July 03, 2023
Sudan: Suspected Measles Outbreak Hits Displacement Camp in Sudan
Doctors Without Borders said Sunday that there is a suspected outbreak of measles in an internal displacement camp in Sudan. Read more »
June 23, 2023
Mali: Carter Center Celebrates Trachoma Elimination Milestone in Mali
The Carter Center was already a decade into its fight against Guinea worm globally when former President Jimmy Carter and his nonprofit took on another neglected tropical disease… Read more »
June 19, 2023
Nigeria: Sickle Cell Advocates Urge Authorities to Take Firm Stand On Interventions
As the world mark Sickle Cell Day on Monday, Nigeria accounts for about 33% of the 300,000 children diagnosed every year with the disease. Read more »
Malawi: Country Controls Deadliest Cholera Outbreak in Its History
Malawi is emerging victorious in its battle against the deadliest cholera outbreak in the country's history, which has killed nearly 2,000 people since its onset in March of last… Read more »
June 13, 2023
Cameroon: Officials Campaign Against Taboos to Encourage People to Donate Blood
Blood banks in Cameroon are usually close to empty due to widely held taboos against blood donation. Officials in the central African country are trying to convince people to move… Read more »
June 05, 2023
Namibia: Unemployment, Substance Abuse Leading Cause of Suicide in Namibia
Namibia ranks fourth in the rate of suicide on the African continent, the country's deputy minister of health and social services, Esther Muinjangue, said at a recent regional… Read more »
May 22, 2023
Cameroon: Aid Groups in Cameroon Urge Women With Obstetric Fistula to Seek Medical Treatment
As the International Day to End Obstetric Fistula approaches Tuesday, scores of women who have been treated for the medical condition are encouraging their peers in northern… Read more »
May 19, 2023
Cameroon: Cameroon Seals Markets As Cholera Spreads in All Regions of Central African State
Officials in Cameroon have shut down markets in an attempt to stop a wave of cholera infections spreading through all 10 regions of the central African state. Read more »
May 12, 2023
Malawi: Malawi Rolls Out Nationwide Typhoid Vaccination Campaign
Malawi has launched a nationwide rollout of the newest typhoid vaccine for children under 15. Read more »
May 10, 2023
Sudan: Death Toll From Sudan War Rises
The World Health Organization says the death toll from nearly one month of brutal fighting in Sudan is now over 600. Read more »
April 28, 2023
Uganda: Ugandan Cartoonist Highlights Poor Health Care Via Social Media
A popular cartoonist in Uganda has launched a social media campaign to highlight the poor state of the country's health care system. #UgandaHealthExhibition on Twitter is telling… Read more »
April 13, 2023
Ghana: Ghana First to Approve Oxford's 'World Changer' Malaria Vaccine
Ghana has become the first country to approve a new malaria vaccine described as a "world changer" by scientists who developed it at the University of Oxford. Read more »
April 12, 2023
Cameroon: River Blindness Still a Major Health Issue, Hospitals Say
Hospitals in Cameroon are reporting an increase in cases of river blindness, a parasitic disease caused by bites from infected blackflies. Hundreds of aid workers have been… Read more »
April 09, 2023
Somalia: Activist Puts Spotlight On Potential Dangers of Skin-Whitening Products
Qamar Ali Haji has been using skin-lightening products for four years. Initially she liked the change in her appearance but now the exposure to the chemicals in the products is… Read more »
April 05, 2023
Mozambique: Mozambique Battles Cholera in Cyclone's Aftermath
Cyclone Freddy killed hundreds of people in February and March as it pummeled Madagascar, Malawi, and Mozambique. While the long-running storm's victims were mostly in Malawi,… Read more »
March 31, 2023
Uganda: USAID, Ugandan Activists Strive to Support HIV Patients
Uganda's former prime minister, Ruhakana Rugunda, has applauded the U.S. Agency for International Development for its support in fighting AIDS, saying the country cannot afford to… Read more »
Cameroon: Cameroon, Gabon, Equatorial Guinea Traders Say Marburg Travel Restrictions Suffocate Trade
Hundreds of merchants gathered Friday in Kye Ossi, a Cameroonian town on the border with Gabon and Equatorial Guinea, to protest travel restrictions imposed since an outbreak of… Read more »
March 29, 2023
Malawi: UN Concerned About Disease in Malawi's Displacement Camps
The U.N. humanitarian agency says Malawi needs immediate help to deal with diseases spreading in displacement camps for Cyclone Freddy survivors. The Malawi health minister told… Read more »
March 28, 2023
Mozambique: Officials Begin Massive Post-Cyclone Cholera Vaccination Drive
Health officials in Mozambique are set to hold a massive cholera vaccination campaign in Quelimane, a city hit hard by Cyclone Freddy earlier this month. Read more »
March 24, 2023
West Africa: Cameroon, Gabon Reinforce Travel Restrictions After Equatorial Guinea Confirms Marburg Cases
Cameroon and Gabon have stepped up border security after neighboring Equatorial Guinea confirmed a spreading Marburg virus has killed at least nine people. Despite the controls,… Read more »
South Sudan: Food Deliveries Continue in South Sudan Despite Dangers
The shooting deaths of two drivers with the U.N.'s World Food Program in South Sudan last week underscored the country's status as one of the deadliest for aid workers. But aid… Read more »
March 21, 2023
Africa: UN - School Meal Programs More Than Just a Plate of Food
Nearly 420 million children benefited from free school meals last year, a new World Food Program report said Tuesday, providing an important safety net as hunger reaches… Read more »
March 20, 2023
Africa: Tens of Millions of African Children Face Water-Related Threats - Unicef
"Africa is facing a water catastrophe," UNICEF Director of Programs Sanjay Wijesekera said in a statement Monday. Read more »
March 17, 2023
Tanzania: Unidentified Illness Kills Five in Tanzania, Sparks Ebola Fears
Health officials in Tanzania are investigating an illness that killed five people in the country's northwest with Ebola-like symptoms, raising fears that it could be the deadly… Read more »
Mozambique: Cholera Kills 8 in Cyclone-Hit Mozambique, Sickens Hundreds
Mozambique's health minister said Friday a cholera outbreak in the area hit by Cyclone Freddy killed eight people this week and hospitalized 250 - part of 600 sickened since the… Read more »
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