Also known as: WHO · World Health Organization's director for Europe
United Nations health agency that approves treatment guidelines, monitors disease outbreaks including Ebola, and reports vaccination progress in East Africa and beyond.
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… This is according to a new report by the World Health Organization (WHO) and UNICEF, marking a significant step in the country's efforts to protect girls against cervical cancer through immunisation. …
Kenya records 80 per cent increase in HPV vaccination among girlsCitizen Digital
… It is one of the biggest foreign aid groups treating Ebola in Congo and has the largest number of Americans there, working closely alongside the World Health Organization to contain the outbreak. …
Ebola: 7 Americans quarantined in Kenya after US travel banCitizen Digital
… It is one of the biggest foreign aid groups treating Ebola in Congo and has the largest number of Americans there, working closely alongside the World Health Organization to contain the outbreak. …
Ebola: 7 Americans quarantined in Kenya after US travel banCitizen Digital
… Photo by SEROS MUYISA / AFP Audio By Vocalize The World Health Organization warned Thursday that Ebola was spreading in the Democratic Republic of Congo more quickly than during any previous outbreak of the deadly virus. …
Ebola spreading in DRC 'faster than any previous outbreak': WHOCitizen Digital
… Photo by SEROS MUYISA / AFP Audio By Vocalize The World Health Organization warned Thursday that Ebola was spreading in the Democratic Republic of Congo more quickly than during any previous outbreak of the deadly virus. …
Ebola spreading in DRC 'faster than any previous outbreak': WHOThe Standard
… Over the years, the country has built a reputation for rapidly detecting cases, tracing contacts and isolating patients, earning praise from the World Health Organization for repeatedly containing outbreaks before they spread widely. …
Inside Kenya's Ebola defences as seven Americans enter quarantineCitizen Digital
… According to the World Health Organization (WHO), autism is a lifelong neurodevelopmental condition that affects how people communicate, interact socially and experience the world around them. …
Living with undiagnosed autism: Nyandarua man's mission for early interventionThe Standard
… The first is the PARTNERS trial, coordinated by the World Health Organization (WHO) in collaboration with the DRC's National Institute for Biomedical Research (INRB), the Institute of Tropical Medicine Antwerp, the University of Oxford and Africa CDC. …
Travel restrictions hold as race for Bundibugyo treatments acceleratesThe Standard
Audio By VocalizeDr Jeremie Bataga, a physician at the Ebola Treatment Center of Rwampara General Hospital, in Bunia, Ituri, in the east of the DR Congo on July 13, 2026. [AFP] The World Health Organization warned Thursday that Ebola was spreading in the Democratic Republic of Co …
Ebola spreading in DRC 'faster than any previous outbreak': WHOCitizen Digital
… Dr Oluga highlighted progress under the ATscale Kenya Project, including the training of 218 rehabilitation professionals using the World Health Organization Wheelchair Service Provision Packages, and the distribution of 1,000 wheelchairs through the Kenya Medical Supplies Author …
Health Ministry moves to set up government-led wheelchair service as unmet need hits 550,000Uganda declared itself Ebola-free after 42 days without local transmission, but the WHO said it will monitor the country for 42 days from when the last imported case was discharged on July 16, citing Uganda's continued risk from Ebola spread in the neighbouring DRC.
29 July 2026 · Citizen Digital →
Uganda declared itself Ebola-free after 42 days without local transmission, but the WHO said it will monitor the country for 42 days from when the last imported case was discharged on July 16, citing Uganda's continued risk from Ebola spread in the neighbouring DRC.
29 July 2026 · Citizen Digital →
The World Health Organization has approved updated treatment guidelines for visceral leishmaniasis (kala-azar) and post-kala-azar dermal leishmaniasis that introduce an oral drug alongside injections, reducing treatment duration and eliminating a drug associated with severe side effects. Kenya is preparing to adopt the new regimen, which for kala-azar patients cuts injections from 34 over 17 days to 14 days, and for PKDL patients reduces treatment from 60–90 days of injections to a 14-day hospital stay followed by oral medication at home.
