Arusha, Tanzania — Tanzania’s president said Monday that one sample from a remote part of northern Tanzania tested positive for Marburg disease, a highly infectious virus which can be fatal in up to 88% of cases without treatment.

ARUSHA, Tanzania (AP ... President Samia Suluhu Hassan spoke in Dodoma, the capital, alongside World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus. WHO was the first to ...

As part of a rash of executive orders completed on his first day back in the White House, President Donald Trump began the nation’s exit from the World Health Organization. Here, we explain how the withdrawal would work and what it would mean,

Under a 1948 Joint Resolution of Congress, a US withdrawal from the WHO requires a one-year notice period. A spokesperson for the United Nations confirmed to Reuters on Thursday that it received a notice from the US of its intent to withdraw dated January 22, making the formal withdrawal date January 22, 2026.

A recent flurry of executive orders and surprise actions by the Trump administration have roiled WHO, the CDC and the international public health community.

The US withdrawal from the WHO will have a severe impact on HIV, polio and many other health programmes on the African continent.

A Ugandan health official says a nurse died of Ebola, in the first recorded fatality since the country's last outbreak ended in 2023.

Uganda announced Thursday that a nurse, 32, had died of Ebola in the capital, Kampala, amid a new outbreak of the deadly virus there — the first in two years. The country has activated emergency response procedures,

MUHIMBILI National Hospital (MNH) is set to come up with a modern device that diagnoses diabetes through saliva. Prof. Mohamed Janabi, MNH Executive Director, unveiled this in Dar es Salaam at the weekend shortly after the hospital received various medical equipment worth 125m/-,

The Sahel region is a geographical belt in Africa that stretches from the Atlantic Ocean to the Red Sea, between the Sahara Desert in the north and the Savannah in the south. It is characterised by challenging environmental crises and conflicts.

The $8 billion trade figure for 2024 represents a marked increase from the $7 billion achieved in 2023. This growth is a testament to the strengthening trade relations, particularly in sectors such as agriculture, energy, and industry, and reflects the mutual desire of both nations to expand their economic collaboration.

President Donald Trump said he was open to potentially rejoining the World Health Organization (WHO), just days after he signed a Day One executive order that withdrew the U.S. from the ...