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Source: Reuters.

Public Health

WHO sends experts to help Congo diagnose mystery disease

9 Dec 2024

Healthcare

Tragedy strikes WHO Africa: Leadership transition uncertain

Katja Hamilton 28 Nov 2024

Source: Reuters.

Infectious Diseases

Congo launches its first mpox vaccination campaign

Djaffar Al Katanty 8 Oct 2024

Healthcare

WHO declares mpox outbreaks in Africa a global health emergency

15 Aug 2024

Infectious Diseases

Equatorial Guinea confirms eight more Marburg cases - WHO

Sofia Christensen and Nellie Peyton 24 Mar 2023

Public Health

Tanzania detects its first-ever cases of the highly fatal Marburg viral disease

Elias Biryabarema 22 Mar 2023

Public Health

Uganda declares Ebola outbreak after Sudan strain found

Elias Biryabarema 21 Sep 2022

Source: Supplied. African scientists receiving training in genomics surveillance at the KwaZulu-Natal Research Innovation and Sequencing Platform (KRISP), South Africa.

Covid-19

Covid-19 variants in Africa were introduced from abroad, study finds

16 Sep 2022

Source: Reuters. A health worker in protective clothing carries waste for disposal outside the isolation ward where victims of the deadly Marburg virus are treated in the northern Angolan town of Uige, File.

Infectious Diseases

Ghana confirms its first outbreak of highly infectious Marburg virus

Alessandra Prentice and Nellie Peyton 18 Jul 2022

Source: Reuters/Denis Balibouse. WHO regional director for Africa Matshidiso Moeti.

Healthcare

Kenya, World Health Organization launch emergency hub

Ayenat Mersie, Elias Biryabarema and Jason Neely 11 Jul 2022

An Ebola survivor who works as a nurse, waits to receive tubes for taking blood samples at the Ebola treatment centre in Katwa, near Butembo, in the DRC, 3 October 2019. Reuters/Zohra Bensemra

Infectious Diseases

DRC declares end to Ebola outbreak

Nellie Peyton 4 Jul 2022

Source: Reuters.

Healthcare

Africa officials urge readiness for monkeypox vaccinations, fair access

30 Jun 2022

Ebola: New case in Congo sparks fear of deadly resurgence

Emergency Medicine

Ebola: New case in Congo sparks fear of deadly resurgence

25 Apr 2022

Emergency Medicine

Southern African children targeted in mass polio vaccination drives

18 Mar 2022

Impact of Russia-Ukraine conflict on vaccine supply 'unclear'

Supply Chain

Impact of Russia-Ukraine conflict on vaccine supply 'unclear'

Dr Matshidiso Moeti 4 Mar 2022

Source: Supplied. Regional Office for Africa, World Health Organization.

Infectious Diseases

Malawi declares polio outbreak

1 Mar 2022

Source: REUTERS/Shelley Christians. Cyril Ramaphosa and Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong cut a ribbon, while Premier of the Western Cape Alan Winde looks on.

Covid-19

Billionaire Soon-Shiong opens new vaccine plant in South Africa

20 Jan 2022

Covid-19

Africa clocks fastest surge in Covid-19 cases this year

14 Dec 2021

Source: ©Igor Daniel

Healthcare

Breakthrough malaria vaccine offers to reinvigorate the fight against the disease

Eunice Anyango Owino 11 Oct 2021

Source: ©mirco1

Covid-19

Genomic surveillance key in Africa's Covid-19 fight

14 Sep 2021

Covid-19

Facing backlash, EU says import of J&J vaccines from South Africa is temporary

20 Aug 2021

Source: ©Jean-Paul

Infectious Diseases

Guinea records West Africa's first Marburg virus death

10 Aug 2021

African countries must include all migrant populations in their vaccination plans. Thierry/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images

Covid-19

Excluding migrants undermines the success of Covid-19 vaccine rollouts

Rebecca Walker, Jo Vearey & Nicholas Maple 2 Aug 2021

Funeral workers wearing personal protective equipment carry a casket during the burial of a Covid-19 victim, amid a nationwide coronavirus disease (Covid-19) lockdown, at the Olifantsvlei cemetery, south-west of Joburg, South Africa 6 January, 2021. Reuters/Siphiwe Sibeko

Covid-19

Covid-19 deaths in Africa surge 43% week-on-week, WHO says

16 Jul 2021

Kickstarting the post-Covid-19 economic recovery, the big focus of the 2020 Southern Africa Europe CEO Dialogue

Economy

Kickstarting the post-Covid-19 economic recovery, the big focus of the 2020 Southern Africa Europe CEO Dialogue

Issued by Optimize Agency 24 Nov 2020

Dr Matshidiso Moeti, regional head, Africa, World Health Organisation

Covid-19

Africa's fragile health system hit hard by Covid-19

9 Nov 2020

Nelson Mandela Foundation hosts discussion on making universal healthcare universal

Health & Welfare

Nelson Mandela Foundation hosts discussion on making universal healthcare universal

21 Aug 2020

#WomensMonth: Reflections from leading women in health in Africa

Public Health

#WomensMonth: Reflections from leading women in health in Africa

19 Aug 2020

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Media

APO Group to facilitate WHO Africa Covid-19 online press briefings

19 Jun 2020

Image source: Getty/Gallo

Infectious Diseases

More than 600 cases of #Covid-19 in Africa

20 Mar 2020

#Coronavirus: WHO switches to response mode in fighting Covid-19 in Africa

Health & Welfare

#Coronavirus: WHO switches to response mode in fighting Covid-19 in Africa

6 Mar 2020

World Health Organisation

Infectious Diseases

More than 18-million Ugandan children to be immunised against measles, rubella and polio

15 Oct 2019

Kenya introduces anti-malaria vaccine

Malaria

Kenya introduces anti-malaria vaccine

16 Sep 2019

Ministers pledge to fight the rise in vector-borne diseases

Malaria

Ministers pledge to fight the rise in vector-borne diseases

23 Aug 2019

Public Health

Ambitious plans to vaccinate more than a million against cholera

4 Jul 2019

Dr Matshidiso Moeti, WHO regional director for Africa

Medtech

The app that tracks diseases and saves lives in Africa

11 Apr 2019

Dr Matshidiso Moeti, WHO regional director for Africa

Public Health

WHO report: 630-million years of healthy life lost in Africa

28 Mar 2019

Infectious Diseases

Healthworkers vaccinated against Ebola in South Sudan

29 Jan 2019

Tanzania sets benchmark on medicines regulation

Pharmaceuticals

Tanzania sets benchmark on medicines regulation

12 Dec 2018

Africa commits to WHO access to medicine goals

Public Health

Africa commits to WHO access to medicine goals

30 Aug 2018

Dr Matshidiso Moeti

Infectious Diseases

African health ministers pledge to end cholera by 2030

29 Aug 2018

Infectious Diseases

Mapping neglected tropical diseases

18 Jul 2018

WHO offers regional support in listeriosis crisis

Public Health

WHO offers regional support in listeriosis crisis

10 Apr 2018

New Ebola cases in DRC

Infectious Diseases

New Ebola cases in DRC

15 May 2017

Malaria vaccine trial gets green light

ESG

Malaria vaccine trial gets green light

12 May 2017

Malaria education in Malawi. Source: WHO/S Hollyman

Malaria

#WorldMalariaDay: Vaccine trial to commence in 2018

25 Apr 2017

Source: World Health Organisation

Public Health

After Ebola: West African ministers discuss public health cooperation

16 Nov 2016