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    Source: Reuters.
    WHO says risk 'moderate' after laboratory in Sudan seized by fighters
    Source: Supplied. Stellenbosch University's new Biomedical Research Institute, home to Ceri, is the most advanced research facility of its kind on the African continent.
    Abbott partners with Ceri to address viral threats

    2 May 2023

    The World Health Organisation (WHO) logo is seen near its headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, 2 February 2023. Reuters/Denis Balibouse
    Equatorial Guinea confirms eight more Marburg cases - WHO

    By Sofia Christensen and Nellie Peyton 24 Mar 2023

    Health workers from Bwera hospital prepare to transport the body of a fifty-year-old woman who died of Ebola to the burial site in Bwera, Uganda. MELANIE ATUREEBE/EPA
    How Africa's porous borders make it difficult to contain Ebola

      18 Jun 2019

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    The three big studies pushing at the frontiers of HIV prevention

      14 Jun 2019

    Fruit bats can pass Ebola on to humans. Jeffrey Paul Wade/Shutterstock
    Ebola outbreaks may be more common than we think

    14 Jun 2019

    Two women sell roadside refreshments in rural Kano in 2011. Shobana Shankar, CC BY-SA
    What the US could learn about vaccination from Nigeria

      7 Jun 2019

    Photo: Newstalk
    Decolonising healthcare

    6 Jun 2019

    Health workers burying a child who died of Ebola in the DRC’s North Kivu province. Hugh Kinsella Cunningham/EPA
    Radical ideas are needed to break the DRC's Ebola outbreak. Here are some

      23 May 2019

    A health worker looks on at an Ebola transit centre in Beni in North Kivu province, DRC. Hugh Kinsella Cunningham/EPA
    Ebola survivors can lose their eyesight. What we're doing to prevent it

      16 May 2019

    Stronger health systems will boost the fight against infectious diseases
    Stronger health systems will boost the fight against infectious diseases

    13 May 2019

    Tips from Nigeria on teaching teens about breast and cervical cancer
    Tips from Nigeria on teaching teens about breast and cervical cancer

    10 May 2019

    Gavi/2018/KAREL PRINSLOO
    Vaccine drone delivery service takes off in Ghana

    29 Apr 2019

    A woman receiving an oral cholera vaccine in Beira, Mozambique. Celeste Mac-Arthur
    Cyclone Idai is over - but its health effects will be felt for a long time

      15 Apr 2019

    Dr Matshidiso Moeti, WHO regional director for Africa
    The app that tracks diseases and saves lives in Africa

    11 Apr 2019

    Can vaccines help fight the rise of drug-resistant microbes?
    Can vaccines help fight the rise of drug-resistant microbes?

      10 Apr 2019

    Photo: WHO
    WHO dispatches aid to displaced people in Ethiopia

    10 Apr 2019

    There is currently no established cure for Ebola – could antibody treatments be the answer? AHMED JALLANZO/EPA
    Guinea pigs cured of Ebola with antibodies, raising hopes for treatment in humans

      4 Apr 2019

    Photo: United Nations
    #CycloneIdai: Cholera prevention and other relief efforts underway

    3 Apr 2019

    Dr Matshidiso Moeti, WHO regional director for Africa
    WHO report: 630-million years of healthy life lost in Africa

    28 Mar 2019

    Working with communities is essential to end Ebola
    Working with communities is essential to end Ebola

    22 Mar 2019

    Health workers in Liberia at the height of the 2014-2016 Ebola outbreak. Ahmed Jallanzo/EPA
    Ebola in the DRC: the race is on between research and the virus

      8 Mar 2019

    Nigeria was quick to respond and control the 2014 Ebola outbreak. EPA
    Why Nigeria is battling to control disease outbreaks like Lassa fever

      22 Feb 2019

    Mali was one of the West African countries affected by the biggest Ebola outbreak ever recorded from 2014 to 2016. Shutterstock
    Why Ebola vaccine on trial in the DRC is raising hopes

      11 Feb 2019

    Personalised medicine aims to tailor treatment according to each person’s genetic makeup. Shutterstock
    Why African countries need to give genomic research a major boost

      30 Jan 2019

    Photo: Quartz
    Healthworkers vaccinated against Ebola in South Sudan

    29 Jan 2019

    While women in sub-Saharan Africa live longer than men, many of these extra years are lived in poor health. Shutterstock
    People in Africa live longer. But their health is poor in those extra years

      20 Dec 2018

    A Congolese child saluting a MONUSCO peacekeeper. Abel Kavanagh/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA
    Worsening Ebola crisis leaves UN Security Council with few options

      13 Dec 2018

    Professor Kelly Chibale. Photo: Je'nine May
    R&D is the pipeline for science jobs in Africa

    5 Dec 2018

    Minister of Health of Burkina Faso, Professor Nicolas Meda and Minister of Health of Rwanda, Dr Diane Gashumba
    Addressing neglected tropical diseases

    4 Dec 2018

    Nigerian children receiving the polio vaccine in Lagos. EPA
    Why eradicating polio everywhere has been so hard to crack

      26 Oct 2018

    Professor Souleymane Mboup
    Health is essential for Africa to cash in on its human capital

      26 Oct 2018

    Bizcommunity Recruitment in Africa Focus
    Bizcommunity Recruitment in Africa Focus

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    Health workers from Bwera hospital prepare to transport the body of a fifty-year-old woman who died of Ebola to the burial site in Bwera, Uganda. MELANIE ATUREEBE/EPA
    How Africa's porous borders make it difficult to contain Ebola

     18 Jun 2019

    Shutterstock
    The three big studies pushing at the frontiers of HIV prevention

