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Laurent Muschel, HERA Director General, and Jean Kaseya, Africa CDC Director General, stand near mpox vaccines as first batches arrive at N'Djili International Airport in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo, 5 September 2024. Reuters/Justin Makangara/File Photo

Africa's top health official presses US to resume health aidJennifer Rigby

An Anopheles stephensi mosquito obtains a blood meal from a human host through its pointed proboscis in this undated handout photo obtained by Reuters, 23 November 2015. Reuters/Jim Gathany/CDC/Handout via Reuters/File Photo

Mystery disease identified as severe malaria - DRC health ministry

By Yassin Kombi and Anait Miridzhanian 18 Dec 2024

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Tragedy strikes WHO Africa: Leadership transition uncertain

By Katja Hamilton 28 Nov 2024

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Heath tech is changing Africa. Source: Artem Podrez/Pexels

5 startups addressing Africa's healthcare gap

14 Jul 2023

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Illegal organ trade is more sophisticated than one might think - who's behind it and how it could be controlled

Frederike Ambagtsheer 13 Jul 2023

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Mastercard Foundation and IPD bolster the continent's capacity to produce vaccines

5 Jun 2023

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Namibia declares outbreak of Crimean-Congo fever after patient dies

Nyasha Nyaungwa 25 May 2023

Woolworths recalls chicken viennas in South Africa and Botswana

Woolworths recalls chicken viennas in South Africa and Botswana

19 May 2023

Source: Reuters.

Ghana first to approve Oxford's malaria vaccine

13 Apr 2023

Source © Business Wire India The Merck Foundation Africa Media Recognition More Than a Mother Awards 2022 and Diabetes and Hypertension Awards 2022 winners were announced via via videoconference.

The Merck Foundation Africa Media Recognition Awards 2022 winners

28 Mar 2023

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Tanzania detects its first-ever cases of the highly fatal Marburg viral disease

Elias Biryabarema 22 Mar 2023

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New coalition to increase access to cervical screening in sub-Saharan Africa

20 Mar 2023

Source: Reuters.

Medical charity MSF suspends operations in Burkina Faso to assess risk

20 Feb 2023

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Steady rise in demand for contraception among women, study shows

27 Jan 2023

Source: Reuters.

Cholera death toll passes 1,000 in Malawi as outbreak spreads

Frank Phiri 25 Jan 2023

Source: Reuters. A health worker prepares a dose of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) vaccine in Dakar, Senegal February 23, 2021.

Senegal institute wins $50m in boost to Africa's vaccine capacity

Nellie Peyton 25 Jan 2023

Source: Reuters. China's foreign minister, Qin Gang addresses delegates at the inauguration of the new Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention headquarters, which China is building and equipping in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, January 11, 2023.

Africa should not be arena for international competition, says Chinese foreign minister

12 Jan 2023

Source: Reuters. Uganda health minister Jane Ruth Aceng addresses the media after receiving a shipment of 1,200 doses for Ebola vaccine candidates set to be used in a clinical trial at the National Medical Stores in Entebbe, Uganda, 8 December, 2022.

Uganda declares itself Ebola-free after swiftly turning tide on outbreak

11 Jan 2023

Source: Reuters.

Gambia lawmakers say Maiden to blame for child kidney injury deaths

22 Dec 2022

Source: Reuters.

Spread of cholera threatens eastern Congo camps of displaced persons

9 Dec 2022

PMI event sponsorship "tantamount to tobacco advertising" - civil society orgs

PMI event sponsorship "tantamount to tobacco advertising" - civil society orgs

7 Nov 2022

Air pollution second leading risk factor for death across Africa - report

Air pollution second leading risk factor for death across Africa - report

28 Oct 2022

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Gambia police link child deaths to cough syrup imported by US firm

Sofia Christensen 12 Oct 2022

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US to apply Ebola screenings for recent Uganda visitors at 5 airports

David Shepardson 7 Oct 2022

Source: Reuters. An artist paints a mural as part of the "cholera" campaign to depict the suffering of cholera patients in Sanaa, Yemen; April 25, 2019.

Cholera outbreaks surging worldwide, fatality rates rising - WHO

Jennifer Rigby 3 Oct 2022

Source: Reuters. Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni attends a news conference.

Ebola kills doctor in Uganda, first health worker killed in latest outbreak

Elias Biryabarema 3 Oct 2022

Source: Reuters. Ugandan health workers speak to members of the community before carrying out the first vaccination exercise against the ebola virus in Kirembo village.

Uganda says Ebola caseload rises to 16 as outbreak grows

Elias Biryabarema 27 Sep 2022

Anglo American commits $15m to Global Fund's Seventh Replenishment

Anglo American commits $15m to Global Fund's Seventh Replenishment

22 Sep 2022

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Child infected with Marburg virus dies in Ghana

Wendell Roelf 20 Sep 2022

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Ghana declares end of Marburg virus disease outbreak

Sofia Christensen 19 Sep 2022

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Be ahead of the game

Bizcommunity.com 15 Sep 2022

Source: Supplied. Dr Allan Pamba, the Africa network lead of the EMEA-LATAM countries at Roche Diagnostics.

Co-designing the future of African healthcare

Dr Allan Pamba 8 Sep 2022

5 young African leaders shortlisted for Äänit Prize

5 young African leaders shortlisted for Äänit Prize

8 Sep 2022