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WHO says risk 'moderate' after laboratory in Sudan seized by fighters

Source: Supplied. Stellenbosch University's new Biomedical Research Institute, home to Ceri, is the most advanced research facility of its kind on the African continent.

Abbott partners with Ceri to address viral threats

2 May 2023

Equatorial Guinea confirms eight more Marburg cases - WHO

By Sofia Christensen and Nellie Peyton 24 Mar 2023

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There is currently no established cure for Ebola – could antibody treatments be the answer? AHMED JALLANZO/EPA

Guinea pigs cured of Ebola with antibodies, raising hopes for treatment in humans

Pramila Rajil & Alain Townsend 4 Apr 2019

Photo: United Nations

#CycloneIdai: Cholera prevention and other relief efforts underway

3 Apr 2019

Dr Matshidiso Moeti, WHO regional director for Africa

WHO report: 630-million years of healthy life lost in Africa

28 Mar 2019

Working with communities is essential to end Ebola

Working with communities is essential to end Ebola

22 Mar 2019

Health workers in Liberia at the height of the 2014-2016 Ebola outbreak. Ahmed Jallanzo/EPA

Ebola in the DRC: the race is on between research and the virus

Yap Boum, Jean-Jacques Muyembe & Sabue Mulangu 8 Mar 2019

Nigeria was quick to respond and control the 2014 Ebola outbreak. EPA

Why Nigeria is battling to control disease outbreaks like Lassa fever

Oyewale Tomori 22 Feb 2019

Mali was one of the West African countries affected by the biggest Ebola outbreak ever recorded from 2014 to 2016. Shutterstock

Why Ebola vaccine on trial in the DRC is raising hopes

Shirin Ashraf & Arthur Wickenhagen 11 Feb 2019

Personalised medicine aims to tailor treatment according to each person’s genetic makeup. Shutterstock

Why African countries need to give genomic research a major boost

Lamech Mwapagha 30 Jan 2019

Healthworkers vaccinated against Ebola in South Sudan

29 Jan 2019

While women in sub-Saharan Africa live longer than men, many of these extra years are lived in poor health. Shutterstock

People in Africa live longer. But their health is poor in those extra years

Charles Shey Wiysonge 20 Dec 2018

A Congolese child saluting a MONUSCO peacekeeper. Abel Kavanagh/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA

Worsening Ebola crisis leaves UN Security Council with few options

Mark Eccleston-Turner 13 Dec 2018

Professor Kelly Chibale. Photo: Je'nine May

R&D is the pipeline for science jobs in Africa

5 Dec 2018

Minister of Health of Burkina Faso, Professor Nicolas Meda and Minister of Health of Rwanda, Dr Diane Gashumba

Addressing neglected tropical diseases

4 Dec 2018

Nigerian children receiving the polio vaccine in Lagos. EPA

Why eradicating polio everywhere has been so hard to crack

Melinda Suchard 26 Oct 2018

Professor Souleymane Mboup

Health is essential for Africa to cash in on its human capital

Souleymane Mboup 26 Oct 2018

Bizcommunity Recruitment in Africa Focus

Bizcommunity Recruitment in Africa Focus

Bizcommunity.com 23 Oct 2018

Red Cross steps in to curb cholera and typhoid in Zim

Red Cross steps in to curb cholera and typhoid in Zim

14 Sep 2018

WHO making progress in DRC's Ebola crisis

12 Sep 2018

Mapping neglected tropical diseases

18 Jul 2018

New partnership to boost drug discovery for malaria, TB and more in Africa

New partnership to boost drug discovery for malaria, TB and more in Africa

29 Jun 2018

New vaccine might be game-changer in Ebola fight

New vaccine might be game-changer in Ebola fight

Salem Solomon 25 May 2018

Ebola outbreak in DRC: Are we better prepared this time?

Ebola outbreak in DRC: Are we better prepared this time?

Connor Bamford 14 May 2018

Army Medicine via

DRC and its neighbours mobilise resources to tackle Ebola outbreak

Chikwe Ihekweazu 11 May 2018

Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, director general at the WHO

One billion yellow fever vaccinations in Africa by 2026

11 Apr 2018

Massive measles vaccination campaign underway in Somalia

Massive measles vaccination campaign underway in Somalia

15 Mar 2018

Listeriosis outbreak traced to Enterprise Foods factory in Limpopo

Listeriosis outbreak traced to Enterprise Foods factory in Limpopo

Lauren Hartzenberg 5 Mar 2018

Tanzania streaks ahead on vaccine programme

Tanzania streaks ahead on vaccine programme

12 Dec 2017

Efforts to tackle AMR on farms and in food systems gaining momentum

Efforts to tackle AMR on farms and in food systems gaining momentum

20 Nov 2017

#WorldPolioDay: The fight's not over yet

#WorldPolioDay: The fight's not over yet

24 Oct 2017

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Organisations join forces, launches roadmap to combat zoonotic TB

13 Oct 2017

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There is currently no established cure for Ebola – could antibody treatments be the answer? AHMED JALLANZO/EPA

Guinea pigs cured of Ebola with antibodies, raising hopes for treatment in humans

Pramila Rajil & Alain Townsend 4 Apr 2019

Photo: United Nations

#CycloneIdai: Cholera prevention and other relief efforts underway

3 Apr 2019

Dr Matshidiso Moeti, WHO regional director for Africa

WHO report: 630-million years of healthy life lost in Africa

28 Mar 2019

Working with communities is essential to end Ebola

Working with communities is essential to end Ebola

22 Mar 2019

Health workers in Liberia at the height of the 2014-2016 Ebola outbreak. Ahmed Jallanzo/EPA

