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Nigeria reports more than 400 suspected cholera cases in January

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) reported 429 suspected cholera cases in 11 states in January 2023. The 11 states and corresponding cases include: Cross...

Marburg virus disease, Cameroon on standby: News Release

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 Today, the Cameroon Ministry of Health published the following news release (computer translated) concerning Marburg virus, which has been confirmed in neighboring Equatorial Guinea...

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Marburg outbreak reported in Equatorial Guinea

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 In a follow-up on the unknown deaths reported in Equatorial Guinea, the Ministry of Health now reports confirming its first-ever outbreak of Marburg virus disease (MVD). The World...

Equatorial Guinea reports nine ‘unexplained deaths’ from an unknown illness

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 Guinea Ecuatorial Salud reported Thursday that in recent weeks, there has been an unusual epidemiological situation in the Nsok Nsomo district, Kie-Ntem Province, related to 9 deaths...

Nigeria reports more than 50 Lassa fever deaths in January

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 In a follow-upon the Lassa fever outbreak in Nigeria in 2023, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) reported 1378 suspected and 361 confirmed Lassa fever cases...

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Cholera epidemic in North Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC)

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 A cholera epidemic was officially declared by the Governor of the province of North Kivu in December when the isolation of Vibrio cholerae among 140 of the 247 samples collected...

Burundi reports progressive increase in malaria in recent years

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 According to the Ministry of East African Community Affairs, Youth, Sports and Culture, The Republic of Burundi is a landlocked country in the African Great Lakes region of East Africa,...

Zambia reports cholera outbreak

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 On 21 January 2023, a male aged 22 from Kamtsekelo village, Zambia presented to Chikoma Health Centre (HC) with Acute Watery Diarrhea (AWD) and dehydration. On the same day, a 30-year-old...

Nigeria diphtheria outbreak: 111 confirmed cases, mostly in children

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 In a follow-up on the diphtheria outbreak in Nigeria, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) reports 111 confirmed cases since last May 2022, with 89 of the...

DRC reports ‘significant drop’ in sleeping sickness over past decade

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) announced seeing a significant decrease of Human African Trypanosomiasis (HAT), aka sleeping sickness today. “ … This government...