BREAKING
Home » Posts Tagged "Africa" (Page 120)

Ebola update in Guinea and Liberia

By

NEWS RELEASE As of 18:00 on 1 May 2014, the Ministry of Health (MOH) of Guinea has reported a cumulative total of 226 clinical cases of Ebola Virus Disease (EVD), including 149 deaths. Of 210 patients...

Ebola update: Guinea death toll up to 143

By

PRESS RELEASE As of 18:00 on 26 April 2014, the Ministry of Health (MOH) of Guinea has reported a cumulative total of 224 clinical cases of Ebola Virus Disease (EVD), including 143 deaths. To date, 202...

Mozambique reports nearly 4 million malaria cases in 2013

By

Malaria remains a major public health problem in the southeastern African country of Mozambique as Health Minister, Alexandre Manguele, addressing a ceremony commemorating the World Malaria Day said that...

Ebola update: 141 deaths in Guinea

By

The latest update on the Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) outbreak in west Africa was released by the World Health Organization (WHO) today and it shows that there is a cumulative total of 218 clinical cases...

Decoding the tsetse fly’s genome brings hope to controlling serious livestock disease

By

PRESS RELEASE Scientists have cracked the genetic code of the bloodsucking tsetse fly, prompting hope that the breakthrough will help future efforts to control one of the most devastating livestock diseases...

Ebola outbreak: Guinea death toll up to 136

By

The situation in west Africa with Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) has shown increases in both clinically compatible cases and fatalities in Guinea, according to a World Health Organization (WHO) update today.   The...

Zambia reports sleeping sickness outbreak in Lusaka Province

By

An outbreak of the deadly parasitic disease, African sleeping sickness, or African trypanosomiasis has been reported in Rufunsa District in Lusaka Province according to Member of Parliament Kenneth...

Dengue fever outbreak reported in Mozambique’s northern Cabo Delgado Province

By

Sixteen dengue fever cases have been confirmed and another nine suspected in the city of Pemba, the capital of the northern Cabo Delgado Province in the southeastern African country of Mozambique, according...

Polio spreading through parts of West and Central Africa

By

According to a March 4th Senegalese Ministry of Health announcement, there are two confirmed of polio in the country. These are the first polio cases reported in the country since 1998. This is the most...

HIV transmission through blood transfusions a serious issue in Africa

By

The continent of Africa has a large portion of the world’s HIV positive people with some estimates in the 60% range. Because of the high incidence of HIV in the general and blood donor population and...