Africa Health Report

UN Seeks $1.1bn as DR Congo Ebola Outbreak Worsens Amid Funding Crisis United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres

UN Seeks $1.1bn as DR Congo Ebola Outbreak Worsens Amid Funding Crisis

Oluwafunbi Bello August 27, 2026

ABUJA, Nigeria – The United Nations has appealed for an additional $1.1 billion to sustain the Ebola...

Nigeria Tightens Borders, Surveillance Against Ebola Threat Health leaders speaking at APIN's 25th anniversary symposium on sustainable healthcare financing.

Health leaders speaking at APIN's 25th anniversary symposium on sustainable healthcare financing.

Nigeria Tightens Borders, Surveillance Against Ebola Threat

Mirian Gom June 3, 2026

ABUJA, Nigeria – The Federal Government has heightened nationwide preparedness measures against the possible entry of the...

WHO Confirms First Ebola Survivor in Congo Outbreak Health workers treating Ebola patients during the Congo outbreak response

WHO Confirms First Ebola Survivor in Congo Outbreak

Edino Chubiyo Cornelius May 29, 2026

ABUJA, Nigeria – The World Health Organization has confirmed the first officially recorded survivor in the ongoing...

Nigeria Activates Emergency Preparedness as Ebola Outbreak Spreads Regionally

Korede Abdullah May 29, 2026

LAGOS, Nigeria – The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention has placed Lagos State, the Federal...

Ebola Response Funding May Exceed $300m – African Leaders Warn Africa CDC Director General, Dr Jean Kaseya, and African health leaders during a high level ministerial cross border coordination meeting, held in Kampala, Uganda, 23/05/ 2026. (Photo: Africa CDC website /AHR).

Africa CDC Director General, Dr Jean Kaseya, and African health leaders during a high level ministerial cross border coordination meeting, held in Kampala, Uganda, 23/05/ 2026. (Photo: Africa CDC website /AHR).

Ebola Response Funding May Exceed $300m – African Leaders Warn

Oluwatobi Adu May 25, 2026

KAMPALA, Uganda – African health leaders and international partners have warned that more than $300 million may...

Nearly 750 Suspected Ebola Cases Trigger Regional Health Alarm NCDC intensifies Ebola surveillance and preparedness across Nigeria following outbreaks in DR Congo and Uganda while assuring no confirmed local case.