Health & Science

Burundi has recorded 1,238 cholera cases since the start of the year, according to the World Health Organization, highlighting the continued spread of a...

East African Community health ministers have established a regional Ebola taskforce to coordinate surveillance, information sharing and emergency response efforts as the outbreak of...

The East African Community (EAC) is advancing plans to establish its first regional framework for the accelerated approval of Ebola vaccines, therapeutics and diagnostics...

Burundi has received $11 million in international support to strengthen Ebola prevention measures as regional health authorities step up efforts to contain outbreaks reported...

The head of the World Health Organisation has appealed directly to armed groups operating in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo to declare a ceasefire,...

The Umugiraneza Foundation on Friday received new ophthalmological equipment donated by China to support cataract treatment services in Burundi, as officials announced that future...

Nearly two decades after Burundi began large-scale efforts to fight trachoma, a bacterial eye disease that can lead to irreversible blindness, the World Health...

The East African Community has urged member states to heighten surveillance and strengthen emergency preparedness following confirmation of a new outbreak of the Ebola...

Burundi has intensified its national Ebola preparedness measures, including the deployment and training of rapid response teams, following the confirmation of a new Ebola...

Burundi is facing a critical shortage of midwives, health professionals warned Saturday, as the country continues to struggle with high maternal mortality rates and...