The fatality rate of the Marburg virus is 50 per cent, and there is no approved vaccine or antiviral treatment for the virus ...

At least nine cases of the rare viral hemorrhagic fever have been confirmed, the World Health Organization said Friday.

Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of the World Health Organisation ( WHO ), commended Ethiopia's swift response ...

BBC Africa Eye goes on a journey with a woman in Kenya, searching for the father she has never known. Mayar Sherif says ...

African health authorities on Thursday confirmed a possible outbreak of an unidentified viral hemorrhagic fever in southern ...

African nations on Tuesday agreed to strengthen collaboration in medical product research, development, and regulation to boost local manufacturing and reduce dependence on imports. The seventh ...

The Democratic Republic of the Congo, known until 1997 as Zaire, is a country located in Central Africa, with a small length of Atlantic coastline. It is the third largest country in Africa by area.

The party demands a safe, free, and fair campaign and electoral process; it also calls for the unconditional release of all ...

Although Uganda has gained extensive outbreak experience over 25 years, there is still a persistent failure by health workers ...

A Lassa fever vaccine candidate was safe and produced a strong immune response in adults in the United States and Liberia, ...

Non-communicable diseases, such as hypertension, diabetes, cancers, and chronic respiratory conditions, are rising rapidly, now accounting for over 35% of all deaths. Hypertension affects nearly one ...

Uganda motorbike taxi driver Charles Ssebale fears his vehicle could be repossessed at any moment, having failed to keep up ...