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The Chinese Navy hospital ship Ji Xiang Fang Zhou is scheduled to dock at the Port of Dakar from September 24 to October 1, 2026, to conduct a specialized program of free medical consultations and treatments for Senegalese citizens.

Senegal’s Ministry of Health and Public Hygiene has confirmed 114 diphtheria cases and 11 deaths across 31 health districts, marking a significant geographic expansion of the bacterial outbreak.

 Health authorities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo have launched a clinical trial of the Ervebo Ebola vaccine in Bunia, the capital of Ituri province, targeting the Bundibugyo strain responsible for the nation’s ongoing epidemic.

The aim of the trial is to improve understanding of effectiveness of the vaccine is against Ebola Bundibugyo virus.

The United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) inaugurated its High-Level Advisory Group (HLAG) on health financing at its headquarters in Addis Ababa on September 17, 2026, launching a major continental push to transition African healthcare systems away from external aid dependencies toward sustainable, domestically driven fiscal frameworks.

WHO says efforts to contain DRC Ebola outbreak showing “encouraging signs” while MSF warns nothing has changed except the epicentre of the disease.

The World Health Organization and United Nations agencies have cautioned that it remains premature to declare a peak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s ongoing Ebola epidemic, despite early signs of slowing transmission in select regions.

Ebola infections in the DRC surpass 7,200, with nearly half of confirmed patients dying since the latest outbreak began.

Angola confirms 442 cases of mpox and two deaths, with officials saying guesthouses in Cabinda province may be closed to contain the outbreak.

Zambia’s Muchinga province on alert amid anthrax outbreak scare across three districts, with reports 11 people may also have been affected.