World Health Organization moves to contain Nigeria’s Lassa fever outbreak
The World Health Organization is scaling up its response to an outbreak of Lassa fever in Nigeria, which has spread to 17 states and...
Nigeria battles its largest Lassa fever outbreak on record
Nigeria’s Lassa fever outbreak has reached record highs with 317 laboratory confirmed cases, according to figures released by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control...
New data from Africa allays fears of bowel obstruction from rotavirus...
An evaluation carried out by the World Health Organization (WHO), US Centre for Disease Control (CDC), and country partners shows that administering monovalent rotavirus...
Immunization partners launch week-long campaign across Africa
The World Health Organization in the African Region, in collaboration with UNICEF, African Union and other partners, today (April 23, 2018) launched the eighth...
Africanews TV celebrates 2 years: 2016-2018
Within two years, Africanews (www.Africanews.com), the first pan-African and multilingual media outlet stands out among the media landscape on the continent. The channel is...
Nigeria set to vaccinate 25 million people, its biggest yellow fever...
The Government of Nigeria will launch a mass vaccination campaign to prevent the spread of yellow fever on Thursday (January 25) with support from...
Kenya a declared Guinea Worm Free country
Kenya has become the latest Guinea Worm free country in the world after the WHO directorgeneral Dr. Tedros Ghebreyesus accepted recommendations made by the...
WHO: Nigeria’s Lassa fever outbreak is slowing, but remains a concern
After nearly 400 confirmed infections and 100 deaths, the spread of Lassa fever in Nigeria is beginning to slow but the epidemic is far...
Nearly one billion people in Africa to be protected against Yellow...
Nearly one billion people will be vaccinated against yellow fever in 27 high-risk African countries by 2026 with support from WHO, Gavi – the...
Urgent action needed to tackle the double burden of malnutrition and...
Under nutrition, obesity and diet-related noncommunicable diseases are leading to catastrophic costs to individuals, to communities and to national healthcare systems in Africa. Every year,...
