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Polio Virus Detected in Cape Town Wastewater, Health Officials on High Alert
South African health authorities have sought to calm public fears after two different polio-related virus…
Africa on High Alert as President Cyril Ramaphosa Calls for United Fight Against Ebola Virus Disease
President Cyril Ramaphosa has called for urgent continental unity and stronger public health responses following…
HantaVirus Case Under Investigation as SA Health Authorities Await Full Briefing
South Africa’s health authorities are on alert after a British tourist tested positive for what…
Joint Response to Global Threats: BRICS Countries Unite in Fight Against Epidemics
Risks of outbreaks and epidemics A new pandemic could begin worldwide as soon as tomorrow…
African Ministers Kick Off Regional Forum on Health
25 August 2025, Lusaka – African ministers of health gathering in the Zambian capital Lusaka today opened the Seventy-fifth session of the World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Committee for Africa, the highest decision-making body on health on the continent. The ministers from the 47 countries of the WHO African Region, meeting from 25 to 27 August 2025, will deliberate on measures to address challenges as well as endorse key resolutions to improve and promote people’s health. Opening the meeting, Zambia’s…
WHO Urges Africa to Produce Medicine Locally
The Director-General of the World Health Organisation (WHO) has advocated for increased local pharmaceutical production in Mozambique, warning that the continent’s heavy dependence on imports could hinder effective responses to future viral outbreaks. “Expanding local production is essential for strengthening pandemic preparedness and response globally,” said WHO Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus during a virtual address to the International Conference on Local Production of Medicines and Health Products, which opened today in Maputo and runs until Thursday as part of…
China’s Commitment to Modernising Liberia’s Health Care Facilities Brings Benefits
When 32-year-old Martha Kollie arrived at the newly established China-aid National Clinical Diagnosis and Treatment Laboratory in the Liberian capital of Monrovia, she was unsure if she would receive the medical care she desperately needed. Diagnosed with a severe respiratory infection, she had previously struggled to find proper treatment in Liberia’s overwhelmed health care system. “I came here because the other hospitals didn’t have the equipment to properly diagnose me,” said Kollie. “The doctors told me they now have advanced…