Africa: Africa's TB Reduction Rate Falls Short Amid Slowing Global Progress

The African region is recording around 4% annual decline rate in tuberculosis (TB) cases. Although the rate is double the global pace, the region risks missing major milestones and… Read more »

Tanzania: Tanzania Confirms First-Ever Outbreak of Marburg Virus Disease

Brazzaville/Dar es Salaam – Tanzania today confirmed its first-ever cases of Marburg Virus Disease after laboratory tests were carried out following reports of cases and… Read more »

Africa: Africa Burdened With Largest Global Increase of Oral Diseases

Around 44% of the population in the African region suffer from oral diseases, and while the region has experienced the steepest rise globally in oral diseases over the last three… Read more »

Africa: Southern African Countries Call for Urgent Action Against Cholera, Climate-Related Health Emergencies

Ministers of Health and Water and Sanitation and Environment from 11 southern African countries today called for urgent action to facilitate cooperation and collaboration on the… Read more »

Africa: WHO, UNV Programme Launch Second Phase of Africa Women Health Champions Initiative

The World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Office for Africa and the United Nations Volunteers (UNV) Programme today launched the second phase of the Africa Women Health… Read more »

Africa: African Leaders Call for Urgent Action to Revitalize Routine Immunization

African heads of state today agreed on key measures to revamp routine immunization across the continent following massive disruptions by the COVID-19 pandemic that stymied… Read more »

Africa: Over 33 Million Children Vaccinated Against Wild Poliovirus in Southern Africa

A year since Malawi confirmed its first case of wild poliovirus type 1 in 30 years, more than 33 million children across five southern African countries have been vaccinated… Read more »

Africa: WHO Welcomes Canadian Commitment of CAD$ 30 Million to Reinforce Covid-19 Vaccination Efforts and Strengthen Health Systems in Africa

A CAD$ 30 million project in partnership with Canada's Global Initiative for Vaccine Equity (CanGIVE) is set to significantly bolster targeted, equitable delivery of COVID-19… Read more »

Equatorial Guinea: Equatorial Guinea Confirms First-Ever Marburg Virus Disease Outbreak

Brazzaville/Malabo – Equatorial Guinea today confirmed its first-ever outbreak of Marburg virus disease. Preliminary tests carried out following the deaths of at least nine… Read more »

Africa: New Cholera Cases in Africa Surging Fast, Reach a Third of 2022 Total in a Month

Africa is witnessing an exponential rise in cholera cases amid a global surge. Cases recorded on the continent in the first month of 2023 alone have already risen by more than 30%… Read more »

Africa: Africa Emerges From Holiday Travel Season With Low Number of Covid-19 Cases

Africa is emerging from the New Year travel season without a significant upsurge in COVID-19 for the first time since the start of the pandemic. Read more »

Mali: WHO Condemns Abduction of Colleague in Mali

World Health Organization (WHO) deplores the abduction of Dr Mahamadou Diawara, who was taken by unidentified assailants from his car on 23 January 2023 in the town of Menaka in… Read more »

Uganda: Uganda Declares End of Ebola Disease Outbreak

Brazzaville/Kampala – Uganda today declared the end of the Ebola disease outbreak caused by Sudan ebolavirus, less than four months after the first case was confirmed in the… Read more »

Africa: How Wastewater Surveillance Is Helping Fight Disease

Twice a week, a team of scientists from South Africa's National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) traverses the country's metropolitan areas, visiting up to 50 wastewater… Read more »

Africa: Curbing Maternal Mortality in Côte d'Ivoire

It is vaccination day, baby cries fill the courtyard of the Botro General Hospital, about 400 kilometres north of Abidjan. Henriette Ouattara, who gave birth a few months ago at… Read more »

Nigeria: Reducing Out-of-Pocket Health Expenditure a Panacea to Universal Health Coverage

"I recall growing up in a comfortable home and lacking nothing until my father fell ill in 2010. I was in secondary school when his sickness started. He was a farmer and… Read more »

Africa: Covid-19 Burden Lessens in Africa, Vigilance Crucial As Year-End Season Begins

While Africa is witnessing its lowest level of new COVID-19 cases since the onset of the pandemic, a recent four-week rise--the first such sustained increase in four… Read more »

Africa: Bolstering Africa's Health Emergency Readiness and Response

The World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Office for Africa in partnership with Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention, West African Health Organization, United… Read more »

Africa: Africa's Advances in Maternal, Infant Mortality Face Setbacks - WHO Report

A slowdown in the progress made during the past decade against maternal and infant mortality is projected in the African region, a new World Health Organization (WHO) report… Read more »

Liberia: Guarding Against Antimicrobial Resistance in Liberia

Soon after her emergency caesarean section procedure in 2021 in Phebe Hospital in Bong, Liberia, a young mother developed a far greater yet mystifying emergency: An infection… Read more »