Aid cuts by the United States are hurting Africa’s capacity to respond to disease outbreaks, the head of the continent’s ...

Tanzania recently reported its first two mpox cases, raising the number of affected countries to 23, officials from the ...

The COVID-19 pandemic was supposed to decimate African populations, but that didn't happen. Why? Africa's low COVID-19 death rates defied doomsayers Experts cite experience in handling diseases like ...

Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has called upon fellow African leaders to join efforts in establishing our continental public ...

Africa has seen a sharp rise in public health events, increasing from 152 in 2022 to 213 in 2024, highlighting ...

A new cluster of Ebola cases has emerged in Uganda, the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) said ...

The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) has announced the continuation of mpox as a Public Health Emergency of Continental Security (PHECS), following recommendations from ...

Africa accounts for only 3% of all medicine production globally, and more than 90% of drugs and 99% of vaccines consumed are imported.1 The continent has not been well positioned to address these gaps ...

Matthew Downham, Director of Manufacturing and Supply Chain, CEPI & Abebe Genetu Bayih, Ag. Lead Local Manufacturing of Health Commodities, Africa CDC.The COVID-19 pandemic exposed deep inequities in ...

The CDC is closely monitoring an "unknown disease” that has killed dozens in the Democratic Republic of Congo, the agency ...

Three new Ebola cases have been reported in Uganda, bringing the total to 12 since the outbreak began in late January, the ...