Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO Director-General has described antimicrobial resistance as one of the greatest health challenges of the present generation, one that cannot be left for future generations to solve. "Now is the time to forge new, cross-sector partnerships that will protect the medicines we have and revitalize the pipeline for...

The Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) has announced that it is strongly encouraged by new study results showing that the antiretroviral medicine cabotegravir, which is administered by injection every two months, prevents HIV among women. The study shows that the long-acting injections among women in sub-Saharan Africa were 89% more efficient...

Togo has received validation from the World Health Organization (WHO) for having eliminated human African trypanosomiasis or “sleeping sickness” as a public health problem, becoming the first country in Africa to reach this milestone. Sleeping sickness is caused by parasites which are transmitted by infected tsetse flies and is only found in...

The Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s (DRC) Equateur Province continues to grow, causing major concern as the World Health Organization (WHO) and partners face critical funding gaps. Confirmed cases have now surpassed the total number recorded during the province’s last outbreak in 2018. The latest outbreak, DRC’s 11th,...

The Government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo announced today that a new outbreak of Ebola virus disease is occurring in Wangata health zone, Mbandaka, in Équateur province. The announcement comes as a long, difficult and complex Ebola outbreak in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo is in its final phase, while the...

The World Health Organization (WHO) has expressed concerns over the tobacco industry’s investment in the promotion of its product. According to the global health body, every year the tobacco industry invests more than USD 9 billion to advertise its products. Increasingly, it is targeting young people with nicotine and tobacco products in...

Pathology Network, a digital referral platform for pathologists in Kenya, has secured an investment of $50,000 from Villgro Kenya, an early-stage business incubator in the East African region. The Pathology Network is an artificial intelligence-powered digital platform linking small labs to specialized labs for seamless test referrals. It provides access to specialists...

At the last count, a total of three African countries have reported confirmed cases of the coronavirus disease - COVID-19, they are Egypt, Algeria and Nigeria. According to the Africa CDC, it has its Emergency Operations Center and its Incident Management System (IMS) for the COVID-19 outbreak on 27 January 2020. Furthermore,...

Approximately 530 000 women are diagnosed with cervical cancer around the world each year. In Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), cervical cancer incidence rates are the highest in the world (the prevalence of HPV in women with normal cytology is at an average of 24% in SSA) and the disease is the most common...

To support the UNAIDS 90-90-90 target and the Vision 2030 to end AIDS by 2030, Active Voices for Sustainable Development Initiative (Active Voices), a Non-Government Organization located in Abuja, Nigeria, with support from Fondation Merieux, France and other local partners officially launches the Anonymous Partner Notification Service (APNS) website portal designed to...