In the first of the two outbreaks, affected children had contact with bats. Further investigations are underway for both ...

International researchers warn that the ongoing mpox outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has the potential to spread across borders more rapidly. The mpox virus has mutated, and the ...

A mysterious new illness in Congo has experts on high alert as WHO reports over 400 cases and 45 deaths With no clear cause authorities race to prevent a larger outbreak ...

Ugandans who always dismiss disease outbreak announcements as alarmist are experiencing epidemic fatigue, Dr Richard Kabanda, ...

Ugandans dismissing disease outbreak announcements as alarmist are fatigued with epidemics, Dr. Richard Kabanda, the Commissioner for Health Promotion and Education, has said. On January 30, 2025, the ...

The postponement comes amid concerns that HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a longtime vaccine critic, could make changes ...

Trump administration’s decision to dismantle the US Agency for International Development (USAID) and stop funding for global ...

President Emmerson Mnangagwa has been drawn into raging controversy over the partial privatisation of the People’s Own Savings Bank (POSB) amid allegations that he is pushing for a controversial ...

Over the last several years, we have experienced an increase of large outbreaks of Crimean–Congo hemorrhagic fever virus in European ... (Senegal), Africa 2 (Democratic Republic of the Congo ...

Introduced in Africa nearly ten years ago, Project ECHO – a video conferencing and case-based learning platform that connects experts with healthcare workers in rural communities- made it possible to ...

East African Community (EAC) continues to enhance strategic partnerships to bolster its capacity to drive sustainable ...

U.N. peacekeepers have been supporting the Congolese army’s efforts to curb the M23 as part of the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s ...