The Malawi Ministry of Health, launched its updated plan for the implementation of its Genomic Surveillance Strategy that was produced with technical support from the Africa Centres for Disease ...

The Deputy Incident Manager of the Incident Management Support Team at the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC), Prof. Yap Boum, has reported a significant decline in Mpox ...

In August 2024, the World Health Organization declared a second "Public Health Emergency of International Concern" for mpox.

In August 2024, the World Health Organization declared a second "Public Health Emergency of International Concern" for mpox.

From the first reported case of AIDS to the present, what is the history of HIV-AIDS and are there parallels to the COVID-19 ...

THE discovery of gold in the volatile eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has triggered a population boom and exposed the region to a renewed cholera scourge. Lomera, the lakeside village in th ...

Bad recent history: When former dictator Mobutu Sese Seko fell in 1997, war erupted throughout Congo. A series of peace agreements -- U.N. blessed -- purportedly ended the Great Congo War in 2003.

However, infectious diseases that were hitherto under control are re-emerging globally and the pathogens of these diseases are highly resistant to known antibiotics.

Congo and Rwanda ink a U.S.-facilitated peace deal as hopes rise for stability, but M23 rebels and mineral interests cast shadows over lasting peace.

Since the Rwandan genocide, the ongoing conflict in east Congo has killed 6 million people, in attacks, famines and unchecked ...

The Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda on Friday signed a peace deal facilitated by the United States to help end the ...