May 25
Uganda: Sickle Cell Outreach in Lira Screens Over 300 Residents
Nile Post
Catherine Phil Sickle Cell Support Initiative in partnership with Lira Regional Referral Hospital has conducted a major community outreach aimed at increasing awareness and early… Read more »
Uganda: Ebola Alert - Rubanda Chair Warns Against Handshakes
Nile Post
Rubanda District Chairperson Stephen Ampeire Kasyaba has urged residents to avoid handshakes and limit close contact as Uganda registers new Ebola cases. Read more »
Nigeria: Ayo Oritsejafor Opens Up On Private Battle With Cancer
Leadership
Former President of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) and the founder of Word of Life Bible Church, Ayo Oritsejafor, has openly shared his private and gruelling battle… Read more »
Nigeria: FAAN Strenghtens Ebola Preparedness Measures Across Nation's Airports
This Day
The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN), in collaboration with relevant health and safety agencies, has reinforced its commitment to strengthening surveillance and… Read more »
May 24
Congo-Kinshasa: Gates Foundation Commits $15 Million to Support Ebola Response in DR Congo, Uganda
Premium Times
According to the statement, $5 million will go to Africa CDC for regional coordination, rapid deployment and cross-border surveillance, while another $5 million will support… Read more »
Uganda: Uganda's Sickle Cell Breakthrough
Independent (Kampala)
Uganda has taken a significant step in the fight against sickle cell disease following the launch of locally manufactured Hydroxyurea by Quality Chemical Industries Limited, a… Read more »
Nigeria: Nigeria At High Risk of Ebola Virus Importation
Vanguard
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) on Sunday raised concern that Nigeria is at high risk of Ebola Virus Disease importation, even as it confirmed that no… Read more »
Africa: Ebola Scare - Lagos Ramps Up Surveillance As 177 Die in Central Africa Outbreak
Vanguard
The Lagos State Government has intensified surveillance and border health screening following the worsening Ebola Virus Disease outbreak in Central and East Africa, where at least… Read more »
Nigeria: NCDC Intensifies Surveillance, Preparedness Against Ebola
Premium Times
He, however, said the agency had maintained heightened surveillance and preparedness activities across the country in response to rising cases in the Democratic Republic of the… Read more »
Nigeria: Ebola Alert - NCDC Declares High Importation Risk, Activates Emergency Response Nationwide
Vanguard
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention,NCDC, has placed the country on heightened Ebola alert, warning that Nigeria faces a high risk of Ebola Virus Disease, EVD… Read more »
South Africa: Call to Vaccinate As 3.5 Million FMD Vaccine Doses Arrive
SAnews.gov.za
With the arrival of the first batch of a 3.5 million-dose consignment of Biogénesis Bagó Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) vaccines, Agriculture Minister John Steenhuisen… Read more »
Nigeria: Zaria Fistula Centre Repairs Over 2,000 Cases, Flags Rising Medical Quackery
Premium Times
The surgeon revealed that globally, more than two million women "are living with untreated obstetric fistula, while between 50,000 and 100,000 new cases occur annually." Read more »
Uganda: Obongi Ebola Task Force Impounds Lorry Carrying Over 200 Children
Nile Post
The Obongi District Ebola Task Force and District Security Committee have impounded a Fuso lorry carrying more than 200 children and 18 adults who were being transported from… Read more »
Congo-Kinshasa: 'Francophonie of the People' - Juliana Lumumba's Vision for the French-Speaking World [interview]
RFI
As the daughter of assassinated Congolese leader Patrice Lumumba, Juliana Lumumba carries one of Africa's most powerful political names. Now, the former culture minister of the… Read more »
Rwanda: Is Talking About Mental Health Making Things Worse? [opinion]
New Times
It is worth acknowledging how far we have come; we now have awareness months, community training, corporate wellness programmes, celebrity confessionals, TikTok therapists, and so… Read more »
May 23
Congo-Kinshasa: Travel Restrictions On DR Congo As Ebola Threat Rises to Highest Level
RFI
As the World Health Organisation raises its risk assessment for the Ebola outbreak in Democratic Republic of Congo to the highest level, neighbouring countries Uganda and Rwanda… Read more »
Uganda: Uganda Confirms 3 New Ebola Cases As Kenya Tightens Cross-Border Surveillance
Capital FM
Uganda has confirmed three additional cases of Ebola Virus Disease (EVD), raising the total number of infections to five, as health authorities intensify contact tracing and… Read more »
Africa: Countries in the Horn of Africa and Yemen Recommit to Ending Variant Poliovirus [press release]
WHO-AFRO
During the Interministerial Meeting on Polio in the Horn of Africa and Yemen, held on the sidelines of the Seventy-ninth World Health Assembly (WHA79) on 20 May 2026, countries… Read more »
Africa: High-Level Ministerial Meeting On Cross-Border Coordination On the Ebola Disease Outbreak Caused By Bundibugyo Virus
WHO-AFRO
Kampala, Republic of Uganda - WE, the Ministers of Health of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the Republic of Uganda, and the Republic of South Sudan, together with… Read more »
Sudan: Fistula in Sudan, a Wound the World Refuses to Look At
Dabanga
As the United Nations marks the International Day to End Obstetric Fistula today, May 23, experts and aid workers on the ground in Sudan warn that the global conversation is… Read more »
Nigeria: Beyond Emergency Response - Strengthening Nigeria's Health Communication Infrastructure [blog]
Nigeria Health Watch
Earlier this month, anxiety over the hantavirus outbreak spread quickly across Nigerian social media after a popular influencer's verified X account falsely claimed that Nigeria… Read more »
May 22
Africa: A New Ebola Outbreak Spreads Through Conflict and a Weak U.S. Response [blog]
CFR
The outbreak of a rare strain of Ebola that went undetected for several weeks in the Democratic Republic of Congo--and which has now spread to Uganda--is raising concerns about… Read more »
Kenya: Kenya Intensifies Ebola Surveillance As Three DR Congo Travellers Test Negative, CS Duale Says
Capital FM
Kenya has heightened its Ebola preparedness and surveillance systems following the outbreak of the Bundibugyo strain of Ebola Virus Disease in neighbouring Democratic Republic of… Read more »
Nigeria: Drug Shortage At Jere Phc in Kaduna Leaves Patients With Chronic Illnesses Without Medication [blog]
Nigeria Health Watch
Every visit to the Primary Healthcare Centre (PHC) in Jere community now comes with uncertainty for patients under the Kaduna State Contributory Health Scheme (KSCHS), who go to… Read more »
May 20
Nigeria: Lessons From the 2026 Hfn Conference On Innovation, Financing and Universal Health Coverage [blog]
Nigeria Health Watch
Nigeria's journey towards universal health coverage (UHC) cannot be achieved by the government or the private sector alone. The more critical question is how Nigeria can bring both… Read more »
