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The Ministry for Foreign Affairs and Cooperation of Equatorial Guinea has informed the WHO Regional Office for Africa that its country head of office, Dr Triphonie Nkurunziza must leave Malabo as soon as possible. The country had accused…

KINSHASA/BRAZAVILLE  – New genetic sequence analysis by the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s (DRC) National Institute of Biomedical Research (INRB) has found that the newly-identified Ebola virus circulating in the Equateur Province in…

12,000 cases, 330 deaths recorded so far Nigeria marked one hundred days of COVID-19 on Sunday June 7,  just as it became the third African country to record over 10,000 cases of the virus. Since February 27, 2020 when an…

Researchers at the University of Oxford have begun enrolling subjects in a phase 2/3 clinical trial of AstraZeneca-partnered COVID-19 vaccine AZD1222. The next stage of the program, which follows a 1,000-subject phase 1, is set to enroll…

President Donald Trump announced on Friday he was severing the United States’ relationship with the World Health Organization, claiming China had “total control” over the organization and pressured the body to “mislead the world” about the…

Encourage women to continue to breastfeed during the COVID-19 pandemic A new report by WHO, UNICEF, and the International Baby Food Action Network (IBFAN) reveals that despite efforts to stop the harmful promotion of breast-milk…

Nigeria will continue with the solidarity trial of chloroquine for COVID-19 treatment, the National Agency for Food and Drugs Administration and Control (NAFDAC) said on Tuesday. This is contrary to the suspension of trial announced on…

The African Union has set a target of USD $1million towards its COVID-19 Response Fund to strengthening the continental response to the pandemic and mitigate its socio economic and humanitarian impact on African populations. The target…

Brazzaville, 14 May 2020 – The World Health Organization (WHO) today expressed concern at the potential impact of COVID-19 on food security, which is likely to exacerbate the already considerable burden of malnutrition in Africa. The impact…

KAMPALA, Uganda, May 13, 2020 –   The Republic of Uganda today announced the distribution of non-medical  to its institutional quarantine centers in 30 districts. The distribution was flagged off by the the Permanent Secretary, Ministry…