Ebola

First doses of Ebola vaccine targeting the strain behind an outbreak in Uganda to arrive in the country next week.

Uganda’s Ebola outbreak is under control, a top public health official in Africa said Thursday

The Health Ministry of Uganda said in a series of tweets that a confirmed case of Ebola virus was reported in the Central Region of Uganda.

New Ebola case reported in DR Congo, linked to previous outbreak

WHO has called for countries to improve access to two lifesaving medicines against viral disease.

Scientists say the striking differences between the outbreaks in Africa and in developed countries will complicate any coordinated response.

At least eight people have died of suspected yellow fever infection in the northern Savannah Region of Ghana, a statement from the Ghana Health Service (GHS) said late on Friday.

New tests show that Ivory Coast did not have its first case of Ebola in more than 25 years.

The head of the World Health Organisation has acknowledged it was premature to rule out a potential link between the COVID-19 pandemic and a laboratory leak.