The Honduran Health Ministry issued a health alert this Saturday due to the increase in COVID-19 cases in the country and urged citizens to reinforce prevention measures, with special emphasis on protecting the most vulnerable groups. RELATED: Deaths From COVID in New Delhi Increases as Cases Rise Throughout India “COVID-19 continues to pose a risk, […]

The African continent has seen a notable decline in mpox cases over the past week, according to the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC). However, the agency warns that severe vaccine shortages and lack of funding could undermine containment efforts. Since January 2024, Africa has recorded 153,439 suspected cases and 44,913 confirmed […]

Sweeping foreign aid cuts by U.S. President Donald Trump have triggered a public health crisis across sub-Saharan Africa, where millions are now at risk of HIV infection due to the sudden loss of access to life-saving prevention medication, according to health officials and advocacy groups. PrEP Access Severely Disrupted The cuts have particularly impacted the […]

The African continent is grappling with a rapidly expanding cholera outbreak, with over 163,000 infections and 3,273 deaths reported across 22 countries so far this year, according to the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC). Health officials warn that if current trends continue, 2025 could surpass the total number of cases recorded […]

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 […]