Sam EFERARO

The vaccine doses were officially received by the Minister of Health of the Democtratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Samuel Roger Kamba, alongside Dr. Jean Kaseya, the Director General of Africa CDC, the UNICEF Representative in DRC, Grant…

The declaration will enable the mobilization of resources across affected countries, unlocking essential funding, strengthening Risk Communication and Community Engagement (RCCE), boosting surveillance and laboratory testing efforts, and…

Dr. Agbo noted that the first phase, initiated last year in Ogun, Lagos, Osun, and some northern states, achieved over a 50 percent success rate. She attributed the high cervical cancer rates to limited access to HPV vaccination services,…

A statement by the WHO Regional Director, Dr. Matshidiso Moeti said repealing the Act would not only violate the protection of women and girls' human rights, but it could also encourage other countries to disregard their duty to protect…

At a ceremony to mark the occasion in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Africa CDC Director General, Dr Jean Kaseya, recalled the story of the centre from its establishment in January 2016 to its autonomy in 2022 as the continental health agency of…

A Press Release by the World Health Organisation, Africa Region, disclosed that the vaccination programme was kicked off at Kuwadzana, one of the most affected areas of the country’s current outbreak, by the Health and Child Care Minister,…

There was a palpable excitement in Nigeria’s health sector as a renowned  global health expert, Prof Ali Muhammad Pate, and a US-based nephrologist, Dr. Tunji Alausa formerly assumed duties as the Coordinating Minister of Health and Social…

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has validated Benin and Mali as having eliminated trachoma as a public health problem, making them the fifth and sixth countries in WHO’s African Region to achieve this significant milestone. Countries…

A Press statement from the organization says Nearly 1.5 million children at high risk of illness and death from malaria in Ghana, Kenya and Malawi have now received their first dose of the first malaria vaccine, RTS,S/AS01 (RTS,S), thanks…

Africa CDC revised the framework and developed additional resources to guide the establishment and implementation of event-based surveillance using a multi-sectoral One Health approach.