The African Union and its member states have been urged to make concrete financial and policy commitments to expand Africa’s community health workforce, “with an estimated $4.3bn required annually to achieve the target of two million workers by 2030.” The Acting Deputy Director-General of the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention, Dr Raji Tajudeen,
NAIROBI, Kenya, Oct 28 — The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) has mobilised approximately $1.5 million in financial, technical and operational support to strengthen Kenya’s response to the Ebola outbreak. The commitment follows a meeting between Health Cabinet Secretary Aden Duale and Africa CDC Director-General Jean Kaseya in Nairobi, where Duale briefed the continental health agency on measures Kenya has taken to contain the outbreak.
Jean Kaseya, of the Africa CDC, warns of the illness spreading like Covid unless more funding is secured to increase preparedness and possible treatment The “unprecedented” spread of the Ebola outbreak means it could reach the UK and other countries, according to one of Africa’s top health officials. As the current outbreak reached 10,000 cases, with almost 5,000 deaths, Dr Jean Kaseya, director general of the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), compared the outbreak to the Covid pandemic, which first took hold in China before spreading to countries across the world, claim
The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) has urged African countries to strengthen cross-border cooperation and coordinate their responses as an Ebola outbreak caused by the Bundibugyo virus continues to spread beyond the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). The outbreak, which began in the DRC in May 2026, has also been reported in Kenya and Nigeria, while Uganda and France have recorded cases associated with the wider outbreak.
Governor Oborevwori said the extension followed appeals by the Delta Council of the National Association of Nigeria Nurses and Midwives and the state chapter of the Nigerian Medical Association.
NAIROBI, Kenya Oct 25 – Public health workers have suspended their nationwide strike for 30 days to allow negotiations with the government over their grievances. The strike has highlighted ongoing labour relations challenges in the public health sector, where disagreements between healthcare workers and the government can disrupt the delivery of essential medical services.
He said enrolment across federal, state and private health insurance schemes grew by 42.35 per cent over the period.