NewsDesk @bactiman63 The Health Emergency Response Operations Center (CORUS) informs that 89 cases of chikungunya have been confirmed in Pouytenga in the Center-East region of Burkina Faso by the national...

The final results of a landmark study published in The Lancet Infectious Diseases confirm that the benefits of combining the RTS,S/AS01E (RTS,S) malaria vaccine with antimalarial drugs in settings...

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...

NewsDesk @bactiman63 A three-dose regimen of a whole-parasite vaccine against malaria – called Plasmodium falciparum sporozoite (PfSPZ) vaccine – demonstrated safety and efficacy when tested in adults...

By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews Burkina Faso opened an etiological investigation on Sunday after registering a suspected case of hemorrhagic fever from Côte d’Ivoire where a case of Ebola...

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...

By NewsDesk  @bactiman63 The World Health Organization (WHO) reports from July 1 to September 25, 2020, a total of 71 cases of febrile and non-febrile jaundice and 10 deaths have been officially recorded...

By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) renewed their polio travel notice for Africa Tuesday. There are polio outbreaks in several countries in Africa....

Each year there are nearly 11 million cases of typhoid, a disease that is spread through contaminated food, drink and water. Researchers at the University of Maryland School of Medicine are leading an...

Reductions in malaria cases have stalled after several years of decline globally, according to the new World malaria report 2018. For the second consecutive year, the annual report produced by WHO reveals...