Ghana has reported 34 new cases of Mpox, bringing the total number of confirmed infections to 79, according to the Ghana Health Service (GHS). Health officials confirmed that four patients are currently hospitalized, while contact tracing efforts continue to contain the outbreak. Mpox cases have now been detected in more than ten regions, prompting heightened […]

Sudan’s capital is facing a deadly cholera surge amid war and collapse.
Over 1,000 new cases are reported daily in Khartoum as families return to destroyed homes, without clean water or functioning hospitals. Cholera is spreading fast—and the world is barely watching.

Health authorities in Ivory Coast have declared a cholera outbreak, reporting seven deaths and dozens of infections in the capital’s outskirts, raising fears of a wider health crisis. The outbreak was officially confirmed after lab tests detected cholera vibrio bacteria in stool samples from affected patients. The Port-Bouët-Vridi health district first reported five deaths in […]

As cholera cases rise sharply across the continent, its leaders say it is essential that Africa steps up production of its own vaccines. The World Health Organization says that so far this year, Africa has reported two-thirds of all  cases worldwide, and 99 per cent of cholera-related deaths. It’s Director-General, Tedros Ghebreyesus, was speaking on […]

Namibe province, the epicenter of Angola’s cholera outbreak, has recorded over 2,200 cases and 48 deaths, prompting authorities to strengthen containment efforts. Vice Governor Abel do Rosário Kapitango reported 83 new cases in the last 24 hours, though the trend appears to be slightly declining. Authorities have launched a cholera vaccination campaign, with 8,000 doses […]

According to the latest data published by the National Institute of Statistics and Censuses (Inec), 49.4% of children in Ecuador live in poverty due to unmet basic needs, in the context of Children’s Day, which is commemorated this Sunday. RELATED: Ecuadorian Police Forcefully Evict Indigenous Citizens from FICSH Headquarters Poverty due to unmet basic needs […]

The African Union’s public health agency has sounded a critical alarm over a surging cholera outbreak, with 127,409 cases and at least 2,597 deaths recorded so far this year, marking one of the worst epidemics in recent memory. Ngashi Ngongo, Executive Director of Africa CDC, confirmed that efforts are underway to coordinate a continent-wide response […]

A cholera outbreak in Sudan has killed 172 people and infected over 2,500 in the past week, further straining the country’s collapsed healthcare system, according to Sudanese authorities. The majority of cases were reported in Khartoum and Omdurman, but cholera has also spread across multiple provinces, raising fears of a nationwide epidemic. Doctors Without Borders […]

Humanitarian actors worry that conflict, disease and other crises in South Sudan are putting a heavy strain on the country’s healthcare system, one of the weakest in the world according to the World Health Organization (WHO).  Escalating violence in Upper Nile State has displaced tens of thousands of people, and is making access to medical care more […]

A document submitted to the National Assembly has revealed an alarming budget shortfall, putting essential health programs at risk. Among the most affected sectors are HIV/AIDS services, family planning initiatives, and immunization programs, according to senior health officials. With U.S. funding cuts already crippling HIV/AIDS programs, analysts warn that further reductions in government spending will […]