as a “public health emergency of international concern.” This action will help mobilize global and regional public health resources to better monitor and respond to the threats posed.

The World Health Organization (WHO) chief announced on Thursday that the mpox upsurge continues and meets the criteria of a public health emergency of international concern as outlined in the ...

Following the meeting, the panel will advise WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on whether the Covid-19 pandemic still constitutes a Public Health Emergency of International Concern ...

Mpox was perceived to be a mild disease which had implications on the study population’s behavioural practices affecting ...

Tedros had already rung the world's top alarm bell by declaring a Public Health Emergency of International Concern on January 30, 2020. The PHEIC lasted until May 5, 2023. Throughout February 2020, ...

The Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO) is hereby transmitting the report of the third meeting of the International Health Regulations (2005) (IHR) Emergency Committee (Committee) ...

World Health Organization declared on Friday that the Ebola outbreak spreading across West Africa has become a “public health emergency of international concern”. WHO also revealed that Ebola ...

Mpox remains an international public health emergency, the World Health Organization said Thursday after deciding the epidemic still merits the highest level of alert, with cases rising and its ...

"CDC is aware of a publication about a new bat coronavirus, but there is no reason to believe it currently poses a concern to public health," the agency said in a statement. "The publication ...

The Ministry of Health has screened several people following suspected cases of monkeypox in the country. Health Cabinet Secretary Deborah Barasa on Friday reassured the public that there was no ...