The outbreak, which was declared on January 20, 2025, claimed the lives of two confirmed and eight probable cases, all in the northeastern Kagera region. Health authorities confirmed that the last ...

A Ugandan scientist's trail camera footage has revealed new insights into how the deadly Marburg virus may spread through bat ...

KAGERA Region has recorded significant progress across all key sectors during the four years of President Samia Suluhu Hassan's administration, with a total of 1.13tril/- disbursed between November ...

Malawi at forefront of disease detection and pandemic preparedness in Africa after launching multi-pathogen genomic ...

The updated strategy serves as a comprehensive roadmap through 2030, outlining how Malawi will integrate genomic technologies ...

Highlighting a key milestone, Ms Mhagama said that in the past four years, the health sector budget has steadily increased, ...

The Malawi Ministry of Health, launched its updated plan for the implementation of its Genomic Surveillance Strategy that was produced with technical support from the Africa Centres for Disease ...

THE East African Community (EAC) has expressed its unwavering solidarity with Tanzania and other key stakeholders following the confirmation of Marburg Virus Disease (MVD) outbreak in Kagera Region.

In the shadows of Python Cave, Uganda, a leopard leaps from a guano mound—formed by bat excrement—and sinks its teeth into a ...

A 25-year-old local scientist captured rare footage showing how one of the world’s deadliest viruses could jump from bats to humans.

For past Marburg outbreaks in Uganda , two spillover pathways have been identified: the first, involves humans coming into contact with a fruit bat habitat (namely caves filled with bat guano).

The US Department of Health and Human Services is weighing whether to fund new Marburg and Sudan Ebola virus vaccines even as Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. overhauls the US immunization landscape, ...