Reports on public health issues, healthcare policies, and medical advancements, striving to inform and improve health outcomes across the continent.
Zanzibar & Mainland: Each year, we commemorate the “International Day of Older Persons” on 1 October to raise public awareness about the opportunities and challenges presented to the ageing populations and to mobilize the families, community groups and stakeholders to address the difficulties faced by older people. This year, the United Republic of Tanzania joined the […]
Brazzaville/Kampala, 20 September 2022 – The health authorities in Uganda today declared an outbreak of Ebola after a case of the relatively rare Sudan strain was confirmed in Mubende district in the central part of the country. The Uganda Virus Research Institute confirmed the case after testing a sample taken from a 24-year-old male. This […]
Mogadishu, 12 September 2022 –More than half of children aged under five in Somalia are facing acute malnutrition with one in six suffering from the most deadly form as time to fend off famine starts to run out, Save the Children said today following the release of new hunger figures. New IPC figures said the […]
DAKAR, 15 September 2022 – More than 150,000 people, of which about half are children, have been severely affected by floods in Niger and Nigeria in recent weeks, Save the Children said today. The torrential rain is expected to continue in southern Niger and northern Nigeria until end of September, which could lead to further […]
“The COVID-19 pandemic highlighted the fragility of our continent’s health infrastructure and the urgent need to strengthen the overall health system to secure access to quality care for all Africa’s people, when and where they need it, without incurring financial hardship,” said WHO’s Africa Regional Director Matshidiso Moeti. Rebuilding good health To rethink and rebuild […]
Brazzaville/Kinshasa, 23 August 2022 – Health authorities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo declared a resurgence of Ebola late last night, following confirmation of one case in the country’s eastern province of North Kivu. A 46-year-old woman died on 15 August 2022 in Beni, a town located in North Kivu. She received care at […]
According to the Federal Ministry of Health, there are reports of 33 people killed and over 100 more injured following armed clashes between members of Hausa and Fung tribes in Ganis, Ar Rusayris locality in Blue Nile State that started on 14 July. As of 17 July, the situation is reportedly calm, but unpredictable. Civilian […]
Accra/Brazzaville – Ghana has announced the country’s first outbreak of Marburg virus disease, after a World Health Organization (WHO) Collaborating Centre laboratory confirmed earlier results. The Institut Pasteur in Dakar, Senegal received samples from each of the two patients from the southern Ashanti region of Ghana – both deceased and unrelated – who showed symptoms […]
The projects and programs implemented by ADPP reached more than 6.2 million people in 2021 in the different areas in which it operates, namely Quality Education, Health and Wellness and Agriculture and Sustainable Development. Notable figures in 2021 include the approximately 1,265,000 people reached by education programs, 2,113,952 by the Malaria Prevention Program since 2018 […]
Maseru – Critical care patients in Lesotho will soon be spared a trip to South Africa to receive treatment. The country is on the verge of opening its first intensive care units in public hospitals. At Mafeteng Hospital in southwestern Lesotho, an eight-bed intensive care unit will feature a ventilator with piped oxygen and can […]
