Health news from Africa summarised in English: epidemics, public health, hospitals, accidents and natural disasters, from the local press. 353 articles published.
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Storm Erin brought 287 millimetres of rain in seven hours to Calhau, Cape Verde, more than twice São Vicente’s usual annual rainfall. The absence of an official alert highlights gaps in preparedness for events expected to intensify, according to Expresso das Ilhas.
Source: Expresso das Ilhas
Some Lilongwe residents go months without running water and turn to shallow wells vulnerable to contamination. The lack of safe drinking water has made Bridget Msumali ill, while the Lilongwe Water Board cites population growth, Mwnation reports.
Source: Mwnation
Zambia’s Health Minister Roma Chilengi says health planning for 2027 should anticipate floods and droughts linked to El Niño. The country already links climate data to monitoring malaria and childhood diarrhoea, she said in Lusaka, according to the Daily Mail.
Source: Daily Mail
Tunisian Health Minister Mustapha Ferjani discussed digital health and universal health coverage with World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus in Berlin. Tunisia also advocated creating a regional headquarters dedicated to the ‘One Health’ approach, according to Tunisia’s Ministry of Health.
Source: Lapresse
The Cancer Concern association conducted a breast cancer awareness campaign outside Camion Hall in the Seychelles. The initiative aims to inform the public about the disease and encourage better prevention, reports the Seychelles Broadcasting Corporation.
Source: Sbc
General Issaka Koty Yakoub and health officials donated blood at Mao Provincial Hospital in Kanem province to strengthen supplies for transfusions. The operation took place on 10 October 2026 during a provincial health meeting, according to Tchadinfos.
Source: Tchadinfos
Namibia’s High Court criticised the Central Procurement Board for giving insufficient reasons for cancelling a tender linked to a veterinary fence against foot-and-mouth disease. Judge Boas Usiku nevertheless refused to suspend the works, citing the public health and economic emergency, Observer24 reports.
Source: Observer24
A 43-year-old worker died on 8 October in Ambohimangakely after a crowbar came loose while a well was being dug and pierced his heart. The accident happened at about 4.40pm in Andafiavaratra, in the fokontany of Ambohidehilahy, Midi Madagasikara reports.
Source: Midi Madagasikara
A 27-year-old veterinary medicine seller was shot at the Tanambao V bus station in Toamasina during an attack by two masked men. The attackers reportedly fired after demanding money, Midi Madagasikara reports.
Source: Midi Madagasikara
Algeria’s Ministry of Health and US biotechnology group Amgen have signed a memorandum of understanding on preventing cardiovascular diseases. The agreement provides for awareness campaigns on risk factors and health promotion, according to Yasmine Aït Yahia, Amgen Algeria’s managing director.
Source: Algérie 360
Fifty-two professionals from eight African countries have completed six months of theoretical and practical training in epidemic response in Burkina Faso. All passed and now master case-management protocols and emergency health intervention strategies, according to Lefaso.
Source: Lefaso
The fire at GOICO Plaza, which housed Musanze market in Rwanda, destroyed goods valued at more than 30 billion Rwandan francs; the building is estimated at 17 billion. These preliminary figures, provided by the Northern Province governor to the Rwanda Broadcasting Agency, remain under assessment, while the government promises to help traders resume their activities.
Source: Taarifa
The Rotary Club Abidjan Akwaba has launched a free breast and cervical cancer awareness and screening campaign in Béoumi, targeting around 2,000 women. The Pink October initiative will also support participants requiring treatment, according to AIP.
Source: Aip
The Rwandan government has reserved more than 600 commercial spaces for traders displaced after the Goico market fire in Musanze so they can resume their activities. Ministers Dominique Habimana and Antoine Kajangwe met the traders and authorities are continuing to look for premises, according to Ktpress.
Source: Ktpress
A man died after entering a tiger enclosure at Yorkshire Wildlife Park, near Doncaster in northern England. Police evacuated the park and closed it for the weekend to investigate the circumstances of the attack, British police report.
Source: La Nouvelle Tribune
Kasugho University of Nature Conservation and Development has established a university clinic in Nyiragongo, in eastern DR Congo. The facility is intended to treat patients and train students, reports Kivu Morning Post.
Source: Kivumorningpost
Kuwaiti NGO Al Rahma organised a medical convoy at Markazi camp, near Obock, for Yemeni refugees settled in northern Djibouti. Specialists provided consultations in several disciplines and distributed medicines and infant formula to 500 beneficiaries, according to Radio Television of Djibouti.
Source: Rtd
The Provincial Council of Moyen-Chari donated 36 425-watt solar panels to Dr Outel Bono Provincial Hospital in Sarh, Chad. The equipment is intended to improve power supply to the maternity ward, operating theatre and emergency department, while authorities stressed the need to maintain it, according to Tchadinfos.
Source: Tchadinfos
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