Browsing: Health
The cholera epidemic continues to spread in Chad, with 239 cumulative cases and 13 deaths since mid-June, while health authorities are intensifying their response, particularly in Ndjamena where the case fatality rate remains especially high.
Ethiopia in collaboration with the World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Office for Africa is scheduled to host the Seventy-sixth Session…
Blood donation is one of the simplest yet most powerful ways to save lives. Every unit of blood can help patients undergoing surgery, women experiencing complications during childbirth, accident victims, children with severe anaemia, and others in urgent need of transfusions.
Angola is translating the lessons learned into concrete actions to strengthen immunization, reach more children, and accelerate efforts towards the…
Kenya joined the global HIV community at the IAS 2026 Conference, bringing together researchers, policymakers, healthcare workers, communities and development…
Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance says it has committed over 500 million dollars to support Nigeria’s immunisation programme over the next five years.
A Sudanese Al-Beser Ophthalmology team, in collaboration with Eritrean medical experts, successfully performed eye surgeries on over 400 patients at…
The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) is holding a three-day regional workshop in Cotonou, Benin Republic aimed at accelerating efforts to improve maternal and child health and advance the continent’s goal of achieving “zero preventable maternal deaths.”
Speaker of parliament, Jacob Marksons Oboth has described Uganda’s open and transparent response to health crises like HIV/AIDS and ebola…
Uganda has declared itself an ebola-free country after an imported outbreak was contained and the last patient was discharged in…