Brazzaville – As the Ebola outbreak resurfaces in the Kasaï province of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), neighboring Republic of Congo is mobilizing in response to the health threat. Every day, boats cross the Congo River, connecting communities on both sides and transporting hundreds of passengers. This geographical proximity, combined with strong human and

Brazzaville – The Republic of Congo has stepped up measures to rapidly detect and respond to potential Ebola outbreak as neighbouring Democratic Republic of the Congo faces a new outbreak of the virus in Kasai Province in the central region of the country. A rapid scale up of outbreak control measures in the Democratic Republic

Dar es Salaam– The newly appointed WHO Representative to Tanzania, Dr. Alex Ntale Gasasira, has officially presented his credentials to Hon. Ambassador Cosato Chumi, MP, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and East African Cooperation. During the ceremony, Dr. Gasasira conveyed warm greetings from WHO Director-General Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus and WHO Regional Director for Africa

Addis Ababa, 24 September 2025 — The World Health Organization (WHO) has officially handed over 315 computers — including 165 laptops and 150 desktops — to the Ethiopian Public Health Institute (EPHI) under the Pandemic Fund: Ethiopia Multi-Sectoral Prevention, Preparedness, and Response Project (EPPR). This support represents a significant step forward in enhancing Ethiopia’s capacity

Bulape —The Democratic Republic of Congo has inaugurated a new Ebola treatment centre in Bulape health zone in Kasai Province, further consolidating efforts to ensure effective control to the ongoing outbreak.  Established with support from World Health Organization (WHO) and partners, the 32-bed facility reinforces safe and efficient clinical care. Half of the bed capacity

Brazzaville – In response to the growing mental health needs triggered by public health emergencies or natural disasters in the African region, World Health Organization (WHO) is working closely with countries to integrate mental health and psychosocial support into every stage of emergency response, aiming to have at least 80% of countries with functional mental

Brazzaville — Nearly 150 million people in Africa are living with mental health conditions, with limited access to decentralized and integrated care, highlighting the region’s mental health challenges, a new mental health dashboard launched today by the World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Office for Africa shows. Mental health conditions such as depression, anxiety, and substance

This blog is written by Dr Leveana Gyimah, WHO Ghana Mental Health Technical Officer and Patrick Avevor, WHO Ghana Infectious Hazard Management Officer, on World Mental Health Day Mental health is an essential part of human well-being. It shapes how people think, feel, and act, how they handle stress, relate to others, and make decisions.

Kampala – Twenty-nine-year-old Aisha Nangobi is a midwife, a mother of two and a recent widow who has faced more adversity than most her age. Her husband, the first confirmed case in the recent Ebola virus disease outbreak in Uganda earlier in 2025, fell ill suddenly and died within ten days. “When I was told

Abuja ‒ Nigeria has revitalized mental health policy and programmes in the last three years. Dr Tunde Massey-Ferguson Ojo, a psychiatrist, global mental health expert and National Mental Health Programme coordinator, is driving this progress. His guiding principle: “There is no health without mental health.” Dr Ojo sheds more light on the country’s progress, why

There is little time for introspection when one is constantly putting out fires of all sorts. That is why the theme: ‘Mental health in humanitarian emergencies’  for this year’s Mental Health Day speaks directly to the realities we face in South Sudan.  For too many people in the country, life has been punctuated by conflict

Kampala ‒ Uganda’s Ministry of Health, working with World Health Organization (WHO) and partners, has intensified surveillance, screening and undertaken contingency planning to mitigate the risk of cross-border transmission of Ebola virus disease. This comes as the Democratic Republic of the Congo enters its fifth week of Ebola outbreak response in Kasai Province in the