Congo’s health ministry told Reuters this week that malaria was the culprit: “The mystery has finally been solved. It’s a ...

As the new cases and related deaths fall in sub-Saharan Africa, the virus is rearing its head elsewhere. What's the cause?

Several dozen people have died from an unknown disease in the DRC, and unknown numbers have become ill. This is why we need ...

With symptoms including fever and cough, the respiratory disease has affected nearly 380 people, half of them young children.

and stakeholders to commit to expanding WES in Africa through increased investment, timely data sharing, and actionable data for public health initiatives. Together, we can harness the potential ...

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 ...

The U.S. International Development Finance Corporation (DFC), the African Development Bank (AfDB), and the International ...

Surging mpox cases in East, West and Central Africa prompted the World Health Organization to once again make the infection a global health emergency ...

A study shows that of the one in eight children in several African countries who have asthma, the vast majority are undiagnosed and therefore untreated.

South Africa’s High Court upheld a legal challenge to the government’s plan to procure 1,500 megawatts of new coal-fired ...

Spatial repellents have been used as commercial household bite prevention products since the early 1900s, but significant ...

After African countries struggled to get testing kits during the COVID-19 pandemic, officials vowed to make the continent ...