The joint 100 million US dollars plan, announced by WHO and the West African nations affected by the Ebola virus disease, is a positive step forward in affording the crucial means to tackle the spread...

The surge in Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) cases and deaths in West Africa continues, particularly in Liberia and Sierra Leone, according to new numbers released by The World Health Organization Regional...

Two individuals who had contact with Liberian Ebola victim, Patrick Sawyer, have demonstrated symptoms of fever according to Nigeria government officials, the Nigeria News reports today. The Commissioner...

The transcript of the speech by Dr Margaret Chan, Director-General of the World Health Organization Friday: Excellencies, honorable ministers, members of the press, ladies and gentlemen,   West Africa...

The Director-General of WHO and presidents of west African nations impacted by the Ebola virus disease outbreak will meet Friday in Guinea to launch a new joint US$ 100 million response plan as part of...

Nigeria is one of the three remaining polio endemic countries on the planet with Afghanistan and Pakistan being the others. The African nation reported 53 wild poliovirus-1 cases in 2013, while so far...

A rotavirus outbreak that has affected some 3,000 people in Swaziland over the past three weeks has resulted in 36 fatalities, according to a Swazi Observer news report today. In an announcement by Prime...

Just days after Liberian government official, Mr. Patrick Sawyer, traveled by air from Liberia to Lagos, Nigeria, sick with suspected Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) and eventually dying from the virus, Nigerian...

As of July 27, the West African nation of Sierra Leone has recorded 533 Ebola Virus Disease cases (473 confirmed, 38 probable, and 22 suspected) including 233 deaths. To put that in perspective, prior...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued updated travel notices for the three West African countries currently experiencing the ever growing Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) outbreak that has...