Race to combat mpox misinformation as vaccine rollout in DRC begins
Poll suggests half of Congolese have not heard of deadly disease, as conspiracy theories and rumours spread For doctors and nurses fighting mpox in the...
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We need resources to fight health impacts of climate crisis, Africans tell Cop28
Continent must have more resilient health systems and local vaccine manufacturing to prevent next pandemic, says public health body Africa’s leading public health body is...
Tanzania announces outbreak of deadly Marburg virus disease
Five deaths and three further cases of the Ebola-like virus have been reported in the country’s north-west Tanzania has announced its first outbreak of the...
‘A great day for the country’: Uganda declares an end to Ebola outbreak
Control measures including lockdowns have halted the spread of the virus after less than four months The Ugandan government has declared an end to its...
Health workers among dead in Ugandan Ebola outbreak
MSF calls situation ‘very serious’ as east African country grapples with outbreak of Sudan strain of virus, for which no vaccine exists It seems like...
Ghana reports first cases of deadly Ebola-like Marburg virus
No treatment or vaccine exists for Marburg, which can spread from infected animals such as bats Two cases of the deadly Marburg virus have been...
‘Africa must be self-sufficient’: John Nkengasong on learning the deadly lessons of pandemics
The outgoing director of Africa Centres for Disease Control has seen Ebola, Aids and now Covid – and warns complacency is dangerous The past five...
