Arusha, Tanzania — Tanzania’s president said Monday that one sample from a remote part of northern Tanzania tested positive for Marburg disease, a highly infectious virus which can be fatal in up to 88% of cases without treatment.

A Sample From a Remote Tanzanian Region Tests Positive for Marburg Disease, Confirming WHO Fears ARUSHA ... alongside World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus.

ARUSHA, Tanzania — Tanzania’s president ... President Samia Suluhu Hassan spoke in Dodoma, the capital, alongside World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus.

As part of a rash of executive orders completed on his first day back in the White House, President Donald Trump began the nation’s exit from the World Health Organization. Here, we explain how the withdrawal would work and what it would mean,

MUHIMBILI National Hospital (MNH) is set to come up with a modern device that diagnoses diabetes through saliva. Prof. Mohamed Janabi, MNH Executive Director, unveiled this in Dar es Salaam at the weekend shortly after the hospital received various medical equipment worth 125m/-,

The Sahel region is a geographical belt in Africa that stretches from the Atlantic Ocean to the Red Sea, between the Sahara Desert in the north and the Savannah in the south. It is characterised by challenging environmental crises and conflicts.

According to the World Health Organization (WHO), over 800 million people globally have diabetes as of November 2024. Many remain undiagnosed, including a significant portion of the population in Tanzania, where diabetes has become a growing health crisis.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr heads to the Senate Health committee after being grilled by Democrats on a different committee over his past comments on vaccines and shifting stance on abortion rights.

Under a 1948 Joint Resolution of Congress, a US withdrawal from the WHO requires a one-year notice period. A spokesperson for the United Nations confirmed to Reuters on Thursday that it received a notice from the US of its intent to withdraw dated January 22, making the formal withdrawal date January 22, 2026.

A recent flurry of executive orders and surprise actions by the Trump administration have roiled WHO, the CDC and the international public health community.

The US withdrawal from the WHO will have a severe impact on HIV, polio and many other health programmes on the African continent.