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Nigeria widens hunt for possible Ebola cases

Development, Health

Guinea Bissau police seize vaccines affiliated with contentious US study

Development, Health

Nigeria Ebola case matches DR Congo strain

Development, Health

Nigeria records first Ebola case as outbreak spreads

Development, Health

UNICEF: Guinea-Bissau faces first mpox outbreak

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Jihadist insurgency hampers Nigeria cholera outbreak response

Development, Health

Ghana president eyes new global health era with African sovereignty at center

Development, Health

Air ambulances for suspected hantavirus patients leave Cape Verde

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Passengers stranded on cruise off Cape Verde following suspected virus deaths

Development, Health

Ghana rejects proposed US health aid deal, citing data concerns

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Report: Measles vaccinations saved nearly 20M lives in Africa since 2000

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Guinea, US sign $143M MoU to improve health over five years

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Guinea-Bissau stops vaccine study funded by Trump administration

Development, Health

US signs health aid deal with Nigeria

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Sierra Leone declares end to mpox outbreak

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Food poisoning in Ivory Coast kills nine

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WHO: Cape Verde, Mauritius, Seychelles eradicate measles, rubella

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Nigerian lawmakers launch probe into $4.6B health grants as disease deaths rise

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Burkina Faso: Nearly 14,000 maternal, perinatal deaths recorded in 2025

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Rift Valley fever outbreak kills 20 in Senegal

Development, Health

Nigeria launches measles vaccination campaign for 106M children

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Cholera outbreak kills 58 in northeast Nigeria

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Africa CDC: Mpox still continental health emergency

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Cholera outbreak in northwest Nigeria kills eight, infects over 200

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G. Bissau PM sent to Senegal hospital after collapse

Development, Health

Senegal reports mpox case, patient in isolation

Development, Health

Burkina Faso suspends Gates Foundation-backed anti-malaria project

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Niger emirate lauds UNICEF intervention As cholera outbreak fatalities hits 16

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Thousands march against Liberia drug surge

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Sahrawi Republic takes part in Nigeria in meeting on primary healthcare

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Ghana records first Mpox death as cases surge

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Cholera outbreak kills 13 in Nigeria’s Niger state

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Gambia declares mpox outbreak

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Guinea reports more than 200 mpox cases since first detection

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Cape Verde declares three-month health emergency over dengue fever, malaria

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Benin launches nationwide polio vaccination campaign

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Ghana receives shipment of 440,000 doses HPV vaccines

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