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According to the BBC, the British man tested positive for the virus while in the DRC.

Mr Salako, who delivered the closing address at the summit, said the federal government would also train 15,000 primary healthcare ...

Beyond Nigeria, the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) continued to raise concerns about regional health ...

Mr Janabi said an estimated 24.6 million adults aged 20 to 79 were living with diabetes in the African Region ...

Data released by the DRC’s Ministry of Public Health on Tuesday put the number of confirmed cases at 10,060, with ...

The Swiss Federal Office of Public Health (FOPH), in a statement issued on Monday, also confirmed their arrival, saying both ...

Kenya has so far recorded nine confirmed Ebola cases caused by Bundibugyo virus, including one death.

The trial, named Tumaini, which means “hope” in Swahili, will assess vaccine candidates designed to protect against the Bundibugyo virus, ...

The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) said both patients travelled through Entebbe International Airport on 3 ...

However, the World Health Organisation (WHO) and the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) said they had ...

The WHO said it was working with French authorities to establish the source of the infection, possible routes of transmission ...

A veteran epidemiologist says Nigeria has 500 trained specialists who should lead the Ebola response, warning that the time taken ...

Here are 10 key facts Nigerians should know about the disease, including how it spreads, symptoms to watch for and ...

The investigation was based on a review of WHO documents and interviews with more than a dozen scientists, health workers ...

The declaration outlines measures to strengthen disease surveillance, improve national health systems and ensure equitable access to vaccines, treatments and ...

Mr Ursu said Nigeria continued to face challenges in containing vaccine-preventable diseases, including measles and circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus, despite support ...

The figures highlight the continued burden of the disease despite a sharp decline in newly confirmed infections in the latest ...

The students participated in sessions on public health and art, mental health and resilience, creative expression and art for social ...

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 ...