Infectious disease outbreaks in African countries are, unfortunately, all too common. Ebola in the Democratic Republic of the Congo or Uganda; Marburg virus in Guinea or Equatorial Guinea; cholera in Malawi; malaria and...
On 21 March 2023, the Ministry of Health (MoH) of Republic of Tanzania declared an outbreak of Marburg virus disease (MVD) in Bukoba district, Kagera region, north western Tanzania. Cumulatively, eight confirmed cases...
New analysis by scientists at Scripps Research and University of Brussels finds that climate change and other factors could soon make deadly Lassa fever a much bigger public health problem in Africa In the study, which...
The nonprofit scientific research organization IAVI and Massachusetts-based Moderna, Inc. recently announced that a Phase I clinical trial of an mRNA HIV vaccine antigen (mRNA-1644) will soon launch at the Center for...
Noma is also known as necrotizing ulcerative stomatitis or cancrum oris, a severely debilitating orofacial infection. It has been known for centuries and was already reported by Hippocrates and other physicians of the...
Each year there are nearly 11 million cases of typhoid, a disease that is spread through contaminated food, drink and water. Researchers at the University of Maryland School of Medicine are leading an international...
South Africa hosts historic NIH-supported clinical trial The first HIV vaccine efficacy study to launch anywhere in seven years is now testing whether an experimental vaccine regimen safely prevents HIV infection among...
Having secured the funds for the initial phase of the deployment of the world’s first malaria vaccine, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced it will be rolled out in sub-Saharan Africa and immunization campaigns...
South Africa is on track to produce the world’s first licensed HIV/AIDS vaccine. During the 21st International AIDS Conference in South Africa last month (18-22 July ), Glenda Gray, president of the South African...
Yellow fever still stubbornly persists in Angola’s main hot spot, despite a major influx of vaccine, with the outbreak spreading to new areas, the World Health Organization (WHO) said, as news emerged that WHO...