The Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO) is hereby transmitting the report of the fourth meeting of the International Health Regulations (2005) (IHR) Emergency Committee (Committee) ...

The figure reflects the data as of epidemiological week 25 of 2025, which underscores the disproportionate disease burden on ...

Sierra Leone is presently experiencing an outbreak of mpox, averaging 29 new cases each day in the last week (23 - 30 June 2025).1 Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has responded in Freetown, which is ...

The Deputy Incident Manager of the Incident Management Support Team at the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC), Prof. Yap Boum, has reported a significant decline in Mpox ...

Though cases are falling in two of the region's high-burden countries, officials from the Africa Centres for Disease Control ...

Phay and her partner have two daughters, and they barely make ends meet. Determined not to have more children, she went to a ...

Despite Africa bearing the brunt of infections and deaths, wealthy nations continue stockpiling Jynneos vaccine ...

Bullish on their success, the global public health enterprise turned to another threat: polio. Eliminating polio would ...

This article appeared in the Spring/Summer 2025 issue of Hopkins Bloomberg Public Health magazine.The WHO's declaration of ...

Top public health experts and regional stakeholders have called for stronger investment in community engagement, sustainable ...