A team comprising experts from Botswana’s National TB and Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTD) Programmes, WHO country and regional offices, and consultants revised the 2012 leprosy guidelines. The ...

The Director-General of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC), Dr. Jide Idris, has announced that the country ...

Last week, the Ugandan Ministry of Health confirmed the outbreak of the disease with one death and has now followed up the contacts.

A recent study reveals that women giving birth to twins face a higher long-term risk of heart disease compared to single ...

Cholera is an acute diarrheal infection caused by the consumption of the bacterium Vibrio Cholerae in contaminated food or ...

Type 2 poliovirus was detected in the sewage systems of 14 cities across five European countries in 2024, including Spain, ...

Authorities have urged citizens to avoid non-essential travel as Nigeria strengthens surveillance amid Ebola outbreak in Uganda ...

The Ministry of Health has heightened surveillance at all points of entry following an outbreak of Sudan virus disease in Uganda, a deadly virus from the same family as Ebola.

The WHO isn’t perfect — but quitting it isn’t the solution, according to Yale experts. On Jan. 20, President Donald Trump ...

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC), in collaboration with relevant Ministries, Departments, and Agencies (MDAs) through the National Emerging Viral Hemorrhagic Diseases (EVHD ...

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has placed the country on high alert following the confirmation of an Ebola Virus ...

Pune has reported a total of 158 suspected cases of GBS, with 127 confirmed diagnoses and five suspected deaths.