(MENAFN) The World Health Organization (WHO) announced Friday that the mpox outbreak in Africa is no longer considered a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC). This decision follows a series of evaluations by WHO's Emergency...
(MENAFN) Russia is set to deliver a mobile anti-epidemic laboratory to Burkina Faso that can test for over 20 infectious diseases, including high-risk pathogens, the Russian Ministry of Energy announced on Wednesday. Developed by Rospotrebnadzor,...
(MENAFN) Russia’s health agency, Rospotrebnadzor, has begun training Ugandan medical professionals as part of an initiative to strengthen Africa’s ability to fight infectious disease outbreaks. The program, launched in Kampala, follows the...
(MENAFN) Uganda successfully contained its recent Ebola outbreak with crucial help from Russian experts, a health official from the country said on Tuesday. Dr. Diana Atwine, permanent secretary at Uganda’s Health Ministry, explained at a...
(MENAFN) Uganda successfully contained a recent Ebola outbreak through collaboration with Russian partners, a Ugandan Health Ministry official announced at an international conference in Sochi. Dr. Diana Atwine, Uganda’s permanent secretary at the...
(MENAFN) China has officially launched clinical trials for its first homegrown mpox vaccine, according to state media reports on Wednesday. This development comes in response to increasing global concerns regarding the virus's transmission. The...
(MENAFN) China has initiated clinical trials for its first domestically created mpox vaccine, as reported by state media on Wednesday. This move comes in response to the increasing global worries regarding the virus's spread. The vaccine was...
With support from the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and the International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC), National Red Cross Societies in the DRC, Burundi, Rwanda and Uganda have mobilized hundreds...
Facet Power, Goodwin Technologies, and Jeni-Eco Meet with Burundi’s President to Share Project Updates and Plan for Private Sector-Led Bioeconomy Development WASHINGTON, DC, UNITED STATES, March 4, 2025 /EINPresswire.com/ -- On February 7, 2025,...
Proposed clinical study in Kenya intended to test the safety, tolerability, and immunogenicity of TNX-801, a vaccine being developed to prevent mpox (formerly called monkeypox) The World Health Organization (WHO) declared mpox a public health...
SOS Médias Burundi Cankuzo, Septemba 15, 2025 – Kambi ya Kavumu, iliyoko katika eneo la Cankuzo katika mkoa wa Buhumuza mashariki mwa Burundi, inahifadhi zaidi ya wakimbizi 20,000 wa Kongo na ndiyo eneo kubwa zaidi la kuwapokea wakimbizi nchini...
SOS Médias Burundi Cankuzo, September 15, 2025 – Kavumu camp, located in the Cankuzo region of Buhumuza province in eastern Burundi, hosts more than 20,000 Congolese refugees and is the largest reception site in the country, which has a total of...
Health leaders from Africa and the Eastern Mediterranean launched the first cross-regional emergency response network Sunday in Rabat, as multiple disease outbreaks strain public health systems across both regions. The World Health Organization,...
SOS Médias Burundi Cibitoke, September 14, 2025 – On the eve of the start of the school year, concern is prevalent in several boarding schools in the Cibitoke region of Bujumbura province, western Burundi. Between food shortages, dilapidated...
SOS Médias Burundi Bujumbura, September 11, 2025 – Eleven years after the cowardly murder of three sisters from the Xaverian missionary community, originally from Italy, the Burundian justice system has still not identified or brought to justice...
BUJUMBURA, Sept. 10 (Xinhua) -- The Burundian government has commended China for its support in advancing Burundi's development, a senior official said Tuesday evening during celebrations marking the 76th anniversary of the founding of the...
SOS Médias Burundi Nyarugusu, September 11, 2025 – The NGO Medical Team International has closed one of its hospitals in the Nyarugusu refugee camp in Tanzania, a decision that has sparked anger and despair among Burundian refugees. This hospital,...
SOS Médias Burundi Bujumbura, September 10, 2025 – Police Brigadier General Bertin Gahungu was transferred on Tuesday afternoon to a hospital in the commercial capital, Bujumbura, sources familiar with the case told SOS Médias Burundi. According...
By Staff Over the past week, Direct Relief has shipped 289 shipments of requested medical aid to 40 U.S. states and territories and 15 countries worldwide. The shipments contained 2.4 million defined daily doses of medication. Medications and...
Bujumbura, September 2, 2025 — Gitega province, once a haven of relative peace, is now rocked by a wave of disturbing violence. On Tuesday, September 2, two people were killed in the space of a few hours in the province, sparking shock and anger...
