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Ethiopia’s Afar region battles dengue and malaria outbreaks

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 In a follow-up on the dengue fever outbreak in Afar region, Ethiopia, new dengue fever cases (confirmed and pending) reported by health facilities in Semera-Logiya, Gewane, Mile,...

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Nigeria officials alert public to anthrax outbreak in Northern Ghana

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 The Nigeria Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development alerted the public today on the outbreak of anthrax in some neighboring countries within the West African Sub-Region;...

DRC: Measles increasing trend, Nearly 100,000 cases reported through early May

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 According to the World Health Organization (WHO), the measles situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo has seen an increasing trend in 2023 in terms of the number of reported...

South Africa cholera update: 166 confirmed cases, 31 deaths

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 South Africa’s National Department of Health announced on Thursday that the cholera death toll now stands at 31, following the outbreak in Hammanskraal, north of Pretoria. According...

Equatorial Guinea Marburg outbreak declared over

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 The Marburg Virus Disease (MVD) outbreak that was declared on February 13 in Equatorial Guinea, on the west coast of Central Africa, has been declared over today, the World Health...

Almost 3 in 10 of young kids may have malaria in Sub-Saharan Africa

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 Almost three out of ten children in 13 Sub-Saharan Africa countries are infected with malaria, with older under-five children living in large families with low incomes in rural areas...

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South Africa reports increase in influenza

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 The National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) in South Africa report a steady increase in influenza since April. The increase in case numbers has been identified in all...

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Ghana officials report suspected anthrax outbreak in Binduri District

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 Officials with the Ghana Health Service report a suspected anthrax outbreak in the Binduri District of the Upper East Region. According to Dr Emmanuel Kofi Dzotsi, the Upper East...

Tanzania Marburg virus outbreak declared over

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 Today, Tanzania Minister of Health, Ummy A. Mwalimu declared the end of the Marburg Virus Disease (MVD) outbreak in the Kagera region. This was Tanzania’s first ever MVD outbreak...

Africa: Trachoma eliminated in Benin

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 The World Health Organization announced last month that The West African country of Benin has eliminated the neglected tropical disease, trachoma as a public health problem. Benin...