U.S. President Donald Trump is hosting five West African leaders on Wednesday for a “multilateral lunch” as the region reels from the impact of U.S. aid cuts. The surprise meeting with leaders of ...

Dr. Samar Al-Mutawakeel, Emergency Lead for Emergency Health Workforce with the WHO Eastern Mediterranean Regional Office (EMRO), said they began work with Africa CDC in 2022 on the Joint ...

Ngashi Ngongo, a senior official at Africa CDC, ... Upon taking office on Monday, Trump signed an executive order formalizing the US withdrawal from the UN health agency, ...

The workshop discussions reflected a shared commitment to evidence-based learning and mutual accountability between ...

During an online media briefing on Thursday evening, Ngashi Ngongo, chief of staff and head of the Executive Office at Africa CDC, said that the African continent has reported 69,211 mpox cases ...

Africa's CDC has declared mpox a public health emergency as cases are up 160% compared to 2023. What to know about rising virus cases, spread and prevention.

African health leaders on suspension of US aid : ... drier location where one of the 300 midwives that Odia's office employs had set up a tent. ... director general of Africa CDC, ...

A deadlier strain of mpox gaining traction in Africa may prompt an international public health emergency declaration from WHO and the U.S. CDC.

Africa CDC reports that at least 400 mpox patients fled. Nkwosseu adds that the risk of spreading the virus is particularly big because the fighting meant many people lost access to clean water or ...

ADDIS ABABA, May 30 (Xinhua) -- The Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) has called for aggressive efforts to control mpox in southern Ethiopia to avert possible cross ...