West Africa's first-ever case of Marburg virus disease confirmed in Guinea
Download logoHealth authorities in Guinea today confirmed a case of Marburg virus disease in the southern Gueckedou prefecture. This is the first time Marburg,...
Video News Release: WHO Africa Online Briefing
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Coronavirus – Botswana: AstraZeneca Vaccines Arrives in Botswana
Government of Botswana this afternoon received 38 400 doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine. The consignment has been purchased by the government through the COVAX...
Cameroon: Thousands continue to be denied urgent health care as MSF's...
While thousands of people struggle to access vital healthcare in the restive North-West region of Cameroon, Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) is still...
Coronavirus – Africa: Record weekly COVID-19 deaths in Africa
Download logoWeekly COVID-19 deaths in Africa reached a record peak in the week that ended on 1 August, marking the highest seven-day toll since...
Libya: Recurrent violence against refugees and migrants in Tripoli detention centres...
Following repeated incidents of violence towards refugees and migrants held in two detention centres in the Libyan city of Tripoli, international medical organisation Médecins...
Canada provides support to WFP to help the poorest urban populations...
Download logoThe Government of Canada has provided USD 3.74 million to the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) to contribute towards its efforts to...
Coronavirus: Urgently safeguard access to healthcare, medicines as social unrest deepens...
Doctors Without Borders (MSF) notes with deep concern the widening social unrest in two provinces of South Africa, including widespread looting and disruption of...
No need to Lament about the Oil Discovery in Namibia's Kavango...
Six months ago, Canadian oil and gas company Reconnaissance Energy Africa Ltd. (“ReconAfrica”) began exploratory drilling in the deep Kavango Basin of northeast Namibia...
It takes a whole village: the need of a multiple approach...
Salamabila is a city of 71,000 inhabitants in the mining region of the province of Maniema, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The prevalence of...