Nigerian health officials recorded eight new confirmed Lassa fever cases in the past week, putting the country’s total to 408 confirmed  and 9 probable cases since the beginning of the year. In...

Public Health France has reported an additional 167 autochthonous, or locally transmitted dengue fever cases during the past week on Réunion Island, bringing the total cases to 755 since the beginning...

Nearly one billion people will be vaccinated against yellow fever in 27 high-risk African countries by 2026 with support from the World Health Organization (WHO), Gavi – the Vaccine Alliance, UNICEF...

The incidence of listeriosis cases in South Africa continues to steadily decline following the recall of the implicated food source which was initiated on Mar. 4. The source of the outbreak has been identified...

In a follow-up on the monkeypox outbreak in Bambari district, Central African Republic (CAR),  a total of eight cases with zero deaths have been reported as of Mar. 25 since the start of the outbreak. CAR...

In a follow-up on the dengue fever epidemic on Réunion, French health officials more than 500 confirmed cases in the west and south of the island since the beginning of the year. 588 indigenous cases...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is now recommending antimalarials for travelers to the Waterberg region of Limpopo Province, including resort areas in South Africa. On March 9, 2018,...

Since the beginning of 2017, South Africa has been experiencing a listeriosis outbreak. Between 1 January 2017 through 14 March 2018, 978 laboratory-confirmed listeriosis cases have been reported to...

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) is reporting that the latest data shows that the number of new confirmed and probable cases has been falling for five consecutive weeks; however, this should...

The Carter Center, along with South Sudan’s health minister, Dr. Riek Gai Kok announced today that South Sudan has succeeded in interrupting transmission of Guinea worm disease. As of the end of February...