THE Ministry of Health has said it has prepared five strategies that will help ensure that mental health challenges caused by ...

Press Release - 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 ...

In the African region, access to mental health services during emergencies remains critically low. Between 2020 and 2025, only 11 of the 47 countries incorporated MHPSS into their national disaster ...

The UK Government has issued warnings about an untreatable Ebola-like virus — which kills up to nine in 10 people it infects — that is currently spreading in Africa. Marburg, one of the deadliest ...

Island Pharma aims to turn Galidesivir, its antiviral ace against Marburg, into reality – with the FDA’s November call to ...

Dr. Tsion Firew at her home in Kigali, Rwanda, on Oct. 3. A year ago, Rwanda announced the country's first Marburg outbreak — a deadly virus that's a cousin to Ebola. Firew, who is chair of emergency ...

A year ago, Rwanda faced its first outbreak of Marburg virus. Dr. Tsion Firew remembers how scared she was — and how that didn't stop her from playing a key role in the remarkably effective response.

Tsion Firew had just finished running a first aid training when she glanced down at her phone — and then looked up confused. The message she saw was about a colleague Firew had worked with a few days ...