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Dr Andrew Nsawotebba, head of the Mutukula Port Health Laboratory explains sample handling at the lad

Kasensero Presents yet Another Challenge to Uganda’s Public Health

Ms Sophia Tageya, a midwife at Masaka Regional Referral Hospital, is…
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COVID_19 Update Rwanda

Update COVID-19 14 June 2020

14 June 2020 — Thirty-one (41) new COVID-19 cases were identified out…
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COVID_19 Update Rwanda

Update COVID-19 13 June 2020

13 June 2020 — Thirty-one (31) new COVID-19 cases were identified out…
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COVID_19 Update Rwanda

Update COVID-19 12 June 2020

12 June 2020 — Sixteen (16) new COVID-19 cases were identified out of…
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COVID-19 continues to spread in Africa since the virus was first detected on the continent in mid-February 2020. More than 200 000 cases have been confirmed so far, with over 5600 deaths. The pandemic is accelerating – it took 98 days to reach 100 000 cases and only 19 days to move to 200 000 cases.

Africa records over 200 000 COVID-19 cases

Brazzaville – COVID-19 continues to spread in Africa since the…
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On the frontlines of Congo’s COVID-19 battle

On the frontlines of Congo’s COVID-19 battle

Brazzaville – When Dr Regis Ondze arrives at work each morning at the…
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COVID_19 Update Rwanda

Update COVID-19 11 June 2020

11 June 2020 — Eighteen (18) new COVID-19 cases were identified out…
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COVID_19 Update Rwanda

Update COVID-19 10 June 2020

10 June 2020 — Thirteen (13) new COVID-19 cases were identified out…
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No link between two ongoing Ebola outbreaks in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

No link between two ongoing Ebola outbreaks in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Kinshasa/Brazzaville – New genetic sequence analysis by the…
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COVID_19 Update Rwanda

Update COVID-19 09 June 2020

09 June 2020 — Twelve (12) new COVID-19 cases were identified out of…
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