Nigeria reports no active Ebola cases after Swiss patient evacuated
Nigeria has no active Ebola cases following the medical evacuation of a Swiss woman receiving treatment for the virus and her husband to Switzerland on […]
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Togo Establishes Autonomous Agency to Regulate Medicines and Health Products
The Togolese government has established an autonomous national Agency to regulate and monitor medicines and other health products as part of efforts to strengthen pharmaceutical […]
DRC Requires 1,600 Additional Beds as Ebola Cases Reach 6,686 — WHO
The Democratic Republic of the Congo needs an additional 1,600 treatment beds as its Ebola outbreak continues to spread and demand for care rises, the […]
Guinea-Bissau Halts Controversial Hepatitis B Vaccine Trial Backed by US Grant
Guinea-Bissau has terminated a hepatitis B vaccine trial funded by a United States grant after the World Health Organisation condemned it as unethical. Foreign Minister […]
Mozambique Surpasses Polio Vaccination Target with Over 19 Million Children Immunised
Mozambique has exceeded its national polio vaccination target by immunising more than 19 million children under the age of 10, between 2 and 6 June, […]
Hospitals in Goma Overwhelmed as Conflict Intensifies and Supplies Dwindle
Goma, a major city in eastern Congo, is struggling to cope with the overwhelming influx of casualties from ongoing fighting between Government forces and Rwanda-backed […]
First cases of the virulent Marburg virus confirmed in Ghana
Ghana is on high alert after two suspected cases of the Marburg virus, a haemorrhagic fever almost as deadly as Ebola, were discovered in early […]
Africa’s first messenger RNA vaccine plant inaugurated in Kigali
Africa’s first messenger RNA vaccine factory was inaugurated in Rwanda on Thursday, with the aim of producing treatments for Covid-19 and other diseases for millions […]
AU disburses $100,000 to drought-hit Somalia, calls for urgent aid
The African Union this weekend disbursed $100,000 to Somalia to help the Horn of Africa nation avert starvation caused by drought. The World Health Organisation […]