Nigeria has placed its public health system on high alert for Ebola as a major outbreak of Bundibugyo Ebola virus disease continues to spread in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) issued an interim advisory on September 23, 2026, following the worsening situation in the DRC. As…
Zamfara State has extended the resumption of public and private schools by two weeks as health authorities respond to a growing diphtheria outbreak. The state has recorded 367 clinically suspected diphtheria cases, with more than 320 patients treated and discharged, while 44 deaths have also been reported. Why Zamfara Is Keeping Schools Closed The decision…
A Kano diphtheria outbreak has raised fresh concerns about childhood vaccination and access to early treatment after lawmakers said more than 50 children had died in parts of Rano Local Government Area. The outbreak is particularly troubling because diphtheria is a vaccine-preventable disease. Health officials are now asking for more vaccines and urging families to…
The DR Congo Ebola outbreak has reached a worrying stage, with health authorities preparing 70,000 doses of the Ervebo vaccine as the country battles its largest Ebola epidemic on record. The emergency response comes as confirmed Ebola cases in DR Congo have passed 5,000, with more than 2,400 deaths reported. The outbreak, which was declared…
West and Central Africa are facing two very different disease threats at the same time, and both are exposing the same weakness: the cost of responding late is becoming much higher than the cost of preparing early. Cholera is spreading across six countries in West and Central Africa, with seasonal rains, flooding, population displacement and…
Plateau State’s cholera outbreak has reached 537 suspected cases and 17 deaths, but the latest figures also tell a more complicated story. While the number of people affected continues to rise, health authorities say active transmission has been brought under control in several of the areas that were previously hit hardest. The outbreak began in…
The Democratic Republic of Congo’s latest Ebola outbreak has crossed a grim milestone: more than 2,000 people have died, with health authorities reporting 4,381 confirmed cases and 2,011 deaths. The outbreak, declared less than three months ago, is now being described as the fastest-growing Ebola outbreak on record. But the most alarming part is not…
The Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo is entering a dangerous phase, with cases continuing to rise rapidly in the country’s eastern hotspot zones. The World Health Organization is warning that the response needs to be scaled up urgently as transmission continues, particularly in Ituri province. The latest numbers show how quickly the…
The World Health Organization (WHO) has confirmed that the Ebola outbreak centred in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), with linked cases in Uganda, has claimed more than 1,000 lives, making it one of the deadliest Ebola epidemics in recent history. The latest figures show 2,536 confirmed cases and over 1,000 deaths, with the…
Health workers battling the worsening Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) have threatened to intensify strike action over months of unpaid salaries and risk allowances, raising fears that the response to one of the country’s fastest-growing Ebola outbreaks could be severely disrupted. The workers, including doctors, nurses, epidemiologists, ambulance drivers and burial…
