Nigeria reported no wild poliovirus cases since 2016 when the most recent case (by date of onset) was reported in Monguno Local Government Area, Borno, with onset on 21 August 2016. In addition, no circulating...

Just about two years ago, this website reported on the Zambian government sanctioned plan to cull 2,000 hippos as a ‘wildlife management tool’ to prevent the future spread of anthrax among wild animals. Just...

Public Health France has reported an additional 387 biologically confirmed and probable dengue fever cases in the past week on Reunion Island. This brings the total since the beginning of the year to 3416...

Earlier this week, we reported on the humanitarian assistance in the battle against Ebola in the Democratic Republic of the Congo given by the Canadian government. Since then, more reports of assistance...

Kenya has been certified guinea worm free by the World Health Organization. Speaking in a ceremony where she received the certificate from the World Health Organization, Health Cabinet Secretary (CS) Sicily...

Outbreak update In an outbreak update on the Ebola Virus Disease situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), health officials say the situation continues to evolve. According to the DRC...

Today marks a turning point in how we deal with Ebola – we are moving from a strategy of containment to one of offering communities protection and care- Peter Salama, WHO Deputy Director-General for...

Vaccines The World Health Organization (WHO) Friday sent more than 35 immunization experts to Mbandaka, an urban centre with a population of more than 1 million people, where at least one Ebola case...

Outbreaks of human and animal anthrax have been reported in the  Arua, Kween and Kiruhura districts of Uganda, according to Dr Juliet Sentumbwe, Director Animal Ressources, Department of Livestock,...

On Thursday, Andre Mama Fouda, Cameroon’s Public Health Minister issued a press statement saying human monkeypox cases have been reported in Njikwa, Momo Division, in the North West Region and Akwaya,...