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India malaria mosquito, Anopheles stephensi, now widespread in the Horn of Africa

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By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews Larvae of a new malaria mosquito species are abundantly present in water containers in cities in Ethiopia. The mosquito, Anopheles stephensi, is the main malaria mosquito...

Guinea worm cases cut in half to 27 in 2020: Carter Center

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By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews In 2019, the number of Guinea Worm disease cases tallied were 53, with most cases reported from Chad, nearly double the number seen in 2018. Today, the Carter Center...

Measles in Africa: 15 countries report outbreaks

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By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued a travel notice this week concerning travel to Africa due to measles outbreaks in more than a dozen...

Ethiopia, Africa

Cholera outbreak in Ethiopia nears 15K cases

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By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews UN health officials are reporting nearly 15,000 cholera cases since an outbreak began in April 2019 in Telemt woreda, Amhara Region. Through Sep. 6, a cumulative...

Ethiopia reports 7 suspected Guinea worm cases

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By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews In a follow-up on a post from April, officials in Ethiopia are reporting at least seven suspected human cases of dracunculiasis, or Guinea worm infections, in recent...

Guinea worm disease: Ethiopia reports six suspected new cases in recent weeks

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By NewsDesk   @bactiman63 After reporting zero human cases for more than two years, Ethiopia has recorded six suspected new human cases of dracunculiasis (guinea-worm disease) over the past two weeks....

Ethiopia, Africa

Yellow fever outbreak in Ethiopia

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By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews The World Health Organization reports that on 3 March 2020, the Ethiopian Public Health Institute (EPHI) reported three suspected yellow fever cases in Enor Ener Woreda,...

Pakistan records two additional polio cases

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By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews Pakistan reported two additional cases of wild poliovirus type 1 (WPV1) in Sindh province this past week. This brings the number of 2020 cases in Pakistan to 32 and...

Measles outbreaks in the Central African Republic, Ethiopia

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By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews Central African Republic On 24 January, the Central African Republic Ministry of Health declared a national epidemic of measles. The World Health Organization reported...

Ethiopia chikungunya: No cases reported since early December

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By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews In a follow-up on the chikungunya outbreak in Ethiopia, UN health officials say no cases of the mosquito-borne disease have been reported since Dec. 8, 2019. From...