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Burundi investigates illness that has caused five deaths

The health authorities in Burundi, with support from the World Health Organization (WHO), are carrying out investigations to determine the cause of an illness that has led to five deaths and sickened 28 people in Mpanda district in the north of the country, near the border with the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

How Kenya's health system is responding to devastating floods

Catherine Kemuto had no warning when the floodwaters came. The 32-year-old mother of five from Gatwekera in Kibera sub-county, Nairobi County, returned home to find everything submerged, including her children's vaccination records. A week of displacement left her children ill, and access to safe water remained a struggle long after the floods receded.

World Health Day 2026 – São Tomé and Príncipe

Under the theme “Together for Health. Stand with Science,” the Ministry of Health, in partnership with the World Health Organization (WHO), organized a roundtable discussion to reflect on how science continues to drive progress, resilience, and innovation globally and within São Tomé and Príncipe’s health system.