The World Health Organization (WHO) has determined that the Ebola disease caused by Bundibugyo virus in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda constitutes a public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC).
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, a World Health Organisation statement said.
Diabetes poses a significant economic threat to the Eastern Mediterranean (EMRO) region and could cost $1.5 Trillion by 2050, a new study indicates.
World Health Organization (WHO) and global partners are calling for the protection of people’s health to be recognised as the most powerful driver of climate action, as a new global report warns that overreliance on fossil fuels and failure to adapt to a heating world are having a devastating toll on human health.
