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Abuja, Nigeria: Nigeria is prioritizing adolescent health, well-being and development through multisectoral collaboration, in line with the National Health Sector Strategic blueprint and National policy on Health and development of Adolescent and young people. This was the central message of the National Policy Dialogue on the Future of the Adolescent and Youth Sexual Reproductive Health and Development (AYSRH&D), which convened key diverse stakeholders in Abuja to chart a unified path for adolescent health and well-being in the country.

Bulape, Democratic Republic of the Congo—Vaccination of frontline health workers and contacts of people infected with Ebola virus disease has begun in Bulape health zone in the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s Kasai Province where an outbreak of the disease has been declared.

An initial 400 doses of the Ervebo Ebola vaccine—from the country’s stockpile of 2000 doses prepositioned in the capital Kinshasa—have been delivered to Bulape, one of the current hotspots of the outbreak. Additional doses will be delivered to the affected localities in the coming days.

Adolescents and young people make up a quarter of Ghana’s population and represent the country’s greatest potential for growth and transformation. Yet many face barriers that undermine their health, education, and future opportunities, including early pregnancy, limited access to family planning, mental health challenges, and high exposure to violence and HIV.

09 September 2025, Freetown, Sierra Leone –The World Health Organization (WHO) has newly donated infection prevention and Control materials for the mpox response to Sierra Leone's national health authorities. The supplies aim to enhance the government's response efforts to mpox in schools.

Juba - On 7 July 2025 an extraordinary inter-ministerial meeting on Cholera convened at the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs and Disaster Management. The high-level meeting was co-chaired by the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Disaster Management, Hon. Albino Akol Atak, the Minister of Health, Hon. Sarah Cleto Rial, and the United Nations Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator (DSRSG/RC/HC) of South Sudan, Ms. Anita Kiki Gbeho.

When 9-year-old Romulus Jr. fell ill, his father, Romulus Thomas Blackie, thought it was just the flare-up of sickle cell disease which the child had complained of. He never imagined it would be Mpox - a disease that has infected more than 5 200 people and claimed 55 lives in Sierra Leone since January 2025. Cases have been confirmed in all 16 districts of the country with the capital city, Freetown and its suburbs, accounting for nearly 75% of all the reported cases.

Abuja, To curb the spread of mpox, Nigeria launched a targeted vaccination campaign across 12 high-burden states, aiming to protect vulnerable populations and strengthen outbreak response mechanisms.