Highlighting a key milestone, Ms Mhagama said that in the past four years, the health sector budget has steadily increased, ...

President William Ruto has accused the opposition of inciting young people to cause violence and ethnic tension instead of ...

In March 2023, Tanzania experienced its first outbreak of Marburg virus disease, a rare and deadly hemorrhagic fever similar to Ebola. That outbreak also occurred in the Kagera region, which borders ...

The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention said on Thursday that there are no confirmed cases of Marburg virus in Tanzania, despite reports on Tuesday by the World Health Organization ...

Marburg is a filovirus, in the same family as the virus that causes Ebola. Like Ebola, Marburg virus disease spreads via direct contact with the blood or other bodily fluids of infected individuals.

The World Health Organisation (WHO) acknowledges Tanzania’s declaration of an end to the Marburg virus outbreak. The WHO emphasized that close cooperation with national authorities and support from ...

The World Health Organisation (WHO) welcomed a declaration by Tanzania on the end of the deadly Marburg virus outbreak, saying on Thursday that close collaboration had been key to the response.

BERLIN (Reuters) -The World Health Organisation (WHO) welcomed a declaration by Tanzania on the end of the deadly Marburg virus outbreak, saying on Thursday that close collaboration had been key to ...

The world is likely to see millions more malaria infections and 200,000 cases of paralytic polio each year, according to an agency whistle-blower.

The PS said that Ebola has been reported in Uganda while Marburg has been reported in Tanzania and as such anyone coming from outside the country must undergo thorough screening. Muthoni has also ...

In July 2024, Rwanda faced a Marburg virus outbreak among health workers in the capital Kigali, challenging the nation’s health system and testing its pandemic response capabilities.