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Lockdown in Two Ebola Hotspots Extended in Uganda
Uganda’s president has extended a six-week lockdown on two regions at the heart of an Ebola outbreak that has…
NACA Unveils Report on Gender Assessment of HIV Response in Nigeria
Ahead of World Aids Day, The National Agency for the Control of AIDS (NACA) in partnership with UN…
More Than 4,000 Zimbabwean Doctors, Nurses Left The Country in 2021
Zimbabwean health workers have left the country in droves over the past year, a senior official at the…
WHO Begins Clinical Trials for Ebola Vaccine in Uganda
As global concerns mount over the threat of a new Ebola epidemic, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said…
Five Covid-19 Cases Discovered, Isolated Among Congo Refugees
Five Congolese refugees have been isolated at Nyakabande refugee transit camp in Kisoro District after testing positive for…
Malawi Receives 2.9M Cholera Vaccine Doses as Outbreak Spreads
Malawi has received 2.9 million doses of oral cholera vaccine as an outbreak continues to spread across the…
Millions Back in Lockdown as China Intensifies Zero-Covid Policy
As part of Chinese leader Xi Jinping’s “zero-Covid” policy, dozens of cities have been locked down. Wuhan, where…
1.9 Million Nigerians Living With HIV Have Access to Free Treatments
Nigeria Country Director of the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (USCDC), Dr. Mary Boyd has…
Zimbabwe Approves Use of Injectable HIV Prevention Drug
The Medicines Control Authority of Zimbabwe has announced the approval of the use of long-acting injectable cabotegravir (CAB-LA)…
Uganda Records Fifth Health Worker to Die From Ebola
Ebola has claimed the life of another health worker as the Uganda struggles to contain the spread of…