Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has called upon fellow African leaders to join efforts in establishing our continental public ...

Aid cuts by the United States are hurting Africa's capacity to respond to disease outbreaks, the head of the continent's ...

Africa accounts for only 3% of all medicine production globally, and more than 90% of drugs and 99% of vaccines consumed are imported.1 The continent has not been well positioned to address these gaps ...

Africa has seen a sharp rise in public health events, increasing from 152 in 2022 to 213 in 2024, highlighting ...

The COVID-19 pandemic was supposed to decimate African populations, but that didn't happen. Why? Africa's low COVID-19 death rates defied doomsayers Experts cite experience in handling diseases like ...

Tanzania recently reported its first two mpox cases, raising the number of affected countries to 23, officials from the ...

The country is the epicenter of the latest disease outbreak in the region, which the Africa CDC declared in 2024 a "public health emergency of international concern". During the briefing ...

Unwillingness ;of African countries to share data among themselves is hindering disease outbreak response, ;New Vision Online ;has learnt. ; ;The revelations came to light during a three-day ;project ...

Development finance institutions (DFIs) are stepping up to accelerate Africa's pharmaceutical and vaccine manufacturing ambitions, marking a new phase in the continent's push for self-sufficiency in ...

(The CDC website notes that thimerosal was never ... that trip for a faith-based coordinator on HIV/AIDS messaging in Africa, and an “ABC” approach to sexual health: “Abstain, Be faithful ...