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In a significant public health achievement, Cabo Verde, Mauritius and Seychelles have eliminated measles and rubella, becoming the first sub-Saharan countries to attain this milestone.

In a significant public health achievement, Cabo Verde, Mauritius and Seychelles have eliminated measles and rubella, becoming the first sub-Saharan countries to attain this milestone.

Ethiopia’s Ministry of Health has confirmed an outbreak of Marburg virus disease in the South Ethiopia Region, the first of its kind in the country, following laboratory testing of samples from a cluster of suspected cases of viral haemorrhagic fever.

In Bulape locality in the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s Kasai Province, the first signs of the Ebola were detected in a local maternity ward.

Health authorities in Ethiopia are carrying out further investigations and ramping up response after suspected cases of viral haemorrhagic fever were reported in the country’s South Ethiopia Region.

From 15 to 18 July 2025, the national review workshop of the National Community Health Policy (PNSC) provided a platform for exchange aimed at assessing the implementation of the policy and setting the priority directions for the years ahead. Organized by the Ministry of Health with support from UNICEF, WHO, the U.S. Government, WAHO and other partners, the meeting brought together institutional actors, local authorities, community organizations and the entire network of technical partners involved in the initiative.