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Almost 3 in 10 of young kids may have malaria in Sub-Saharan Africa

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 Almost three out of ten children in 13 Sub-Saharan Africa countries are infected with malaria, with older under-five children living in large families with low incomes in rural areas...

Plague deaths reported in Ambohidratrimo district: Madagascar media

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 The Madagascar Tribune reports (computer translated): The plague strikes very close to the capital. Approximately 75 km from Antananarivo in Ambohimiadana, Antsaharatsy, Ampanotokana...

Madagascar reports more than 500K malaria cases in first five months of 2022

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 From the beginning of the year through June 5, 2022, Madagascar has reported 543,994 cases and 68 deaths (CFR 0.01%), according to the World Health Organization. As of the end of...

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Madagascar plague update: WHO details

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By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews On 29 August 2021, the Public Health, Epidemiological Surveillance and Response Department of the Ministry of Health, Madagascar received an alert from Arivonimamo...

Pneumonic plague in Madagascar update, More cases confirmed

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By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews In a follow-up on a report two weeks ago, on August 29, in the Itasy region, Arivonimamo health district, an alert was received by the health authorities regarding...

Madagascar plague update: 7 dead from pneumonic plague

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NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews In a follow-up to a report Saturday, the World Health Organization (WHO) says on August 29, in the Itasy region, in the Arivonimamo health district, an alert was received...

Madagascar: Pneumonic plague outbreak in Antananarivo, according to media report

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NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews Seven people, including a child, died from this pneumonic plague between August 25 and 30, according to a Russian media report citing the local Ministry of Health. Three...

New strain of antimicrobial resistant (AMR) plague emerged in an outbreak in rural Madagascar: Study

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By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews Although the world is focused on the COVID-19 pandemic, there are many other dangerous pathogens still out there, like Yersinia pestis, which causes plague – the...

Madagascar reports more than one hundred total Rift Valley Fever cases

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By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews From April 26 to May 20, 109 total, confirmed and suspected human Rift Valley fever (RVF) cases were reported in four regions of Madagascar (Vatovavy Fitovinany, Haute...

Madagascar: Malaria cases up in 2020, Plague cases down

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By NewsDesk  @infectiousdiseasenews The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) reports that the number of malaria cases in the island country has risen in 2020 compared to 2019...