Postponement of elections in the Democratic Republic of Congo is extremely...
Download logoThe postponement of elections in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is worrying and potentially dangerous for the Congolese people and for aid...
Coronavirus – Rwanda: COVAX delivers its 1 billionth COVID-19 vaccine dose
Download logoOn 15 January 2021, a shipment of 1.1 million COVID-19 vaccines to Rwanda included the billionth dose supplied via COVAX.
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Sudan: Médecins sans frontières (MSF) responds to medical needs, prepares to...
Download logoOngoing violence continues in many parts of Sudan. Médecins Sans Frontieres/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) teams on the ground report that hospitals are overwhelmed...
Coronavirus – Rwanda: Update COVID-19 30 October 2020
Download logoThree (3) new COVID-19 cases were identified out of 1810 samples tested today. This brings the cumulative number of confirmed cases to five...
Ghana declares first-ever outbreak of Marburg virus disease
Download logoGhana has announced the country’s first outbreak of Marburg virus disease, after a World Health Organization (WHO) Collaborating Centre laboratory confirmed earlier results.
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Historic Funding to Expand Roll-out of First-ever Malaria Vaccine in Africa
Download logoThe World Health Organization (WHO) welcomes the launch by Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, of the landmark opportunity for countries to apply for funding...
Coronavirus – Africa: COVID-19 Emergency response team arrives in São Tomé...
Download logoLast night, a COVID19 emergency response team arrived in São Tomé & Príncipe from WHO African Region to support national response efforts – despite...
Coronavirus – Africa: COVID-19 Update (22 October 2020)
Over 1.6 million confirmed COVID-19 cases on the African continent - with more than 1.3 million recoveries & 40,000 deaths cumulatively. View country figures & more...
More than a Million People to be Vaccinated in Phase 2...
Phase 2 of the biggest ever oral vaccination campaign against cholera is scheduled to take place from 3-8 July 2019 in 15 health districts...
Diseases cost the African Region $2.4 trillion a year, says WHO
Download logoThe World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that nearly 630 million years of healthy life were lost in 2015 due to the diseases afflicting...
