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West Africa just made one of its biggest health commitments in years and it happened in Dakar, Senegal, where Ministers of Health and Finance from across the region gathered with…
The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has kicked off one of the largest vaccination drives in Africa aiming to protect more than 62 million children and adolescents from two…
Residents of Ogijo, a community straddling Lagos and Ogun States, are facing a mounting public health emergency tied to lead poisoning. Recent investigations, blood tests, and soil analyses have revealed…
Yaoundé, Cameroon – October 23, 2025In a major step forward for Africa’s fight against polio, Cameroon has successfully sequenced a circulating variant poliovirus type 3 (cVDPV3) for the very first…
When he was small, Polio robbed him of something most children take for granted: the freedom to walk and run. From that moment on, his days were shaped by a…
21 October 2025 Brazzaville – The cholera epidemic is significantly declining in Congo. No confirmed cases were reported between 15 and 16 October 2025. This progress is the result of…
