Niger became the first African country to eliminate the parasitic infection onchocerciasis, also known as river blindness, and the fifth worldwide, according to World Health Organisation (WHO).

The Rwanda-backed rebels who captured eastern Congo ‘s key city of Goma sought to reassure its residents Thursday, holding a ...

Nigeria needs to step up disease prevention and control and decentralise disease surveillance as the US pulls donor funding.

Background Mpox emerged as a significant global public health concern during the 2022–2023 outbreak, impacting populations in ...

A Nigerian-American woman, Victoria Ogunremi, has returned the cash sum of $5,700 which she found in the toilet at her workplace in New Jersey, U.S.A. The gesture has been described as one of the ...

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan reported its first mpox case of 2025, detected during screening by Border Health Services staff at the Bacha Khan International Airport in Peshawar. According to the Ministry ...

The first mpox case of the current year has been reported in Peshawar. A man travelling from a gulf state was tested positive for the contagious disease during screening at the Peshawar Airport by ...

Nigeria, which happens to be the most populous ... led emergency responses to outbreaks like Ebola, Marburg virus, and mpox. In recent years, U.S.-WHO collaboration helped deliver vaccines and ...

UN Seeks $910 Million for Humanitarian Crisis in Nigeria's Northeast By Ope Adetayo ABUJA (Reuters) - The United Nations will this week appeal for $910 million to help tackle a humanitarian crisis ...

Nigeria relies on the WHO for technical assistance in disease surveillance, outbreak detection, and response. The WHO recommendations also shape local response as seen in COVID-19 and ongoing Mpox ...

Last July, I read an article in a medical journal about a puzzling new strain of the mpox virus that had turned up in Kamituga, a scrappy mining town in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo ...

London: A new case of Clade Ib mpox has been detected in England but the risk to the wider population remains low, the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) said on Monday. The case was detected in ...