Emergency vaccination programmes – rolled out in response to outbreaks of five major diseases – are believed to have reduced deaths by around 60% over a period of 23 years, according to a new study, ...

Despite lessons from the Ebola and COVID-19 pandemics, Nigeria's readiness for an outbreak of diseases such as Lassa Fever is ...

An independent investigator is being sanctioned by the United States over her work scrutinizing human rights abuses in the ...

As the world marks World Zoonoses Day today, Wild Africa is calling for urgent and consistent action to reduce the risk of ...

While Uganda has been recording a decrease in Mpox cases since late May and recently declared the end of Ebola outbreak, ...

The US Department of Health and Human Services is weighing whether to fund new Marburg and Sudan Ebola virus vaccines even as Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. overhauls the US immunization landscape, ...

Editorial - LIBERIA, A SMALL West African nation with outsized strategic importance, is once again at the center of a high-stakes geopolitical contest. But this time, the tools of engagement are not ...

Sierra Leone is presently experiencing an outbreak of mpox, averaging 29 new cases each day in the last week (23 - 30 June 2025).1 Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has responded in Freetown, which is ...

Amina Ahmad leads a mission to humanize tech in African public health, merging empathy with innovation for lasting impact.

In the wake of the deadly flash floods in Texas, state leaders are exploring whether to install more flood warning sirens.

Ebola outbreak in Uganda: how worried are researchers? The outbreak has already spread to five districts, and there are no proven vaccines for this species of the virus.