The World Health Organization (WHO) actively responds to anthrax epidemic in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) ...

Many of the flood-affected Kinshasa residents were provided with temporary shelter in Kinkole, a neighbourhood in Kinshasa ...

The cholera outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has reached an "acute phase," with infections still rising ...

Medical workers prepare for disinfection at a cholera treatment center in Kinshasa, capital of the Democratic Republic of the ...

KINSHASA, July 11 (Xinhua) -- The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is wrestling with a deepening health crisis as a cholera outbreak hit an "acute phase," compounded by escalating insecurity, a ...

Pneumonic plague is both “the least common and most dangerous type of plague,” according to the Cleveland Clinic.

GOMA, Democratic Republic of the Congo - "I wanted three children," Ombeni Mburano, 31, told UNFPA, the United Nations sexual and reproductive health agency. "I've already had five, and the sixth is ...

Dr. Kiame Mahaniah, undersecretary of health in the office since April 2023, will take over as Secretary of Health and Human ...

The Third Open Assembly of the World Humanist Forum will take place virtually on Saturday, July 19, 2025, starting at 10 a.m. Argentina/Brazil (1 p.m.

The Democratic Republic of Congo received its first delivery of mpox vaccines. It comes nearly a month after the World Health Organization declared the outbreak a public health emergency of ...

In August 2024, the World Health Organization declared a second "Public Health Emergency of International Concern" for mpox.