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Disease burden haunts Somalia as multiple outbreaks spread

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The World Health Organization (WHO) has reported an increase in cholera, acute watery diarrhoeas, measles, undiagnosed influenza-like illnesses and severe acute respiratory illness in Somalia in 2018. In...

Liberia: Sixty-one suspected measles cases reported amid fresh Lassa fever, AFP and yellow fever outbreaks

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Measles Sixty-one cases of measles have been confirmed in 13 counties of Liberia amid fresh outbreaks of Lassa fever, Acute Flaccid Paralysis (AFP), neo-natal tetanus, meningitis and yellow fever. In...

Kenya starts trials of new drug for treatment of cryptococcal meningitis

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Scientists at the Kenya Medical Research Institute (Kemri) have started clinical trials of an oral drug that is deemed to be less toxic to the kidneys during the treatment of cryptococcus meningitis. The...

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Red Cross seeks millions to fund emergency response to DR Congo Ebola virus outbreak

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The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) has issued an appeal for 7,879,764 Swiss Francs in emergency funding to support emergency responses to the Ebola outbreak in...

Measles: New outbreak confirmed in Sierra Leone

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The Sierra Leone Ministry of Health and Sanitation has confirmed a new outbreak of measles with 19 confirmed cases registered in the Koinadugu north of the country. There is a high risk of the disease...

UNICEF ramps up support for 500 000 children at risk of contracting Ebola in DR Congo

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The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has ramped up support for over 500,000 children affected, or are at risk of contracting the Ebola virus in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). In...

Rabies kills 22 people as resurgent FMD and cholera outbreaks hit Malawi

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Rabies kills 22 people in Mulanje The Malawian government says 22 people have died of rabies since the confirmation an outbreak in the Mount Mulanje province since July last year. Mount Mulanje Provincial...

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Ghana stops using Oral Polio Vaccine (OPV) as routine treatment agent

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The West Africa nation of Ghana has formally adopted the Inactive Polio Vaccine (IPV) as the routine agent of immunization against polio for children under 5 years of age. The IPV has replaced the Oral...

Fresh FMD outbreak confirmed in north-western Botswana

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The Botswana Ministry of Agricultural Development and Food Security has confirmed a new outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease in the Ngamiland District, about 1,500 km north-west of the capital Gaborone. In...

Red Cross medical experts join Ebola emergency response in DR Congo

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A Red Cross medical specialist team has been deployed to work as part of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) emergency response to the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic...