Africa

Tanzania has confirmed its first-ever cases of Marburg Virus Disease, after laboratory tests were carried out following reports of cases...

Nigeria has made significant advances in health policies development and legislation aimed at achieving health for all, but challenges remain...

According to a new status report from the World Health Organization (WHO), five billion people globally remain unprotected from harmful...

The Central Public Health Laboratory (CPHL) in Lagos, Nigeria has achieved full laboratory accreditation status from the World Health Organization...

Five United Nations agencies are calling for accelerated progress on the Global Action Plan on Child Wasting, as increasing numbers...

An estimated 7 million children in Africa died before their fifth birthday, according to the latest estimates released by the...

Health authorities in Uganda have admitted that even though the country's latest Ebola outbreak is over, the source of the...

Uganda has declared the end of an Ebola outbreak caused by Sudan ebolavirus, just four months after the first case...

There has been a significant setback in global progress towards achieving and maintaining measles elimination and the decline leaves millions...