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Update: WHO Confirms 11 Hantavirus Cases, Three Deaths on Cruise Ship Medical officials monitoring passengers linked to the MV Hondius hantavirus outbreak.

Medical officials monitoring passengers linked to the MV Hondius hantavirus outbreak.

Update: WHO Confirms 11 Hantavirus Cases, Three Deaths on Cruise Ship

Otamere Gladness May 12, 2026

ABUJA, Nigeria – The World Health Organization confirms 11 hantavirus cases, including three deaths, linked to passengers...

Spain, WHO Praise Cruise Ship Hantavirus Emergency Response Cooperation WHO

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Spain, WHO Praise Cruise Ship Hantavirus Emergency Response Cooperation

Korede Abdullah May 12, 2026

LAGOS, Nigeria – The government of Spain and the World Health Organization say the international response to...

Nigeria Launches €4.2m EU-WHO Initiative to Strengthen Outbreak Response WHO-representative-urging-Nigeria-to-invest-in-health-science-and-innovation.jpg

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Nigeria Launches €4.2m EU-WHO Initiative to Strengthen Outbreak Response

Oluwatobi Adu May 11, 2026

ABUJA, Nigeria – Nigeria has launched a €4.2 million health security initiative aimed at strengthening the country’s...

Update: Six Countries Record Hantavirus Cases Linked to MV Hondius Outbreak Rare Hantavirus Strain Confirmed in South Africa After Cruise Deaths

Rare Hantavirus Strain Confirmed in South Africa After Cruise Deaths

Update: Six Countries Record Hantavirus Cases Linked to MV Hondius Outbreak

Mirian Gom May 11, 2026

ABUJA, Nigeria – The World Health Organization says at least six countries have recorded confirmed or probable...

Update: Spain Begins Final Evacuation of Hantavirus Cruise Ship Passengers Rare Hantavirus Strain Confirmed in South Africa After Cruise Deaths

Rare Hantavirus Strain Confirmed in South Africa After Cruise Deaths

Update: Spain Begins Final Evacuation of Hantavirus Cruise Ship Passengers

Mirian Gom May 10, 2026

ABUJA, Nigeria – Spanish authorities say the final evacuation flight for passengers aboard the MV Hondius cruise...

WHO Says Tenerife Hantavirus Outbreak Poses Low Public Health Risk Rare Hantavirus Strain Confirmed in South Africa After Cruise Deaths

Rare Hantavirus Strain Confirmed in South Africa After Cruise Deaths

WHO Says Tenerife Hantavirus Outbreak Poses Low Public Health Risk

Mirian Gom May 10, 2026

ABJA, Nigeria – The World Health Organization has reassured residents of Tenerife that the hantavirus outbreak linked...

The Malaria Trap: Nigeria’s Endless Public Health Crisis Nigerian laboratory scientist Dr. Olufemi Afolabi discussing Nigeria’s worsening malaria burden amid global progress toward elimination.

Nigerian laboratory scientist Dr. Olufemi Afolabi discussing Nigeria’s worsening malaria burden amid global progress toward elimination.

The Malaria Trap: Nigeria’s Endless Public Health Crisis

Korede Abdullah May 9, 2026

LAGOS, Nigeria – As much of the world edges closer to defeating one of humanity’s deadliest diseases,...

WHO Chief Arrives Tenerife as Hantavirus Evacuation Intensifies WHO Director-General coordinates hantavirus evacuation response in Tenerife

WHO Director-General coordinates hantavirus evacuation response in Tenerife

WHO Chief Arrives Tenerife as Hantavirus Evacuation Intensifies

Mirian Gom May 9, 2026

ABUJA, Nigeria – Director-General of the World Health Organization, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, is expected in Tenerife to...

WHO Study Say Malaria Vaccine Cuts Child Deaths in Africa West African health ministers meeting on malaria elimination strategy

West African health ministers meeting on malaria elimination strategy

WHO Study Say Malaria Vaccine Cuts Child Deaths in Africa

Oluwatobi Adu May 8, 2026

ABUJA, Nigeria – A new evaluation published in World Health Organization findings says the RTS, S malaria...

WHO Says Hantavirus Outbreak Risk Remains Low After Negative Test Rare Hantavirus Strain Confirmed in South Africa After Cruise Deaths

Rare Hantavirus Strain Confirmed in South Africa After Cruise Deaths

WHO Says Hantavirus Outbreak Risk Remains Low After Negative Test

Edino Chubiyo Cornelius May 8, 2026

ABUJA, Nigeria – The World Health Organization says the public health risk linked to the hantavirus outbreak...