AHT Administrator

The health authorities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo has declared an outbreak of Ebola after a case was confirmed in Mbandaka, a city in the north-western Equateur Province. This is the third outbreak in the province since 2018.…

More than eleven (11) million doses will be administered to more than 2.9 million children under 5 years in the four-round vaccination drive.

Former President of Liberia, Mrs Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, calls on African countries to build research expertise in diseases affecting the continent and create better diagnostics, drugs, vaccines and medical devices.

Malawi will on Sunday launch the first round of vaccination campaigns against wild poliovirus type 1. More than 80 million doses will be administered to more than 23 million children under 5 years in the four-round vaccination drive in five…

Although cancer care has improved significantly in many African countries over the past decade, challenges in prevention, detection and treatment services as well as financial hurdles are limiting access to quality and adequate care to…

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has activated its national multi-sectoral and multi-disciplinary Lassa fever Emergency Operations Centre (EOC) in response to the…

No fewer than 1.8 million 14-year-old girls were vaccinated in Ethiopia’s human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination campaign in nine regions of the country between 10th…

Deaths dipped for the first time since the peak of the fourth pandemic wave propelled by the Omicron variant

Baricitinib and Sotrovimaba are recommended for patients with severe or critical COVID-19 and mild or moderate COVID-19 in patients who are at high risk of hospitalization respectively.

Africa is set to miss the urgent global goal of vaccinating the most vulnerable 10% of every country’s population against COVID-19 by the end of September. Forty-two of Africa’s 54 nations—nearly 80%—are set to miss the target if the…