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The war in Sudan has devastated towns and cities across the country and pushed the healthcare system to collapse, just as cases of cholera and dengue fever are surging and hunger levels remain “above the famine threshold”, humanitarians have warned.
Mauritius became the latest African country to report mpox cases, bringing the total number of affected countries to 19, the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) has disclosed.
For the first time, the East African Community (EAC) is operationalising its Rapidly Deployable Expert (RDE) Pool in response to an international public health emergency due to the spreading mpox virus disease outbreak.
The kits are meants to support mpox diagnosis amidst increasing cases.
The Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) said a total of 18 African countries had reported 45,327 mpox cases, of which 9,114 were confirmed, while the number of deaths had surpassed the 1,000 mark.
Leading music stars and celebrity actors from across West and Central Africa have come together to release a new song titled No More Zero Dose to help bring childhood immunization back on track.
The British High Commission in Kampala has announced that the UK will provide £1 million to Baylor College of Medicine…
In a bold step towards combating the growing threat of antimicrobial resistance (AMR), the Federal Government of Nigeria has launched…
Nigerians spent about $2.38 million on foreign healthcare-related services from January to June 2024, according to the report by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN).
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo of Ghana on Friday inaugurated a state-of-the-art Urology and Nephrology Centre of Excellence at Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital, marking a major step forward in Ghana’s healthcare system.