Cholera topped the list of disease outbreaks in Africa last year as a warming world increased both flooding and droughts in ...

Health emergencies are on the rise in Africa. Last year, there were 213 public health outbreaks that the pan-African public ...

The Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) has raised alarm over a sharp rise in public health emergencies across the continent, with more than 200 disease outbreaks reported ...

After up to five days of fever, patients begin to suffer damage to their blood vessels, which can cause internal bleeding, ...

The government says a fresh cholera outbreak has spread to eight districts, infecting nearly 300 people. Burst pipes left in disrepair for months and spewing human waste into the streets are believed ...

The South African Department of Health has reiterated its commitment to pandemic preparedness, as global concerns over mpox ...

Following reports of suspected cases of viral haemorrhagic fever in Tanzania, World Health Organization (WHO) has enhanced its readiness to support the government as it takes measures to investigate ...

In early December, health officials in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, or DRC, announced that an unknown illness had ...

At least nine possible cases of the Ebola-like virus have been reported since the weekend, of which eight of those infected have died.

Uganda has received 2,000 doses of monkeypox vaccine from the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) for a prevention campaign to be launched next month, a senior government ...

Tanzania's government said no-one in the country had tested positive for the Marburg virus after the World Health ...

A suspected Marburg virus outbreak in Tanzania has been linked to nine cases and eight deaths, according to WHO.