When I first spoke to Yap Boum II in January, 2025, he had recently become Deputy Incident Manager for the continental response to mpox with the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention ...

At least 943 people fell sick and 52 died in Equateur province at the start of the year, with symptoms ranging from fever and ...

Health officials in the Democratic Republic of Congo have confirmed that a mysterious illness that killed more than 50 people ...

As of February 16, there were 431 cases and 53 deaths in two outbreaks in remote villages in different health zones in ...

The country is presently battling its eighth Ebola outbreak, confirmed by the Ministry of Health in January, with two ...

Mpox was perceived to be a mild disease which had implications on the study population’s behavioural practices affecting ...

The rapid spread of illness in the African country may be due to contaminated water, rather than a virus that jumped from bat ...

The presidents of Congo and neighboring Rwanda met Tuesday in Qatar for their first direct talks since Rwanda-backed M23 ...

Countries in Africa are having to seek alternative funding amid a block to US funding for mpox response efforts.

On August 13, 2024, the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) declared the multi-country mpox ...

NEBBI, UGANDA | THE INDEPENDENT | Greater Nebbi leaders are calling for the creation of a fire brigade unit as a critical ...

Uganda’s Ministry of Health on Friday confirmed an outbreak of the Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever (CCHF) in the western ...