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In a historic move, Nigeria has become the first country in the world to roll out a new vaccine (called Men5CV) recommended by the World Health Organization (WHO), which protects people against five strains of the meningococcus bacteria.

The Ministers, gathering in Yaoundé, Cameroon, signed a declaration committing to provide stronger leadership and increased domestic funding for malaria control programmes; to ensure further investment in data technology; to apply the…

“Health care workers are responsible for preventing disease, responding to outbreaks, and mitigating risk in communities. But the nature of their work puts them at increased risk for deadly infectious diseases such as Ebola, so preventive…

The workshop, held from 12 to 15 February 2024 in Nairobi, Kenya, focused on enhancing countries' capabilities to effectively implement the Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative (BFHI) as an integral component of maternal and newborn health…

Spearheaded by the Africa Centres for Disease Control, a pooled procurement mechanism was agreed upon and signed at the just concluded African Union (AU) Summit in Addis Ababa.

To address the outbreak, a multidisciplinary team of epidemiologists, public health officers, entomologists, laboratory specialists, and risk communication experts conducted an extensive epidemiological investigation to characterize the…

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,…

About 70 000 cervical cancer deaths could be averted annually in the African region if the efforts to end the disease by 2030 are urgently stepped up to ensure increased access to critical services for timely detection, care and prevention.

A Kenyan Clinician-Scientist, Prof. Moses Obimbo Madadi  is currently leading a team of researchers at the University of Nairobi, Kenya  in a ground breaking study on how the use of Artificial intelligence (AI) could  predict pregnancy…