29 July 2026 · Capital News →
The World Health Organization has released updated treatment recommendations for visceral leishmaniasis (kala-azar) and post-kala-azar dermal leishmaniasis in East Africa and South-East Asia, based on clinical trials including those conducted at Kacheliba Sub-County Hospital in Kenya.
29 July 2026 · Citizen Digital →
France views illegal mining along Suriname's border with French Guiana as a critical issue and is pushing for joint action; Suriname signed but never ratified a 2021 border delineation agreement that included measures to combat illicit gold extraction.
29 July 2026 · Citizen Digital →
Cervical cancer kills roughly 3,591 women annually in Kenya, though modern medicine can prevent it through HPV vaccination. The article explains how persistent high-risk HPV infection causes cervical cancer and argues vaccination is essential for girls to prevent future disease.
26 July 2026 · The Standard →
Health Cabinet Secretary Aden Duale has dismissed reports that seven American humanitarian workers are being quarantined at the U.S.-funded Ebola facility at Laikipia Air Base, insisting the government halted construction following a court order and will not disclose quarantine centre locations.
22 July 2026 · Citizen Digital →
The World Health Organization reports that the Ebola outbreak declared in May has killed more than 1,000 people across the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda, with 2,473 confirmed cases in DRC (including 999 deaths) and 20 cases in Uganda (including two deaths). The outbreak, concentrated in DRC's mineral-rich Ituri province, faces control challenges due to poverty, violence, and unsafe burial practices that accelerate transmission.
22 July 2026 · The Standard →
Africa's top public health agency does not support travel bans in response to the continent's worsening Ebola outbreak and is urging the United States to lift restrictions imposed on Uganda, DRC, and South Sudan. The agency argues that travel bans hinder medical supplies and personnel and disrupt trade.
22 July 2026 · Citizen Digital →
The United Nations warned that Ebola risked spreading in displacement camps in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, noting that confirmed cases had been reported in at least 16 displacement sites across Ituri hosting over 270,000 displaced people, with overcrowding and limited access to basic services increasing transmission risk.
20 July 2026 · Citizen Digital →
The Michael Center for Spiritual Liberation and Exorcism, Asia's only dedicated exorcism centre, has opened in Metro Manila to train Philippine priests and clergy from across the region. According to Father Jose Francisco Syquia, the centre was built because cases were piling up, driven by trauma from bullying, sexual abuse, and family separation.
19 July 2026 · Citizen Digital →
The Michael Center for Spiritual Liberation and Exorcism in Metro Manila, Asia's only dedicated exorcism centre, trains Philippine priests and clergy from across the region including Singapore, Malaysia, Cambodia and India. Father Jose Francisco Syquia said the five-month-old facility was built because cases were piling up, citing trauma from bullying, sexual abuse, and family separation as opening the door to spiritual attacks.
19 July 2026 · The Standard →
Kenya has recorded an over 80 per cent increase in the number of adolescent girls receiving the Human Papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine in the first half of 2026, according to a WHO and UNICEF report, marking progress in efforts to protect girls against cervical cancer through immunisation.
18 July 2026 · The Standard →
Seven American aid workers who had been in Congo fighting an Ebola outbreak are quarantining at a new isolation facility in Kenya after the U.S. government introduced travel restrictions requiring Americans returning from the Democratic Republic of Congo to spend three weeks in a third country before entering the United States.
17 July 2026 · Citizen Digital →
Seven American aid workers who were in Congo fighting an Ebola outbreak are quarantining at a new isolation facility in Kenya after the U.S. introduced travel restrictions requiring American citizens returning from the Democratic Republic of Congo to spend three weeks in a third country before entering the United States.
17 July 2026 · Citizen Digital →
The WHO warned Thursday that Ebola was spreading in the Democratic Republic of Congo more quickly than during any previous outbreak. More than 2,000 cases including 796 deaths have been confirmed since the outbreak was declared two months ago, making it the third-largest Ebola outbreak on record.
17 July 2026 · Citizen Digital →
The World Health Organization warned that Ebola was spreading in the Democratic Republic of Congo more quickly than during any previous outbreak. More than 2,000 confirmed cases including 796 deaths have been reported since the outbreak was declared two months ago, compared to the 2018-2020 outbreak which took more than 10 months to reach 2,000 cases.
