Nigeria to Host 5th Global Antimicrobial Resistance Conference in 2026
Nigeria has been announced as the next host of the bi-annual High-Level Ministerial Conference on Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) in 2026. The announcement was made during...
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WHO: Antibiotic Resistance Could Kill 39 Million by 2050
The World Health Organization (WHO) has issued a warning about the escalating threat of antimicrobial resistance (AMR), predicting that it could claim 39 million lives...
Rwanda Declares End to Marburg Virus Outbreak
Rwanda’s health minister on Thursday said the outbreak of the often fatal Marburg virus in the country was at an end, with no new cases...
WHO Warns of Global Surge in Synthetic Drug Use
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO), has called for immediate global action to address the escalating crisis of synthetic opioid and...
Measles Cases Surge Worldwide, Infecting 10.3 Million
Worldwide, there were an estimated 10.3 million cases of measles in 2023, a 20% increase from 2022, according to new estimates from the World Health...
NCDC: Nigeria Records 1,035 Lassa Fever, 380 Meningitis Cases
Nigeria has recorded 1,035 confirmed cases of Lassa fever out of 8,569 suspected cases, with 174 deaths in 28 states across 129 local government areas...
Mpox Cases Among Children Surge in DR Congo and Burundi
The new and aggressive strain of the potentially deadly mpox virus is spreading rapidly among children in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Burundi,...
Nigeria Partners with China for Local HIV Kit Production
The Federal Government has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with China-based WONDFO BIOTECH Ltd. to begin local production of HIV diagnostic kits in Nigeria....
Sudan Launches Malaria Vaccine Campaign
Sudan has began rolling out its first malaria vaccination programme amid the country’s 18-month civil conflict. Vaccines will be administered to around 148,000 children under...
Mpox: Nine Most Affected Countries to Get Vaccines
The countries to benefit from the vaccine allocation include Central African Republic, Cote d’Ivoire, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Liberia, Nigeria, Rwanda, South...