Mr Kaseya said the woman, who was born in Uganda but resides in Abuja, spent several days in her home country before her husband, a diplomat, travelled to join her. The Director-General of the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC), Jean Kaseya, has called on Nigeria’s first confirmed Ebola patient to disclose…
Speaking on Channels Television’s The Morning Brief on Thursday, Mr Kaseya said he was familiar with the political dynamics across Africa, particularly in West Africa, and had been engaging leaders concerned about the outbreak. The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) has warned African leaders against politicising the ongoing Ebola outbreak, urging…
Providing details of the patient’s medical history, Mr Kaseya said the woman first developed symptoms on 6 October and initially sought treatment at a private hospital, believing she had malaria. Nigeria’s first confirmed Ebola patient is the wife of a diplomat who travelled to Uganda’s capital, Kampala, for a holiday, the Director-General of the Africa…
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 21 October 2026 The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) will convene a high-level virtual meeting of African Ministers of Health on Wednesday, 28 October 2026, as the ongoing Ebola outbreak poses an escalating threat to health security across the continent. Five months into the response, the outbreak caused…
Mr Kaseya also urged partners to provide immediate funding, medical supplies, diagnostics and trained emergency responders. Following the confirmation of an Ebola case in Nigeria, the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC), has called for urgent international support for the country. The Director-General, Jean Kaseya, made the call through the agency’s official…
The World Health Organization (WHO) is strengthening Ebola preparedness amid conflict and displacement affecting millions of lives in a region that spans parts of Africa, Asia and Europe. The UN agency’s eastern Mediterranean region comprises 22 countries and territories. Intensified support is being given to Djibouti, Somalia and Sudan, which have been identified as priority…
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 17 October 2026 The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) acknowledges the announcement by the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Kenya confirming four additional cases of Ebola Virus Disease (Bundibugyo virus), bringing the total number of confirmed cases in the country to seven, including one death. According…
Bulawayo — An Ebola death last week in Kenya is highlighting the urgency of Africa’s public health emergency preparedness and how the continent’s governments are committing their national budgets to the health sector. The Kenya case is serving as a call to arms in the fight against Africa’s public health emergencies and how locally coordinated…
The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) has reaffirmed its support to Kenya following confirmation of the country’s first imported case of Bundibugyo Ebola Virus Disease and the subsequent death of the patient. H.E. Dr Jean Kaseya, Director General of Africa CDC, spoke with Kenyan authorities today and expressed his condolences to…
Kinshasa — The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) welcomes and supports the position of the Government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, expressed through the Ministry of Public Health, Hygiene and Social Welfare, to strengthen transparency, traceability and accountability in the management of resources mobilised for the Ebola response. This…
