This achievement showcases the crucial role of local manufacturing in building resilient and self-reliant health systems. Africa CDC reaffirms its commitment to working with AMA and supporting all ...

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 ...

During an online media briefing on Thursday evening, Ngashi Ngongo, chief of staff and head of the Executive Office at Africa CDC, said that the African continent has reported 69,211 mpox cases ...

"This is about delivering action--building robust primary healthcare systems and ensuring that health equity for all Africans becomes a reality," Africa CDC emphasized. The Lusaka Agenda is ...

“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 ...

Dr. Ngashi Ngongo, Mpox lead for the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC), noted that the situation presents two working hypotheses: severe malaria against a backdrop of ...

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 CDC says it appears the H5N1 virus contained mutations in the Louisiana patient who contracted the nation’s first severe case of the illness. IE 11 is not supported. For an optimal ...

The CDC said a person in Louisiana has become the first to be hospitalized with a severe case of bird flu. The CDC said the patient got bird flu from a backyard flock of birds, but said the risk ...

The CDC reports that there's been a sharp increase in cases in more than a dozen states with hospitalization for the flu also on the rise. IE 11 is not supported. For an optimal experience visit ...

Africa’s Center for Disease Control and Prevention — Africa CDC — says it is working to identify a new disease in the Democratic Republic of Congo that has claimed at least 79 lives and ...

My African bucket list is extensive, but I've already ticked off Zimbabwe, South Africa, Morocco, and Egypt. All four countries were vastly different but charming in their own way. Here's what I ...