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Yellow fever outbreak reported in Guinea: WHO

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By Teddy Cambosa A yellow fever outbreak has been recorded in the African nation of Guinea, a report from the World Health Organization shows. The data, collected from November 6 and December 15 this...

Réunion reports more than 16,000 dengue cases in 2020

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By NewsDesk  @bactiman63 The French Public Health Unit in the region, ARS is reporting that the department of Réunion Island, located in the Indian Ocean, has recorded 16,055 cases indigenous confirmed...

Nigeria reports 241 Lassa fever deaths in 2020 to date, One-third in Ondo state

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By NewsDesk  @bactiman63 Through the week ending Dec. 12, Nigerian health officials have reported a total of 1163 confirmed Lassa fever cases, of which, 241 were fatal cases, or 20.7 percent. This includes...

Polio in Sierra Leone, Afghanistan tops 200 vaccine derived cases

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By NewsDesk  @bactiman63 According to a World Health Organization (WHO) report this week, the Sierra Leone Ministry of Health and Sanitation said that preliminary results from the investigations of children...

Eliminate sleeping sickness before 2030: Sanofi supports WHO in commitment

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Sanofi has signed on December 10th a renewed partnership agreement with the World Health Organization (WHO), consolidating a 20-year collaboration to fight some of the most Neglected Tropical Diseases...

Immunization rates dropping dramatically, Much due to the COVID-19 pandemic

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By NewsDesk  @bactiman63 The World Health Organization (WHO) and UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) warned last month that millions of children are at a heightened risk of polio and measles across the globe...

Uganda reports rise in malaria, Blamed on heavy rains

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By NewsDesk  @bactiman63 The Uganda Ministry of Health is reporting a 42 percent increase in malaria cases in the past year (2019/2020), according to a report in the Daily Monitor. Dr Joyce Moriku Kaducu...

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DRC: More than 200 suspect Chikungunya cases reported in Kwango province

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By NewsDesk  @bactiman63 Officials in the Kenge health zone, Kwango province in southwest Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) are reporting  227 suspected Chikungunya cases in recent weeks. Health...

Traveling to Nigeria? CDC says get your yellow fever vaccine

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By NewsDesk  @bactiman63 A yellow fever outbreak has been reported in five states in Nigeria (Bauchi, Benue, Delta, Ebonyi, and Enugu) prompting the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)...

Hepatitis E outbreak in Burkina Faso: 15 deaths in pregnant/postpartum women

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By NewsDesk  @bactiman63 From early September through November 23 this year, there have been a total of 450 cases of febrile jaundice detected in Barsalogho health district, North Central Region of Burkina...