Japan has contributed $1.5 million to the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) to implement an urgently needed response to the Sudan humanitarian crisis - supporting emergency health and border management in the country. Sudan is…
President Mnangagwa Addresses UNGA, Discusses Zimbabwe’s Health Sector
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has addressed the United Nations General Assembly which he told that Zimbabwe remained committed to ensuring the country's health sector was up and running. Addressing the 74th United Nations General Assembly High-Level…
Congo to introduce second vaccine against Ebola in…
The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Monday said Congo would introduce a second vaccine against Ebola from mid-October, as the country continues to battle the second-worst outbreak of the disease in history. WHO Director-General Tedros…
Tanzania accused of hiding Ebola cases by WHO
The World Health Organization has accused Tanzania of failing to provide information on suspected cases of Ebola in this East African country at the risk of hindering the fight against the spread of the virus,…
UN Special Rapporteur On Human Rights Visits Zimbabwe
United Nations Special Rapporteur Clement Voule becomes the first independent human rights expert to visit Zimbabwe as he embarks on a 10-day visit this week to assess the human rights situation. The UN official visits…
Nigeria: 23 Killed, 169 Infected As Yellow Fever…
The ongoing yellow fever outbreak in Bauchi State has killed no fewer than 23 persons, infected 169 others and spread to Borno, Kano, Gombe, and Katsina. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) on Sunday…
Arresting Recurrent Yellow Fever Outbreaks
It is time for the health authorities to get cracking on strategies to arrest the scourge and shame of yellow fever outbreak in the country. It has become a reproach to Africa’s most populous nation.…
Nigerian Govt Makes Demands From World Bank To…
The Minister of Health, Dr. Osagie Ehanire, has solicited the support of the World Bank in establishing an effective medical emergency transportation network in rural communities. Ehanire, who made the appeal in a statement issued…
A Grim and Deadly History of Ebola in…
The death toll from the latest Ebola epidemic in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) went past 2 000 on Friday, making it the second worst ever outbreak of the disease. As UN Secretary General…
‘Ebola kills but heals quickly’ – Congolese doctor…
Two Ebola patients who were treated with new drugs in the city of Goma in eastern Congo have been declared “cured” and returned to their home. Top doctors fighting Ebola quickly used the case on…
BREAKING: Ebola Now Curable After Trials of Drugs…
Ebola can no longer be called an incurable disease, scientists have said, after two of four drugs being trialled in the major outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo were found to have significantly…
More Hungry Zimbabwe’s in 2019 Than Ever Before…
Zimbabwe’s World Food Programme Director, Eddie Rowe, told CNN this past week that Zimbabwe is facing the most serious food shortage ever. Said Rowe, “The food security situation in the country has been compounded by…
WHO Says No New Ebola Cases in Goma,…
The World Health Organisation has vaccinated over 1,300 people who potentially came into contact with the Ebola virus in the Congolese city of Goma, it said on Sunday, helping contain what many feared would be…
Rwanda Ready to Curtail Outbreak of Ebola –…
With the air distance between the two countries just 979 miles, Rwanda has spoken its readiness to check the outbreak of Ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Ms Sarah Audu, Head of Communication…
Burundi Disputes UN Malaria Stats: Says 4.3m Infected,…
The government of Burundi on Thursday officially disputed recent reports that close to half of its population were affected by malaria. The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) in its latest…
Parliament Releases National Health Insurance Bill
Medical aids as we know them will disappear by 2026 under the National Health Insurance (NHI) Bill released today. Health Minister Zweli Mkhize unveiled the bill today in Pretoria. Under the NHI, the government will…
1,800 Dead as Malaria ‘Epidemic’ Rages in Burundi…
Malaria has killed more than 1,800 people in Burundi this year, the U.N.’s humanitarian agency says, a death toll rivaling a deadly Ebola outbreak in neighboring Democratic Republic of Congo. In its latest situation report,…
Zimbabwe Legalises Growing of Hemp
Zimbabwe will change its laws to allow farmers to grow industrial hemp for export, cabinet ministers said on Tuesday, adding that the government saw the plant as a future substitute for tobacco, the country’s biggest…
Mugabe Still in Singapore Hospital Since April: Zimbabwe…
Zimbabwe's ex-leader Robert Mugabe remains hopsitalised in Singapore where he has been receiving medical care for four months, his successor President Emmerson Mnangagwa said on Monday (Aug 5). Mnangagwa said in a statement that the…
