Malawi’s overcrowded Liwonde National Park to the much larger Kasungu park 380 kilometers (236 miles) away in the country’s north.

Health authorities in Mozambique have declared a polio outbreak after confirming that a child in the country’s northeastern Tete province had been paralyzed by the disease

Health authorities in Mozambique have declared a polio outbreak after confirming that a child in the country’s northeastern Tete province had been paralyzed by the disease.

The World Health Organization says that Africa is seeing a surge of outbreaks of preventable diseases as a result of disruptions caused by the coronavirus pandemic.

Female foreign ministers from 16 countries around the world say they’re “deeply disappointed” that Afghan girls are being denied access to secondary schools and called on the Taliban to reverse their decision

The Peace Corps says it'll start sending volunteers overseas again in mid-March after it evacuated them from posts around the world two years ago due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

A new study raises the possibility that simply chewing sugarless gum might make a difference in reducing early births.

New findings from Malawi suggest the country has entered something akin to the endemic stage of the pandemic — along with many other African nations.

Mozambique, Madagascar and Malawi are counting the deaths and damage by tropical storm Ana and more than a week of heavy rains across southern Africa.

Officials in Malawi say that tropical storm Ana has caused widespread flooding, power outages and killed at least one person in Malawi.

The U.N. health agency says the global response to the longtime threat of malaria has taken a hit as the coronavirus pandemic disrupted health services in many countries and led to 47,000 more deaths worldwide last year.

"This is the Frankenstein of mutations," Alex Sigal from the Africa Health Research Institute in Durban, South Africa, said. CBS News foreign correspondent Debora Patta met the scientists in the lab where Omicron was first discovered.

Organizers of the Miss Universe pageant say a contestant tested positive for COVID-19 after arriving in Israel

Australian authorities have announced a third case of the omicron COVID-19 variant as government leaders reconsider plans to relax border restrictions this week

The country has also added all African nations except Egypt and Morocco to its coronavirus “red list.”

The world is racing to contain a new coronavirus variant that is potentially more dangerous than the one that has fueled waves of infection on nearly every continent

African health officials are optimistic that the world’s first malaria vaccine endorsed by the World Health Organization will “dramatically change” the way the continent of 1.3 billion people fights the disease.

African nations had been counting on Serum Institute of India for nearly all their COVID vaccines. Now the company says it won't be sending any more for months. And African officials are scrambling.

Malawi has burned nearly 20,000 expired AstraZeneca vaccines, amid conflicting advice over what to do with the doses.

Malawi has burned nearly 20,000 expired AstraZeneca vaccines, amid conflicting advice over what to do with the doses. Health Minister Khumbize Kandodo Chiponda put some of the vials of the expired doses into an incinerator to start the destruction Wednesday at Kamuzu Central Hospital in Lilongwe, the capital. “We are destroying (these vaccines) because as government policy no expired health commodities are to be used,” she said.

Health officials hope the event will increase public confidence in getting the vaccination.

How the chaotic system for distributing the world's vaccine supply is wreaking havoc in places that can least afford it.

Some Africans are hesitating to get COVID-19 vaccines amid concerns about their safety,.

Malawi President, Lazarus Chakwera, gives a thumbs-up after receiving an AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine in Zomba, Malawi, Thursday, March 11, 2021. The director of the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says that as Africa strives to vaccinate 60% of its 1.3 billion people as quickly as possible, the continent must develop its capacity to produce COVID-19 vaccines. African countries are getting vaccines from the international COVAX initiative and from donors like India, China and Russia, which are producing vaccines. At least five African countries appear to have the capacity to produce vaccines, Africa CDC director, Dr. John Nkengasong, said in a press briefing, citing South Africa, Senegal, Tunisia, Morocco, and Egypt. A meeting is planned for April 12 between the African Union and outside partners to create a “roadmap” for boosting African capacity to eventually produce COVID-19 vaccines, Nkengasong said.

ANN ARBOR, Mich. – From Ann Arbor to Africa one local student raised enough money in two months to build a school more than 8,000 miles away. The student’s mission of building the school was made possible through a viral social media video he created. I was like we should try to build a school in a developing country,” said Simon Kim, a University of Michigan student. I’m like we’re going to build a school. Once the money was raised, a partnership formed with a non-profit called Build On, which has experience in Malawi.

A health worker takes oxygen cylinders to COVID-19 wards at Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital in Blantyre, Malawi, Saturday, Jan. 30, 2021. Malawi faces a resurgence of COVID-19 that is overwhelming the southern African country where a presidential residence and a national stadium have been turned into field hospitals in efforts to save lives. A 300-bed field hospital at Bingu National Stadium has begun admitting patients. Another 300-bed field hospital has been opened at a youth center in Blantyre, the country's largest city. “Although in my six months in office we set up 400 national treatment units, the current wave of infections has completely overwhelmed these facilities."

Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex, meets British soldiers at the memorial site for Guardsman Mathew Talbot of the Coldstream Guards at the Liwonde National Park during the royal tour of Africa on Sept. 30, 2019, in Malawi. Guardsman Talbot lost(CNN) - Prince Harry is working on his filters, angles and hashtags as he guest edits National Geographic's Instagram feed. For the first photograph posted to the @NatGeo account, the Duke of Sussex contributed one of his own images of Baobab trees in Liwonde National Park, Malawi. Harry also posted a photo of a strangler fig tree, taken by photographer Peter Essick. He and his wife, Meghan, traveled together to South Africa before Harry continued on to Angola, Malawi and Botswana.

Prince Harry is excited to share a big part of his life for the first time with his wife and baby. The Duke of Sussex shared a collage of photos on Instagram Sunday ahead of his family's anticipated tour of Africa. ... On a personal note, I cant wait to introduce my wife and son to South Africa!" While Harry and wife Meghan Markle have taken several royal trips together, this will be the first one that little Archie will get to be a part of. RELATED STORIESPrince Harry Wishes 'Amazing Wife' Meghan Markle a Happy 38th BirthdayMeghan Markle Is Now a Vogue Magazine EditorMeghan Markle and Prince Harry Walk Carpet at 'Lion King' Premiere

Madonna adopted David Banda from Malawi, Africa, in 2006. Three years later she adopted Chifundo "Mercy" James, also from Malawi. David (seen here with Madonna at the Grammy Awards in January 2014) and Mercy joined the singer's biological daughter and son, Lourdes and Rocco. Hide Caption

In God's Name, Saving the Lions, The Music of Zomba Prison How an American became the leader of an ISIS cell; then, disturbing footage of circus animal abuse leads to widespread reform; and, hear music created by inmates and guards in a Malawi prison.