Togo has eliminated trachoma, an eye disease that can cause permanent blindness, as a public health problem. The West African nation becomes the...

AstraZeneca's (www.AstraZeneca.com) COVID-19 vaccine has been granted approval in the European Union (EU) by the European Medicine Agency (EMA) as a...

The pandemic is most certainly not over.This virus has surprised us at every turn – a storm that has torn through communities again and again, and we...

At the Akindeko market in downtown Osogbo, the capital of Osun State located in South-West Nigeria, the female head of the market (Iya-oloja) Mrs...

Situation at a glance

On 13 May 2022, WHO was notified of two laboratory confirmed cases and one probable case of monkeypox, from the same...

Health authorities in Mozambique today declared an outbreak of wild poliovirus type 1 after confirming that a child in the country's north-eastern...

Four new representatives of the United Nations (UN) agencies, namely: the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO),...

Southern Africa is facing an upsurge in COVID-19 cases for the third consecutive week as the winter season in the region approaches. The uptick has...

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"I welcome the commitment made by the government of Angola to actively engage with the international human rights system and to eliminate...

The University of Southern California (USC) (https://www.USC.edu) Africa Hub brings professors and students together with experts and organizations...

The Ministry of Health would like to inform the public that the Cholera outbreak has been declared in Rubkona county, Unity State. The declaration...

Five East African countries have held their first simulation exercise since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic to improve preparedness and bolster...

"What I experienced with this disease is terrible. I saw death at close range."

Amadou Elh Mamoudou counts himself fortunate. The 35-year-old...

UNICEF has urged parents and children living in the western province of Equateur to maintain the utmost vigilance amid the 14thand latest outbreak of...