Press Release - In rural Tanzania, traditional healers are often the first point of care for people experiencing illness. From treating fevers and infections to addressing perceived spiritual ...

Recognised examples of such diseases include Ebola, Lassa fever and Marburg virus. Symptoms recorded so far of the unknown disease in the DRC include fever, chills, headache, body aches ...

Covid was a privatized pandemic. It is this technocratic, privatized model that is its lasting legacy and that will define ...

The Trump administration has officially ended at least four of five United States-funded Ebola contracts in Uganda.

Fighting by Islamic State and other terrorist groups over minerals and power has led to widespread killings and rape in the DRC. Disease, child slavery and Christian persecution stalk the population.

Notably, bats serve as major reservoirs for several zoonotic viruses, including SARS-CoV-2, Ebola virus (EBOV), Marburg virus (MARV), and Nipah virus (NiV), while livestock intermediaries such as ...

She said the government has activated the Marburg Contingency Plan, and enhanced screening at points of entry. Regional coordination efforts remain strong, with Kenya working closely with agencies ...

This is the latest viral epidemic to hit the East African region in the past year, following outbreaks of Marburg virus and mpox diseases among others. The World Health Organisation (WHO ...

Marburg virus belongs to the genus Marburgvirus in the family Filoviridae and causes a severe hemorrhagic fever, known as Marburg hemorrhagic fever (MHF), in both humans and nonhuman primates.

A new cluster of Ebola cases has emerged in Uganda, the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) said on Thursday, adding that efforts were being made to intensify monitoring and ...