Health

The Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda are the two East African countries whose projects stand to receive funds from the World Health Organization for improving capacities in pathogen genomic surveillance. 

But while Joao Neto is the oldest man still living, the world's oldest person title goes to Tomiko Itooka of Japan who clocks 116 years.

Dr Ndugulile was nominated to replace Dr Matshidiso Moeti, for the post of the Africa Director of the World Health Organization from February 2025.

Currently, Tanzania has only two cancer centers in the country, striving to serve a population of more than 62 million people.

Rwanda is hosting the inaugural International Health Ministerial Summit, which is the first assembly of its kind bringing together highest-level international healthcare delegates to collectively revolutionise global health challenges. The landmark event…

In 2024, cases were reported across 80 countries, including 19 countries in Africa, based on data as of 31 October 2024. The Democratic Republic of Congo, the hardest-hit country, recorded nearly 40,000 cases.

In fact, it has even earned the name of ‘Urban Mosquito,’ because the spread of the insect thrives in urban areas and is immune to insecticide.

The alarming rise in diabetes over the past three decades, reflects the increase in obesity and the impacts of the marketing of unhealthy food, plus lack of physical activitities.

This new hospital, with a capacity of 200 beds across 15,000 square meters, serves 500,000 residents as well as thousands more from neighboring provinces, representing a major step forward in healthcare access.

The largest number of doses, that is 85 Percent of the consignment, will go to the Democratic Republic of the Congo as the most affected country, reporting four out of every five laboratory-confirmed cases in Africa this year.