Ebola in the DRC: the race is on between research and the virus

Yap Boum, Jean-Jacques Muyembe & Sabue Mulangu 8 Mar 2019

Nigeria was quick to respond and control the 2014 Ebola outbreak. EPA

Why Nigeria is battling to control disease outbreaks like Lassa fever

Oyewale Tomori 22 Feb 2019

Mali was one of the West African countries affected by the biggest Ebola outbreak ever recorded from 2014 to 2016. Shutterstock

Why Ebola vaccine on trial in the DRC is raising hopes

Shirin Ashraf & Arthur Wickenhagen 11 Feb 2019

Personalised medicine aims to tailor treatment according to each person’s genetic makeup. Shutterstock

Why African countries need to give genomic research a major boost

Lamech Mwapagha 30 Jan 2019

Healthworkers vaccinated against Ebola in South Sudan

29 Jan 2019

While women in sub-Saharan Africa live longer than men, many of these extra years are lived in poor health. Shutterstock

People in Africa live longer. But their health is poor in those extra years

Charles Shey Wiysonge 20 Dec 2018

A Congolese child saluting a MONUSCO peacekeeper. Abel Kavanagh/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA

Worsening Ebola crisis leaves UN Security Council with few options

Mark Eccleston-Turner 13 Dec 2018

Professor Kelly Chibale. Photo: Je'nine May

R&D is the pipeline for science jobs in Africa

5 Dec 2018

Minister of Health of Burkina Faso, Professor Nicolas Meda and Minister of Health of Rwanda, Dr Diane Gashumba

Addressing neglected tropical diseases

4 Dec 2018

Nigerian children receiving the polio vaccine in Lagos. EPA

Why eradicating polio everywhere has been so hard to crack

Melinda Suchard 26 Oct 2018

Professor Souleymane Mboup

Health is essential for Africa to cash in on its human capital

Souleymane Mboup 26 Oct 2018

Bizcommunity Recruitment in Africa Focus

Bizcommunity Recruitment in Africa Focus

Bizcommunity.com 23 Oct 2018

Red Cross steps in to curb cholera and typhoid in Zim

Red Cross steps in to curb cholera and typhoid in Zim

14 Sep 2018

WHO making progress in DRC's Ebola crisis

12 Sep 2018

Mapping neglected tropical diseases

18 Jul 2018

New partnership to boost drug discovery for malaria, TB and more in Africa

New partnership to boost drug discovery for malaria, TB and more in Africa

29 Jun 2018

New vaccine might be game-changer in Ebola fight

New vaccine might be game-changer in Ebola fight

Salem Solomon 25 May 2018

Ebola outbreak in DRC: Are we better prepared this time?

Ebola outbreak in DRC: Are we better prepared this time?

Connor Bamford 14 May 2018

Army Medicine via

DRC and its neighbours mobilise resources to tackle Ebola outbreak

Chikwe Ihekweazu 11 May 2018

Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, director general at the WHO

One billion yellow fever vaccinations in Africa by 2026

11 Apr 2018

Massive measles vaccination campaign underway in Somalia

Massive measles vaccination campaign underway in Somalia

15 Mar 2018

Listeriosis outbreak traced to Enterprise Foods factory in Limpopo

Listeriosis outbreak traced to Enterprise Foods factory in Limpopo

Lauren Hartzenberg 5 Mar 2018

Tanzania streaks ahead on vaccine programme

Tanzania streaks ahead on vaccine programme

12 Dec 2017

Efforts to tackle AMR on farms and in food systems gaining momentum

Efforts to tackle AMR on farms and in food systems gaining momentum

20 Nov 2017

#WorldPolioDay: The fight's not over yet

#WorldPolioDay: The fight's not over yet

24 Oct 2017

Skitterphoto via

Organisations join forces, launches roadmap to combat zoonotic TB

13 Oct 2017

Photo: RTE Ireland

Sierra Leone starts cholera vaccination drive in disaster areas

7 Sep 2017

WHO report: Kenyan cholera outbreak

WHO report: Kenyan cholera outbreak

2 Aug 2017

Training the community to take care of the children

14 Jul 2017

DR Congo declares end of Ebola outbreak

DR Congo declares end of Ebola outbreak

4 Jul 2017

New Ebola cases in DRC

New Ebola cases in DRC

15 May 2017

Vaccines to be used against antibiotic-resistant typhoid

Vaccines to be used against antibiotic-resistant typhoid

Lilian Namagembe 7 Apr 2017

Source: Madelene Cronje/M&G

Money can't be the only motive for developing life-saving medicines

Ruth Dreifuss and Malebona Precious Matsoso 21 Oct 2016

FAO calls for increased vigilance as avian influenza virus H5N1 advances

FAO calls for increased vigilance as avian influenza virus H5N1 advances

15 Jul 2016

#AfricaMonth: Sierra Leone, a deadly virus and digital payments

#AfricaMonth: Sierra Leone, a deadly virus and digital payments

Momodu Kargbo, Sierra Leone minister of finance an 27 May 2016

[World Immunisation Week] Closing the immunisation gap

[World Immunisation Week] Closing the immunisation gap

25 Apr 2016