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Health authorities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo declared a resurgence of Ebola late last night, following confirmation of...

The Institut Pasteur in Dakar, Senegal, a World Health Organization (WHO) Collaborating Centre laboratory, has confirmed Ghana's first outbreak of...

The government of West African state of Ghana has announced it is swiftly setting up preparations for a possible outbreak...

The Democratic Republic of the Congo today declared the end of the Ebola outbreak that erupted less than three months...

Global leaders led by African Heads of State have today announced the first in a series of pledges to accelerate...

Today, the World Health Organization (WHO) has released its guidelines for the treatment of people co-infected with visceral leishmaniasis and...

Climate change poses serious risks to mental health and well-being, concludes a new WHO policy brief, launched at the Stockholm+50 conference. The...

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

On April 23, 2022, the Minister of Public Health, Hygiene, and Prevention announced a new case of Ebola virus disease...

Dr Matshidiso Moeti, WHO's Regional Director for Africa expressed optimism in the actualization of a malaria-free Africa. In a statement...