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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.
The death toll from Marburg virus disease in Rwanda has reached 13 as the number of confirmed cases has risen to 58, Rwanda’s Health Minister
Sabin Nsanzimana, said.
The death toll from mpox outbreak across Africa has risen to 979, with a total of 38,300 cases, including 7,339 confirmed ones, since the beginning of 2024, the continent’s Centers for Disease Control and Prevention revealed.
Despite important progress towards integrating eye health into primary health care services in African countries, a dire shortage of financial resources, combined with the concentration of scarce human resources in urban areas and low community awareness, continues to threaten the gains.