The World Health Organization (WHO) announced on Tuesday that more than 50 people have died in recent weeks in two outbreaks of a mysterious illness in…
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The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has reported 80 deaths from 413 confirmed cases of Lassa fever across 11 states between February 3…
A cholera outbreak in western Ethiopia has killed 15 people and infected over 200 others this month, a regional health official said Friday, appealing for additional…
Eight patients who had been receiving treatment for Ebola in Uganda have fully recovered, the country’s health minister, Jane Ruth Aceng, announced on Wednesday, marking a…
The Nigerian Red Cross Society has raised alarm over the country’s high rate of road traffic accidents, stating that 200,000 Nigerians lose their lives each year…
Uganda has launched a clinical trial for a vaccine targeting the Sudan strain of the Ebola virus, which is responsible for the country’s most recent outbreak.…
When the World Health Organisation’s (WHO) largest donor, the United States, announced its withdrawal, one employee launched an online fundraiser to bridge the gap—raising over $100,000…
Red Cross workers in Goma continued conducting mass burials on Tuesday, a week after M23 rebels, backed by Rwanda, took control of the city. Congolese Interior…
According to data from the World Health Organisation (WHO), 40 people worldwide receive a cancer diagnosis every minute. The WHO Director-General, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, revealed this…
The Seventy-fourth World Health Assembly recognised January 30 as World Neglected Tropical Diseases Day through the unanimous approval of decision WHA74(18) by WHO Member States. This…