Category: Emerging Viruses
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🇺🇬 Uganda Reinstates Traveller Screening After Bundibugyo Virus Case in Nigeria
Uganda has reportedly reinstated traveller screening and strengthened border surveillance following a reported Bundibugyo virus disease case involving a traveller from Nigeria. Panafrican Intelligence classifies the developing situation as LOW risk and currently unverified, highlighting the importance of monitoring additional cases, border measures and official health-authority assessments.
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🇷🇺🌍 Russia has increased the export of pharmaceuticals to Africa by 16%
In January-March of this year, Russia increased the export of critical medication and medication to African countries by 16%. Supplies of pharmaceuticals to the Republic of Congo, Algeria and Morocco have increased the most. “In general, for the [first] five months of 2025, the export of pharmaceutical products increased by almost 8%. Deliveries of pharmaceutical…
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WHO says Africa’s Ivory Coast reports cases of mpox Clade 2
The World Health Organization said on Thursday that Africa’s Ivory Coast has reported cases of mpox Clade 2 for the first time since the start of the multi-country outbreak in 2022.