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Polio: Three more cases reported in Papua New Guinea

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In a follow-up on the first polio outbreak seen in Papua New Guinea in two decades, health officials reported three new cases of circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus type 1 (cVDPV1) in the past week–one...

Somalia cholera outbreak update: 6,394 cases, including 42 associated deaths

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The Ministry of Health of Somalia announced today 30 new cases of cholera and no deaths for the week ending Sept. 23, bringing the outbreak total to 6394, including 42 associated deaths (case-fatality...

Polio update: Nigeria, Niger and Papua New Guinea

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In Nigeria, three new cases of circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus type 2 (cVDPV2) cases were reported this week, bringing the total number of cVDPV2 cases in 2018 to eleven. These latest reported cases...

CDC warns travelers to Somalia of polio risk

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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued a travel notice recently for the country of Somalia because of a polio outbreak there. An outbreak of polio has been reported in Mogadishu...

Africa: Somalia, DR Congo report more polio cases

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The total circulating vaccine-derived polio cases (cVDPV) cases has risen to 13 globally after additional cases have been reported in the African countries of Somalia and the Democratic Republic of...

Disease burden haunts Somalia as multiple outbreaks spread

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The World Health Organization (WHO) has reported an increase in cholera, acute watery diarrhoeas, measles, undiagnosed influenza-like illnesses and severe acute respiratory illness in Somalia in 2018. In...

Horn of Africa: Circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus detected in environmental samples

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The Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI) reported this week circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus type 3 (cVDPV3) is confirmed in Somalia, following isolation of the virus from four environmental...

Somalia: Circulation of vaccine-derived poliovirus type 2 confirmed in environmental samples

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The World Health Organization (WHO) reported Friday that three vaccine-derived poliovirus type 2 (cVDPV2) strains were isolated from environmental samples collected on 4 and 11 January 2018, in Banadir...

Somalia: Fascioliasis blamed on goat deaths in Middle Shabelle

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Fasciolosis is a well known worldwide and an important helminthic disease of silvatic ruminants caused by liver fluke species of the genus Fasciola, which is one of the most neglected diseases that can...

Cholera outbreaks in 12 Eastern and Southern African countries

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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...