Leaders and experts have called on African countries to invest in more research in efforts to limit zoonotic transmissions and negative effects on human, animal and ecosystem health in the continent.
The Guardian’s picture editors highlight the work of photographers whose pictures have stood out to them over the course of 2022. An overall favourite will be announced towards the end of the year
At a village clinic in central Democratic Republic of Congo, six-year-old Angelika Lifafu grips her dress and screams as nurses treat the boils that trouble her delicate skin. She is one of the many victims of an outbreak there that is believed to be far worse than the official records show.
At a village clinic in central Congo, separated from the world by a tangle of waterways and forests, six-year-old Angelika Lifafu grips her dress and screams as nurses in protective suits pick at one of hundreds of boils that trouble her delicate skin.
At a village clinic in central Congo, separated from the world by a tangle of waterways and forests, six-year-old Angelika Lifafu grips her dress and screams as nurses in protective suits pick at one