A hybrid form of mpox has been identified in the UK. Health professionals are not surprised that the sexually transmitted ...

The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) says the continent is moving closer to meeting the ...

The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) says the continent is moving closer to meeting the criteria for downgrading Mpox as a Public Health Emergency of Continental Security ...

On 13 August 2024, the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) declared mpox a Public Health Emergency of Continental Security. 1 The following day, the WHO declared the ...

Africa is grappling with increasing public health threats amid overstretched resources and persistent gaps in preparedness, the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) has said.

Inside the lab hunting for Disease X – and the next pandemic - ON THE GROUND: As rich countries turn their back on foreign aid, the Institut Pasteur in Senegal is preparing the continent to fight ...

This week’s health update shows Africa edging closer to the end of the mpox public health emergency, even as the continent continues to face the ongoing spread of seasonal influenza and severe ...

At the request of the Government of Sierra Leone, an inter-departmental IMF team conducted a Governance and Corruption ...

An International Monetary Fund (IMF) mission, led by Mr. Christian Saborowski, visited Sierra Leone from October 3 to 10, 2025, for the first and second reviews of Sierra Leone’s economic program ...

Sonoco Ltd. has received a $23 million loan toward the construction and working capital requirements of a 600-tpd flour mill ...

A recent outbreak of mpox, formerly known as monkeypox, in Chicago is now contained. The Chicago Department of Public Health said only two cases of the virus have been reported since Tuesday, Nov. 18.