     14 Jun 2019

    Fruit bats can pass Ebola on to humans. Jeffrey Paul Wade/Shutterstock
    Ebola outbreaks may be more common than we think

    14 Jun 2019

    Two women sell roadside refreshments in rural Kano in 2011. Shobana Shankar, CC BY-SA
    What the US could learn about vaccination from Nigeria

     7 Jun 2019

    Photo: Newstalk
    Decolonising healthcare

    6 Jun 2019

    Health workers burying a child who died of Ebola in the DRC’s North Kivu province. Hugh Kinsella Cunningham/EPA
    Radical ideas are needed to break the DRC's Ebola outbreak. Here are some

     23 May 2019

    A health worker looks on at an Ebola transit centre in Beni in North Kivu province, DRC. Hugh Kinsella Cunningham/EPA
    Ebola survivors can lose their eyesight. What we're doing to prevent it

     16 May 2019

    Stronger health systems will boost the fight against infectious diseases
    Stronger health systems will boost the fight against infectious diseases

    13 May 2019

    Tips from Nigeria on teaching teens about breast and cervical cancer
    Tips from Nigeria on teaching teens about breast and cervical cancer

    10 May 2019

    Gavi/2018/KAREL PRINSLOO
    Vaccine drone delivery service takes off in Ghana

    29 Apr 2019

    A woman receiving an oral cholera vaccine in Beira, Mozambique. Celeste Mac-Arthur
    Cyclone Idai is over - but its health effects will be felt for a long time

     15 Apr 2019

    Dr Matshidiso Moeti, WHO regional director for Africa
    The app that tracks diseases and saves lives in Africa

    11 Apr 2019

    Can vaccines help fight the rise of drug-resistant microbes?
    Can vaccines help fight the rise of drug-resistant microbes?

     10 Apr 2019

    Photo: WHO
    WHO dispatches aid to displaced people in Ethiopia

    10 Apr 2019

    There is currently no established cure for Ebola – could antibody treatments be the answer? AHMED JALLANZO/EPA
    Guinea pigs cured of Ebola with antibodies, raising hopes for treatment in humans

     4 Apr 2019

    Photo: United Nations
    #CycloneIdai: Cholera prevention and other relief efforts underway

    3 Apr 2019

    Dr Matshidiso Moeti, WHO regional director for Africa
    WHO report: 630-million years of healthy life lost in Africa

    28 Mar 2019

    Working with communities is essential to end Ebola
    Working with communities is essential to end Ebola

    22 Mar 2019

    Health workers in Liberia at the height of the 2014-2016 Ebola outbreak. Ahmed Jallanzo/EPA
    Ebola in the DRC: the race is on between research and the virus

     8 Mar 2019

    Nigeria was quick to respond and control the 2014 Ebola outbreak. EPA
    Why Nigeria is battling to control disease outbreaks like Lassa fever

     22 Feb 2019

    Mali was one of the West African countries affected by the biggest Ebola outbreak ever recorded from 2014 to 2016. Shutterstock
    Why Ebola vaccine on trial in the DRC is raising hopes

     11 Feb 2019

    Personalised medicine aims to tailor treatment according to each person’s genetic makeup. Shutterstock
    Why African countries need to give genomic research a major boost

     30 Jan 2019

    Photo: Quartz
    Healthworkers vaccinated against Ebola in South Sudan

    29 Jan 2019

    While women in sub-Saharan Africa live longer than men, many of these extra years are lived in poor health. Shutterstock
    People in Africa live longer. But their health is poor in those extra years

     20 Dec 2018

    A Congolese child saluting a MONUSCO peacekeeper. Abel Kavanagh/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA
    Worsening Ebola crisis leaves UN Security Council with few options

     13 Dec 2018

    Professor Kelly Chibale. Photo: Je'nine May
    R&D is the pipeline for science jobs in Africa

    5 Dec 2018

    Minister of Health of Burkina Faso, Professor Nicolas Meda and Minister of Health of Rwanda, Dr Diane Gashumba
    Addressing neglected tropical diseases

    4 Dec 2018

    Nigerian children receiving the polio vaccine in Lagos. EPA
    Why eradicating polio everywhere has been so hard to crack

     26 Oct 2018

    Professor Souleymane Mboup
    Health is essential for Africa to cash in on its human capital

     26 Oct 2018

    Bizcommunity Recruitment in Africa Focus
    Bizcommunity Recruitment in Africa Focus

     23 Oct 2018

    Red Cross steps in to curb cholera and typhoid in Zim
    Red Cross steps in to curb cholera and typhoid in Zim

    14 Sep 2018

    Photo: WHO
    WHO making progress in DRC's Ebola crisis

    12 Sep 2018

    Photo: WHO
    Mapping neglected tropical diseases

    18 Jul 2018

    New partnership to boost drug discovery for malaria, TB and more in Africa
    New partnership to boost drug discovery for malaria, TB and more in Africa

    29 Jun 2018

    New vaccine might be game-changer in Ebola fight
    New vaccine might be game-changer in Ebola fight

     25 May 2018

    Ebola outbreak in DRC: Are we better prepared this time?
    Ebola outbreak in DRC: Are we better prepared this time?

     14 May 2018

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    DRC and its neighbours mobilise resources to tackle Ebola outbreak

     11 May 2018

    Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, director general at the WHO
    One billion yellow fever vaccinations in Africa by 2026

    11 Apr 2018

    Massive measles vaccination campaign underway in Somalia
    Massive measles vaccination campaign underway in Somalia

    15 Mar 2018

    Listeriosis outbreak traced to Enterprise Foods factory in Limpopo
    Listeriosis outbreak traced to Enterprise Foods factory in Limpopo

     5 Mar 2018

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