Indiana state health officials are reporting a confirmed measles case in the northeast part of the state. The Indiana State Department of Health (ISDH) is working with local health departments and healthcare...

In 1986, an estimated 3.5 million human Guinea worm disease cases annually in 21 countries in Africa and Asia. Yesterday, the Carter Center reported that the annual case tally has dropped to 28 in...

The Ministry of Health and Social Services in Namibia has reported a suspected anthrax outbreak in Opuwo District, Kunene Region, located in the far north-west part of the country. The outbreak was originally...

According to a World Health Organization (WHO) news release dated June 29, 2018: WHO received confirmation of a human case of dracunculiasis (guinea-worm disease) in Angola – a country not known to...

Health officials in Angola have reported 21 cases of African trypanosomiasis, or sleeping sickness in the past two weeks, according to a Agencia Angola Press report. The cases, reported in the municipality...

Health officials in Uíge Province in northwestern Angola have reported 275,000 malaria cases for the first 11 months of 2017, according to Agencia Angola Press. In addition, 700 malaria-related deaths...

More than 104,095 cholera / acute watery diarrhea (AWD) cases and 1562 deaths (Case Fatality Rate: 1.5%) have been reported in 12 of 21 countries of Eastern and Southern Africa Region (ESAR) since the...

In an update in multiple cholera outbreaks in Africa, many countries with ongoing cholera outbreaks in the African Region have observed resurgence in the disease trends in recent weeks. This phenomenon...

The Department of Public Health announced that a  yellow fever vaccination campaign began Jun 9 and will run through Jun 18. A total of 135, 571 people aged 6 months and older will be vaccinated against...

Local transmission of Zika virus in four countries has prompted the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is issue advisories for travelers to Angola, Guinea-Bissau, Maldives and Solomon Islands. Local...