17 July 2026 · Citizen Digital →
Seven American Disaster Assistance Response Team staff from Samaritan's Purse are spending 21 days under medical observation in Kenya after returning from the Democratic Republic of Congo, where they responded to an Ebola outbreak. The aid workers have no symptoms and have not tested positive for the virus but are quarantined under new US public health rules.
17 July 2026 · The Standard →
Joseph Gachau, diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder in his late twenties, is raising awareness in Nyandarua about the condition and encouraging caregivers to seek early medical attention. Disability advocates note that access to autism screening and diagnosis remains uneven in Kenya, particularly outside major urban centres.
16 July 2026 · Citizen Digital →
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and Department of Homeland Security have maintained stringent travel measures, including a Do Not Board list, for people departing the Democratic Republic of the Congo to prevent Bundibugyo Ebola importation during the country's largest recorded outbreak. An American physician infected with the virus while working in the DRC is receiving treatment in Germany.
16 July 2026 · The Standard →
The WHO warned Thursday that Ebola was spreading in the Democratic Republic of Congo at a faster pace than during any previous outbreak. More than 2,000 cases including 796 deaths have been confirmed since the outbreak was declared two months ago, making it the third-largest Ebola outbreak on record.
16 July 2026 · The Standard →
The Ministry of Health is establishing a government-led wheelchair service delivery system to address Kenya's estimated unmet need of about 550,000 wheelchairs. The Principal Secretary for Medical Services chaired a consultative meeting with service providers, manufacturers, and partners to explore local manufacture, tax relief on components, and improved coordination.
15 July 2026 · Citizen Digital →
Health workers fighting the Ebola outbreak in DR Congo are threatening to strike over unpaid wages, as the World Health Organization warned the extent of the epidemic could be two to four times larger than the official estimates of more than 700 deaths among nearly 2,000 confirmed infected.
14 July 2026 · Citizen Digital →
Mombasa County Government, with support from Doctors Without Borders, has established an Ebola training centre at Port Reitz Sub-County Hospital to strengthen healthcare worker preparedness for outbreak response. The centre could be repurposed as an isolation facility if needed, and offers training on clinical case management, biosafety, infection prevention, and use of Personal Protective Equipment.
14 July 2026 · The Standard →
An American Ebola patient has arrived in Germany for treatment, the Berlin health ministry confirmed on Monday. The humanitarian worker had been in Bunia, in the northeastern Ituri province of the Democratic Republic of Congo, where the outbreak is centered.
13 July 2026 · Citizen Digital →
Surveys by the World Health Organization and Health Action International have found that medicine prices in Kenya's private sector are often several times higher than international reference prices, meaning Kenyans pay multiple times more for the same medicines than people in India or the UK.
13 July 2026 · The Standard →
Surveys by the World Health Organization and Health Action International found that medicine prices in Kenya's private sector are often several times higher than international reference prices, with Kenyans paying multiple times more for the same medicines than people in India or the United Kingdom.
13 July 2026 · The Standard →
A WHO official said four of five new Ebola cases in parts of the Democratic Republic of Congo have no known link to existing patients, suggesting the true scale of the outbreak could be two to four times larger than official data. The outbreak has so far infected 1,792 people and killed 625, according to government data.
12 July 2026 · Citizen Digital →
The Ebola outbreak in DR Congo is the "fastest growing" ever, with 1,759 confirmed cases and 600 deaths since mid-May, according to African health authorities and the WHO. The Africa CDC head said the current outbreak is spreading faster than previous ones, including the 2013-16 West Africa epidemic, with case numbers doubling every 28 days.
10 July 2026 · Citizen Digital →
The Ebola outbreak in Democratic Republic of Congo has killed 600 people among 1,759 confirmed cases since mid-May, making it the "fastest growing" outbreak ever according to the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention. The virus is doubling every 28 days and spreading faster than response efforts can be deployed.
9 July 2026 · The Standard →
More than 500 people have died in the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo since it was declared in mid-May, with 1,561 confirmed cases recorded according to WHO figures. The outbreak has a 32 percent case fatality rate and is concentrated in Ituri province, while two deaths have also been reported in neighbouring Uganda.
7 July 2026 · Citizen Digital →