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Uganda nodding disease update: Hospitalizations, lack of resources

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This is from an article in 2012 concerning nodding disease: The African nation of Uganda certainly has it’s share of problems including war, poverty and disease. However, one disease is literally making...

Africa: UN data shows adolescent deaths from AIDS tripled since 2000

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The number of adolescent deaths from AIDS has tripled over the last 15 years, according to new data released Friday by UNICEF. AIDS is the number one cause of death among adolescents in Africa and the...

Tanzania cholera outbreak doubles in past month, 10,000 cases and counting

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In a follow-up report on the cholera outbreak in Tanzania, The Ministry of Health and Social Welfare (MOHSW) of Tanzania now puts the case count at 9,871 cases, including 150 deaths. This is up from ...

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MenAfriVac: The enormous success of the meningitis A vaccine in Africa but job not done

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Five years after the introduction of an affordable conjugate meningitis A vaccine, immunization has led to the control and near elimination of deadly meningitis A disease in the African “meningitis belt.”...

Zika virus confirmed on Cape Verde

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The Ministry of Health on the island country of Cape Verde announced Tuesday that Zika virus has been confirmed in the capital city of Praia, according to a MOH press release (computer translated). Health...

Cholera outbreak in Tanzania prompts travel advisory

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The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) today issued an advisory for travelers to Tanzania in response to the large cholera outbreak in the East African country. The cholera outbreak has...

Artemisinin-resistant malaria risk for Africa linked to Anopheles coluzzii mosquito

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Drug-resistant forms of Plasmodium falciparum, the deadliest species among malaria parasites, are able to infect the type of mosquito that is the main transmitter of malaria in Africa, according to findings...

Taiwan: Meningitis vaccine shortages prompt call to postpone Africa travel

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Taiwan health officials are reporting a meningitis vaccine shortage linked to the meningococcal meningitis outbreak in Africa prompting officials to advise the public to postpone travel to the high-risk...

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Meningitis warning for Africa: Agencies call on increased meningitis C-containing vaccine

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Officials from the International Coordinating Group for Vaccine Provision for Epidemic Meningitis Control (ICG) warned today of the risk of a large meningitis outbreak in Africa due to an acute shortage...

Polio and Guinea worm disease: Four decades after smallpox, are these the next human diseases to be eradicated?

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The last naturally occurring case of indigenous smallpox was diagnosed in Somalia on 26 October 1977. The once devastating viral disease is estimated to have killed some 300 million people in the 20th...