The World Bank has directed the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention to eliminate 42 positions it currently ...

Gates' response to U.S. aid cuts; the World Bank instructs Africa CDC to reduce approximately half of its staff; Trump's plan ...

Vaccine-preventable diseases cost African countries a staggering USD 13 billion each year in direct and indirect expenses.

Despite the proven power of vaccines to save lives, over 500,000 children under five in Africa continue to die each year from ...

HIV patients are losing access to medication, while healthcare programmes have come to a halt. What impact are the Trump administration’s USAID cuts having on healthcare in Africa?

The African Union has set a target for 60 percent of vaccines used on the continent to be produced locally by 2040, aiming to ...

A panel of public health experts will convene in May 2025 to evaluate whether mpox should continue to be classified as a ...

For the inhabitants of remote South African villages, getting access to medication is a challenge. HIV patients like ...

During an online media briefing on Thursday evening, Ngashi Ngongo, chief of staff and head of the Executive Office at the Africa CDC, said that 24 mpox-affected African countries have reported ...

Vaccines save lives--yet systemic barriers continue to leave millions of children across Africa unprotected from preventable diseases Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, April 30, 2025 - Despite the proven ...

Sierra Leone accounted for half of Africa's confirmed mpox cases this week, the continent's main health body said on Thursday, adding that the West African country was fuelling the outbreak.