Health

Swiss pharmaceutical group Novartis announced on Tuesday, 8 September 2026, that its experimental treatment del-desiran failed to meet the primary endpoint in a phase III study on type 1 myotonic dystrophy.

Ghana has joined the African Pooled Procurement Mechanism (APPM), granting local vaccine and pharmaceutical manufacturers structured access to the aggregated demand of 55 African Union member states.

Disinformation in Africa is becoming a major public health issue: more than 80 people have been killed since October 2025 following false accusations of "genital organ theft." Africa CDC aims to structure the detection and response to rumors through BIIM.

The Council of Governors of Kenya announced on Tuesday, September 8, a preliminary agreement with the nurses’ union to end a national strike that has disrupted public hospitals for more than five weeks. The compromise notably includes an increase in several allowances but still needs to be formalized before work can effectively resume. In Nairobi, […]

The former President of Benin, Boni Yayi, is currently in Berlin, Germany, for medical reasons, after being evacuated there on August 30th. In a statement released by his family on September 4, 2026, it was indicated that the former head of state was suffering from a herniated disc. He underwent surgery lasting approximately seven hours […]

From north to south of the country, the Minister of Health, Professor Benjamin Hounkpatin, visited various locations on August 26th and 27th, 2026, to assess the effectiveness of emergency medical care provided in public health facilities. This initiative involved a thorough assessment of hospitals and health centers to measure the practical implementation of emergency room […]

Elements of the Republican Police dealt a heavy blow to the trafficking of psychotropic products on the night of Friday August 21, 2026 in Cotonou. Two individuals of

Nourou Dine Saka Saley is urging the authorities to do more for dialysis patients in Benin.

As part of his field visits, Beninese head of state Romuald Wadagni paid an unannounced visit to the emergency department of the Borgou Departmental Hospital Centre (CHD) in Parakou. This visit without notice allowed the president to speak directly with health workers, users and patients admitted to this sensitive unit. In the corridors of the […]

The World Health Organization still believes it is possible to slow the progression of the Ebola epidemic caused by the Bundibugyo virus in the Democratic Republic of Congo within the next three months, provided that the necessary resources are available. Thierno Baldé, the incident management lead at WHO, stated this on Tuesday, August 18, 2026, […]

Twenty-five African countries had integrated an anti-malarial vaccine into their routine vaccination programs by 2026, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). On the occasion of World Mosquito Day, celebrated on August 20, this deployment illustrates the progress made against a disease that remains one of the leading causes of child mortality on the continent. […]

The Ebola outbreak caused by the Bundibugyo virus in the Democratic Republic of the Congo had reached 5,021 confirmed cases and 2,378 deaths by August 16, 2026, according to data from the Congolese Ministry of Health reported on Wednesday, August 19, by the Associated Press. The Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO), Tedros Adhanom […]

The World Health Organization (WHO) hopes to reverse the progression of the Ebola epidemic in the Democratic Republic of the Congo within the next three months and to interrupt it within six months. However, the organization warns that the most unfavorable scenario could extend the crisis by nine to twelve months, especially due to the […]

The e-AGRÉMENT-MS platform is intended to enable Burkina Faso to digitize the administrative procedures related to the health sector. The system particularly targets private health establishments, with the aim of reducing processing times and improving the tracking of files. The Burkinabé Ministry of Health officially launched the e-AGRÉMENT-MS platform on Friday, August 7, according to […]

Two vaccines designed against the Bundibugyo Ebola virus are currently being tested in humans in the UK and Canada, while experimental treatments are being evaluated in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. None of these products have yet demonstrated their effectiveness, as the outbreak remains active in several provinces in the east of the country. […]

In Kenya, nearly 355 women die for every 100,000 live births, according to data from the World Health Organization. The country also records about 30,400 stillbirths each year, figures that illustrate the extent of the challenges facing the healthcare system. The Kenyan Ministry of Health and the Beginnings Fund have signed a financial agreement of […]

The Central African Republic is facing a cholera outbreak that has already affected 720 people and caused 46 deaths, according to the Ministry of Health. Officially declared on June 26, the outbreak continues to raise concerns despite assurances from the authorities, who claim that the situation remains under control. The disease is straining a healthcare […]