They are trained, equipped, and programmed to save lives during outbreaks. They are a human shield designed to stop the spread of infections on command.The passionate African Volunteers Health Corps ...

Burundi has revised and approved its Mpox Response Plan and Marburg-Ebola Preparedness Plan, signaling a high-level commitment to strengthening outbreak response efforts in the country.A validation ...

Africa's top public health institution is warning of the risks of losing the gains made over the past two decades in epidemic preparedness and response. At the heart of the concern is a steep decline ...

In a major stride toward bolstering Liberia's capacity for early disease detection and response, the National Public Health Institute of Liberia (NPHIL), in collaboration with the Africa Centres for ...

Join us for the weekly engagement with the media to provide updates on the mpox outbreak in multiple countries and the Ebola disease outbreak in Uganda. The session will also highlight extreme weather ...

Africa's Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said Thursday that the continent faces "an unprecedented financing crisis" that could lead to between two to four million additional deaths ...

Trump’s nominee for the top CDC role would join the agency at a time of great turmoil and uncertainty for medical research.

Using two decades of satellite data, researchers found that forest loss and fragmentation were among the strongest predictors ...

KAMPALA, March 19 (Xinhua) -- Uganda on Wednesday discharged the last two remaining Ebola patients, starting a 42-day countdown to declare the end of the latest outbreak if no new cases are ...

No new cases reported On March 13, Dr. Jean Kaseya, the Africa CDC Director-General said during a virtual press briefing on health emergencies in Africa no new Ebola cases have been reported in ...

An expert from the Africa Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) engages with community health teams in the eastern Uganda district of Mbale on how to detect Ebola cases in their ...