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The World Health Organisation (WHO) has validated Benin and Mali as having eliminated trachoma as a public health problem, making them the fifth and sixth countries in WHO’s African Region to achieve this significant milestone. Countries…

A Press statement from the organization says Nearly 1.5 million children at high risk of illness and death from malaria in Ghana, Kenya and Malawi have now received their first dose of the first malaria vaccine, RTS,S/AS01 (RTS,S), thanks…

Malawi launches national “End Cholera” campaign Africa is witnessing an exponential rise in cholera cases amid a global surge. Cases recorded on the continent in the first month of 2023 alone have already risen by more than 30%…

Symptoms including fever, fatigue and blood-stained vomit and diarrhoea have been reported

With the theme ‘collaboration for a better health outcome’, South Sudan has marked its International One Health Day to create awareness and enhance better understanding of human, animal and environmental health in strengthening…

"70% of new HIV infections are among people who are marginalized and often criminalized."

Addis Ababa/Brazzaville/Kampala  – Ministers of Health and government representatives from 9 African countries today agreed on joint measures to stop the potential spread of the ongoing Ebola disease outbreak in Uganda and beyond…

Healthy life expectancy in the African region has increased on average by 10 years per person between 2000 and 2019, a World Health Organization (WHO) assessment report has shown. This rise is greater than in any other region of the…

The Democratic Republic of the Congo earlier this week declared the end of the Ebola outbreak that erupted less than three months ago in Mbandaka, the capital of Equateur Province in the northwest. It was the third outbreak in the province…

The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank (AfDB), has approved the establishment of African Pharmaceutical Technology Foundation for A,frica’s access to technologies. According to the bank, this is for the…