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Malaria, yellow fever and cholera outbreaks strain Angola’s health system

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Several infectious disease outbreaks in the southern African country of Angola is overloading health services and compromising the health of citizens in the country, according to a statement by Health...

Angola reports Zika related microcephaly case

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Health officials in Angola have reported a Zika virus related microcephaly case from Bengo province, according to a Prensa Latina report (computer translated). Eusebio Manuel, head of the Department...

Angola: More than 100 rabies deaths recorded in Luanda in 2016

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At least 113 human rabies cases were recorded in Angola’s Luanda province through Nov. 2016, according to the head of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries of the municipality of Cacuaco, José...

Angola: Yellow fever epidemic declared over

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The World Health Organization Regional Office for Africa released the following news release on Friday (computer translated) concerning Angola officially declaring the end of yellow fever epidemic: Angolan...

Save the Children: Africa yellow fever outbreak ‘on the brink of going global’

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The largest Yellow Fever epidemic for decades is now sweeping the Democratic Republic of Congo and Angola and could soon spread to the Americas, Asia and Europe, Save the Children is warning. The charity’s...

Yellow fever: Georgetown expert calls on WHO to reconvene Emergency Committee, Spread to Republic of Congo

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In mid-May, the World Health Organization (WHO) IHR Emergency Committee on Yellow Fever convened and decided that the urban yellow fever outbreaks in Angola and the Democratic Republic of the Congo is...

China reports 1st Rift Valley Fever case, imported from Angola

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Chinese health officials have already reported 11 imported cases of the mosquito borne viral disease, yellow fever, in people working overseas in Angola, now health officials have reported the first case...

Angola, DRC yellow fever update

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Since Dec 5, 2016, the Angola Ministry of Health has reported a total of 3625 suspected cases of which 876 are laboratory confirmed. The total number of reported deaths is 357, of which 117 have been...

Yellow fever outbreak: Red Cross appeals for $1.4 million for outbreak response

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The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescents Societies (IFRC) today launched a 1.4 million Swiss franc emergency appeal to support the Angola Red Cross Society respond to the worst yellow...

Yellow fever outbreak: Emergency vaccination campaigns on the DR Congo, Angola border; All Ethiopia suspect cases negative

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The World Health Organization (WHO) announced this week they would be launching emergency preemptive vaccination campaigns on the DR Congo, Angola border and the city of Kinshasa in the Democratic Republic...