DISPATCHES Vol 67 No 22 | AFRICAHEALTH Ebola funding gap widens as outbreak spreads to new countries 26th October 2026 Health ministers are meeting to agree response to cases in West, Central and East Africa but no Bundibugyo vaccine is due for months African health ministers are to convene online on 28 October to agree a response to the Ebola epidemic that has quickly broken out of Congo-Kinshasa where it was... READ FOR FREE
Vol 67 No 15 | AFRICAHEALTH Ebola exposes preparedness gaps 24th July 2026 African countries are, on average, 30% better prepared for a health emergency than they were at the height of the Covid-19 pandemic in 2021, according to the Africa...
DISPATCHES Vol 67 No 14 | AFRICAHEALTH Ebola reaches Europe as France confirms first case; US seeks $1.4bn in emergency funding 29th June 2026 Concerns grow over the gap between pledged and disbursed funding to address the epidemic International organisations’ response to the Ebola emergency outbreak appears to be gathering pace in terms of funding and treatment. A week after the European Commission said that it... READ FOR FREE
DISPATCHES Vol 67 No 11 | CONGO-KINSHASAAFRICAHEALTH Ebola outbreak puts vaccine ambitions on trial 25th May 2026 The UN’s warning about the lack of vaccines has turned a health emergency into a test of Africa’s stalled manufacturing plans World Health Organization officials reported at least 139 suspected Ebola deaths on 21 May and said neither of the two candidate vaccines for the Bundibugyo species has yet... READ FOR FREE
Vol 67 No 11 | HEALTHWHO'S WHO Jean Kaseya: Ebola crisis manager 29th May 2026 ‘We are [still] building the foundations for the next pandemic,’ said Dr Jean Kaseya, Director-General of the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention, in 2024, when African...
Vol 67 No 10 | UNITED STATESAFRICAHEALTH Pathogenically, not yours 13th May 2026 Ghana joins the pushback against America First health data agreements as Africa’s negotiators try to steer policy back towards pandemic equity Two international pandemic initiatives are in trouble due to disputes over access to vaccines and medicines in Africa. One, led by the World Health Organization (WHO), is trying...
