The Gambia has confirmed its first-ever case of Mpox (formerly monkeypox), marking a critical moment for the nation’s public health system. The Ministry of Health announced the detection on 18 July, classifying it as an outbreak since the virus is not endemic to the country. The patient, currently in stable condition, is responding well to treatment and remains […]

In the isolation ward of Al-Wahda hospital in Yemen’s Dhamar governorate, one-year-old Amira clings to life—a survivor of a raging measles outbreak. Her father, who made a desperate two-hour journey to reach treatment, recalls his terror: “When we arrived, she looked lifeless. I thought she would die at any moment.” Like thousands of Yemeni parents, he had […]

The World Health Organization (WHO) has issued a global health alert over a rapidly expanding chikungunya outbreak, with the mosquito-borne virus surging across Indian Ocean islands and spreading to mainland Africa and Southeast Asia. Dr. Diana Rojas Alvarez, WHO’s arbovirus lead, warned that the current outbreak mirrors the devastating 2005-2006 epidemic, which originated in the […]

LODHRAN : An awareness session on the upcoming Human Papillomavirus (HPV) and Measles-Rubella (MR) vaccination campaigns was organised by District Health Authority Lodhran for health managers of the Maryam Nawaz Health Clinics and medical officers from the government healthcare facilities across the district. The session was conducted as part of preparations for the district-wide HPV […]