Press Release - Africa is at a crossroads. The continent is fighting multiple disease outbreaks amid a tightening fiscal space that is affecting many of our trusted funding partners. It will take ...

Over the last week, 181 samples from 51 cases were tested in a laboratory, Dr. Ngashi Ngongo, Africa CDC chief of staff, said during a Thursday press briefing. MORE: 'Mysterious' illness kills 79 ...

Over the last week, 181 samples from 51 cases were tested in a laboratory, Dr. Ngashi Ngongo, Africa CDC chief of staff, said during a Thursday press briefing. Laboratory testing showed 25 out of ...

The African continent had reported 65,711 Mpox cases since the start of this year, of which 14,241 were confirmed, and over 1,237 deaths, according to Africa CDC Director-General Jean Kaseya.

At Thursday’s press conference, Dr. Ngashi Ngongo of the Africa CDC presented two hypotheses. First, the primary cause of the disease may be malaria exacerbated by malnutrition and viral infections.

"The good news we got from Japan is that, next week, we are getting the Japanese vaccine in DRC that will allow the vaccination of children," Jean Kaseya, director general of Africa CDC ...

"The working diagnosis now is malaria," Ngashi Ngongo, Africa CDC chief of staff and head of the executive office told an online briefing. The situation has been exacerbated by malnutrition in the ...

Africa's low COVID-19 mortality rates concealed important vulnerabilities, including poor health infrastructure and manufacturing constraints,1 highlighting the need for a proactive, continent-wide ...

It was first identified on Oct 24 and reported to national authorities in early December. The Africa CDC said limited laboratory capacity in the Panzi health zone, the epicenter of the outbreak ...