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Central African Republic: 29 cases of monkeypox detected since March

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Twenty-nine cases of monkeypox have been detected in the Central African Republic (CAR) since the outbreak was confirmed in March. The WHO said since the beginning of 2018, recurrent monkeypox outbreaks...

Uganda/CIA

Rift Valley, Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever outbreaks in Uganda refugee settlement

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Correction: There are 42 contacts, not suspect cases. There are 2 confirmed cases as of the time of this report. The World Health Organization (WHO) says 42 suspected cases of Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic...

Somalia/CIA

CDC warns travelers to Somalia of polio risk

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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued a travel notice recently for the country of Somalia because of a polio outbreak there. An outbreak of polio has been reported in Mogadishu...

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New Data Show Dramatic Progress in Namibia Toward HIV Epidemic Control and Substantial Gaps in Cote d’Ivoire and Cameroon

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The Government of the Republic of Namibia, the U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and ICAP at Columbia University (ICAP)...

Malaria life cycle/CDC

Burundi malaria cases down 44 percent in 2018

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Burundi health officials are reporting a significant decrease in malaria cases and deaths in the first half of 2018 compared to last year, according to new data published. According to the Ministry of...

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New Ebola virus strain discovered in West Africa

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Epidemiological researchers in West Africa have discovered a new strain of the Ebola virus among bats in Sierra Leone. Known as the Bombali virus, the new strain was found during a study by joint teams...

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African experts led emergency response to DR Congo Ebola outbreak, says WHO

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More than three quarters of the health specialists and epidemiological experts who responded to the recent Ebola virus disease (EVD) in the Democratic Republic of Congo were drawn from Africa. The Congolese...

Ebola virus/CDC

DR Congo: Epidemiological vigilance needed to prevent recurrent Ebola outbreaks

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The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has called on the government of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) to maintain vigilance in order to prevent future recurrences of Ebola virus outbreaks...

Produced by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), under a very-high magnification, this digitally-colorized scanning electron micrograph (SEM) depicts a single filamentous Ebola virus particle that had budded from the surface of a VERO cell of the African green monkey kidney epithelial cell line.

Ebola outbreak should be declared over Tuesday

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The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) reminded us today that tomorrow, 24 July will mark 42 days since the last patient with Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) was identified...

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Niger: Four dead, 123 cases in latest cholera outbreak

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The government of Niger says four people have died while 123 cases are being monitored following the outbreak of cholera in the Maradi region on July 13. The outbreak is concentrated in the Madarounfa...