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Carter Center and Lions Clubs Int’l expand partnership in battle against trachoma, river blindness

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During a ceremony held at the Carter Center’s headquarters on May 15, 2014, former U.S. President Jimmy Carter and Lions Clubs International Foundation Chairperson Wayne Madden announced a US $8.8 million...

Tanzania and Mozambique dengue fever outbreaks: More than 1,000 cases reported

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WHO Regional Office for Africa Press Release Mozambique The Ministry of Health of Mozambique informed WHO of an outbreak of dengue fever on 21 April 2014. As of 8 May 2014, the total number of cases was...

Dar es Salaam dengue outbreak sickens 400

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After first being reported in the Tanzanian capital in January, government officials now say the dengue fever outbreak in Dar es Salaam has sickened 400 people and is being attributed to the deaths of...

Tanzanian singer, Ray C, diagnosed with dengue fever

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Tanzanian musician, Rehema Chalamila aka Ray C, has been diagnosed, hospitalized and since discharged with a bout of the mosquito borne virus, dengue fever, according to a Star report Friday. According...

Guinea reports additional Ebola cases, ‘social mobilization’ key to improvements

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In a World Health Organization (WHO) update Friday, the Ministry of Health (MOH) of Guinea reports the confirmation of to additional Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) cases and one fatality since Tuesday. This...

Ebola update: Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone

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NEWS RELEASE As of 18:00 on 5 May 2014, the Ministry of Health (MOH) of Guinea has reported a cumulative total of 235 clinical cases of Ebola Virus Disease (EVD), including 157 deaths. There has been no...

Polio Resurgence Has Health Officials Worried

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The World Health Organization (WHO) has issued an emergency report detailing the recent spread of wild poliovirus. The statement, released Monday, May 5th, is the result of a two day meeting of the International...

Guinea Ebola death toll at 155

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The Ministry of Health (MOH) of Guinea has reported a cumulative total of 231 clinical cases of Ebola virus disease (EVD), including 155 deaths, according to a World Health Organization (WHO) update today. There...

Egypt investigates possible MERS death in Port Said

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The death of a 60-year-old Port Said woman is being investigated by health officials to determine if was due to MERS coronavirus.  If confirmed, it would be Egypt’s first death from the virus. Arab...

WHO committee: Polio spread an ‘extraordinary event’ and a public health risk to other States

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World Health Organization Director, Dr. Margaret Chan, upon the advice from an Emergency Committee of independent experts, declared recent international spread of wild poliovirus a “public health emergency...