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The case makes Kenya the fourth country to report a case linked to the current Bundibugyo virus outbreak, following the ...

Despite supportive care, the patient died on the night of 5 October and was buried on Tuesday in line with ...

WHO’s latest Global Health Estimates show that people are living longer globally, but the burden of disease is increasingly shifting ...

He said the scale of deaths meant that AMR should no longer be treated as a “silent pandemic”, stressing that ...

"Nigeria was like a sick patient who receives the terrible news that he has cancer."

The companies said their analysis identified Nigeria, Ethiopia, Tanzania, Uganda, Kenya, Mozambique and South Africa among the countries with the ...

Countries also called for the completion of negotiations on an annex to the WHO Pandemic Agreement that would establish a ...

The WHO has released new guidelines aimed at expanding contraceptive choices, including longer use of some existing methods, mifepristone for ...

The region accounts for about one-fifth of global road fatalities despite having only three per cent of the world’s registered ...

NCDs include conditions such as diabetes, cancer, heart disease, and chronic respiratory diseases.

Madagascar recorded 785 cases, the highest during the period, followed by Angola with 184, Kenya with 94, the Democratic Republic ...

The PHC Operational Capability Report, produced by Orodata Science and Civic Tech, assessed facilities across 277 local government areas in ...

The WHO Representative in Nigeria, Pavel Ursu, said the incentives could encourage families to seek essential maternal and newborn services, ...

The researchers found that people who preferred their beverages very hot had more than three times the risk of developing ...

He stated that 12 local government areas in the state were affected by the disease outbreak, adding that plans were ...

The administration said its response is focused on early detection of suspected cases, monitoring close contacts and reaching zero-dose and ...

The publication, which reviewed evidence on tobacco use and fertility, also linked smoking among men to reproductive dysfunction, including poor ...

Without stronger intervention, the report warned that the proportion of the global population exposed to the most dangerous PM2.5 concentrations ...

While cancer can result from several factors, including genetic changes, age and environmental exposures, some established risks are linked to ...

WHO said Ervebo should currently be used against Bundibugyo virus only within a research protocol to generate evidence on its ...

Africa produced more than 639,000 tonnes of tobacco leaf in 2024, representing about 11 per cent of global tobacco-leaf production, ...

In a joint statement on Friday, the organisations said the achievement followed the discharge of Uganda’s last Ebola patient, an ...

Cumulatively, six people have been infected with malaria in connection with the airport.

The research comes as the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) continues to battle the outbreak caused by Bundibugyo ebolavirus.

DRC receives 70,000 Ervebo vaccine doses, with 20,000 for a Phase III trial against Bundibugyo virus and 50,000 for frontline ...