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Why this mattersThird-largest Ebola outbreak ever recorded. Most new infections come from unknown transmission chains. Virus has spread beyond the original outbreak area. Early detection and global...

“Cholera is back and it’s affecting several states, mainly in the western part of the country, the Darfurs and the Kordofans,” said Dr Shible Sahbani,...

Mr. Fletcher warned that while Ituri province remains the centre of the outbreak, the virus is spreading to other provinces due to conflict and...

The new Blueprint for strengthening responses to fungal disease and antifungal resistance, issued on Tuesday, sets out practical steps to improve prevention, diagnosis, treatment and surveillance.   Fungal diseases affect...

“We have seen an unprecedented spike in new types of drugs on the market, and worryingly, some are more potent or dangerous than before,” said Monica...

“Those responsible for violations of the law must be held to account, and the rights of the victims’ families to truth, justice and reparation...

At a media briefing in Geneva, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said more than a month into the outbreak, frontline responders have expanded care and testing...

Dr Abdirahman Mahamud, Director, Health Emergency Alert and Response Operations at the World Health Organization (WHO), who returned last week from one month in the DRC,...

Making up 15 per cent of confirmed cases and over 25 per cent of deaths since the outbreak in April, children are almost twice...

At the High-Level Meeting on HIV/AIDS, held every five years since 2001, speakers urged governments to recommit to ending AIDS as a public health threat...