The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) has updated its travel advice for Tanzania, warning holidaymakers ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The World Health Organization (WHO) has also warned that outbreaks caused by zoonotic pathogens are rising. An increase of 63% has been recorded from 2012 - 2022, compared to 2001-2011. The threat, ...

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 ...

East Africa continues to grapple with the growing threat of deadly viruses, with the Marburg virus now posing a significant ...

Following a World Health Organization (WHO) alert 2 days ago about a suspected Marburg virus outbreak in Tanzania, the ...

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

An elk found dead on the Scab Creek Feedground in Elk Hunt Area 98 in Wyoming at the end of December has tested positive for ...