Public Health

The health authorities in Uganda today declared an outbreak of Ebola after a case of the Sudan ebolavirus was confirmed...

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...

Friday Okonofua, University of Benin The word “abortion” is used to describe two types of pregnancies that end before 20...

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

While the UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26) hosted in Glasgow between 31 October – 13 November 2021...

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...

The World Health Organization (WHO) has updated its living guideline on COVID-19 therapeutics to include convalescent plasma. For non-severe COVID-19...