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In late August, Lusaka, Zambia’s capital city became the heartbeat of African public health as it hosted the seventy-fifth session of the WHO Regional Committee for Africa, the highest decision-making body on health on the continent.

From 25–27 August 2025, the Mulungushi International Conference Centre welcomed over 700 delegates, including ministers of health from 47 countries of the African Region, WHO leadership, civil society, and development partners to address challenges and endorse key health resolutions to improve and shape the future of health in the region.

The Ministry of Health and Social Services (MoHSS), with technical and financial support from the World Health Organization (WHO) through the Pandemic Fund Multi-Country Project, convened a comprehensive workshop from 25 to 29 August 2025 in Windhoek to review and update the Integrated Disease Surveillance and Response (IDSR) training materials. The workshop aimed to align all training modules with the recently developed local guidelines on One Health and the Event Based Surveillance.

09 September 2025, Freetown, Sierra Leone –The World Health Organization (WHO) has newly donated infection prevention and Control materials for the mpox response to Sierra Leone's national health authorities. The supplies aim to enhance the government's response efforts to mpox in schools.

Adolescents and young people make up a quarter of Ghana’s population and represent the country’s greatest potential for growth and transformation. Yet many face barriers that undermine their health, education, and future opportunities, including early pregnancy, limited access to family planning, mental health challenges, and high exposure to violence and HIV.

Juba - On 7 July 2025 an extraordinary inter-ministerial meeting on Cholera convened at the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs and Disaster Management. The high-level meeting was co-chaired by the Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Disaster Management, Hon. Albino Akol Atak, the Minister of Health, Hon. Sarah Cleto Rial, and the United Nations Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator (DSRSG/RC/HC) of South Sudan, Ms. Anita Kiki Gbeho.

When 9-year-old Romulus Jr. fell ill, his father, Romulus Thomas Blackie, thought it was just the flare-up of sickle cell disease which the child had complained of. He never imagined it would be Mpox - a disease that has infected more than 5 200 people and claimed 55 lives in Sierra Leone since January 2025. Cases have been confirmed in all 16 districts of the country with the capital city, Freetown and its suburbs, accounting for nearly 75% of all the reported cases.