The Bihar Health Department has issued the notification of Bihar Epidemic Diseases Covid-19 Rules 2023 regarding effective control over Bihar Epidemic Covid-19. In the new rules, the responsibility of all the hospitals from the state level to the district level has been fixed for its control. In the manual prepared …
DAKAR (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Hit by one of its deadliest meningitis outbreaks in years, with more than 1,000 deaths, Nigeria could struggle to contain future epidemics due to a shortage of vaccines, health experts said. Africa's most populous country has recorded about 14,500 suspected cases and at least 1,150 …
The EWARS system, which can be rapidly configured with minimal expertise, is designed for real-time information sharing using mobile phones and triggers automated alerts when disease thresholds are exceeded.Juba, 8 June 2017 - In collaboration with the Ministry of Health, the World Health Organization (WHO) has rolled out an electronic …
More medical training and equipment mean Liberia's medical services have improved since the 2014 Ebola outbreak killed over 4,800 people in the country As a result, triage and isolation facilities in a hospital in Sinoe county helped contain a meningococcal outbreak in May 2017 The World Bank is one of …
GENEVA - The World Health Organization published a new classification of antibiotics Tuesday that aims to fight drug resistance, with penicillin-type drugs recommended as the first line of defense and others for use only when absolutely necessary. The new 'essential medicines list' includes 39 antibiotics for 21 common syndromes, categorized …
KINSHASA - Democratic Republic of Congo's Health Ministry has approved the use of a new Ebola vaccine to counter an outbreak of the hemorrhagic fever in its northeast that has killed four people, a spokesman said on Monday. 'The non-objection was given. Now there's a Medecins Sans Frontieres team that …
Tests are underway to determine the genetic sequence of the Ebola virus behind an outbreak in central Africa, a U.S. Centers for Disease Control researcher said Friday. Dr. Barbara Knust, an epidemiologist, told VOA's Horn of Africa service that scientists are looking for "clues" about where this strain of Ebola …
Pretoria — The South African Department of Health says it is on high alert following the reported outbreak of the Ebola virus in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). On Friday, 12 May, the World Health Organisation (WHO) announced that nine suspected cases and three deaths of persons with Ebola …
The data were released Wednesday by director general of National Institute for Combat AIDS, Lucia Furtado. Lucia Furtado disclosed the data at a lecture on "Prevention, Treatment, Support and Reduction of HIV / AIDS impact on Families and Children", addressed to students of the Military Technical Institute (ISTM). Quoting data …
Dar es Salaam — The United States of America has announced the renewal of support of 526million US dollars (equivalent to Sh1.2 trillion) to the Tanzania government as assistance in combating HIV/Aids for the 2017/2018 period. According to a statement issued on Monday by the Government's Communication Unit at the …
State authorities in South Sudan closed part of their border with the Democratic Republic of the Congo last week in an effort to prevent the spread of the deadly Ebola outbreak, declared by the World Health Organization in a remote, northern part of the DRC two weeks ago. The WHO …
A fourth person has likely died from Ebola in remote northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo, the World Health Organization said on Sunday, as the overall number of cases rose to 37 from 29. Of the 37 cases of haemorrhagic fever discovered since early May, two have been confirmed as Ebola, …
The World Health Organization (WHO) says there are now 37 suspected cases of Ebola virus disease in the Democratic Republic of Congo, while another person has died, bringing the total number of fatalities to four. The latest updated situation report says that new suspected cases were reported in Ngayi for …
A fourth person has likely died from Ebola in remote northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo, the World Health Organization said on Sunday, as the overall number of cases rose to 37 from 29. Of the 37 cases of haemorrhagic fever discovered since early May, two have been confirmed as Ebola, …
The World Health Organization’s regional chief for Africa reports prospects for rapidly controlling the spread of the deadly Ebola virus in the Democratic Republic of Congo are good. While not underestimating the difficulties that lie ahead in bringing this latest outbreak of Ebola to an end, Matshidiso Moeti told VOA …
The state health minister, Hussein Enoka said the task force, which comprises of other health partners, is mandated to monitor the outbreak of Ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The taskforce, comprising of 17 members selected from various health institutions, will monitor and report Ebola related cases. “We …
The number of suspected cases of Ebola has risen to 29 from nine in less than a week in an isolated part of Democratic Republic of Congo, where three people have died from the disease since April 22, the World Health Organization said on Thursday. The W.H.O. was criticized for …
DAR ES SALAAM (Reuters) - The United States on Thursday approved $526 million aid to Tanzania over the coming year to expand the roll out of life-prolonging anti-retroviral drugs to people infected with HIV, the virus that causes AIDS. Some 1.4 million Tanzanians are estimated to be living with HIV …
The National Aids Commission (NAC) has said HIV and Aids prevalence rate is decreasing in the country. NAC Project Coordinator, Amidu Tung'ande said the decrease among other factors is being necessitated by the fact that Malawians are now aware of how they can prevent the spread of the virus. National …
LONDON (Reuters) - An outbreak of Ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo involving up to 20 people is in an extremely remote area and presents a high risk at a national level, the World Health Organization said on Thursday. In an update on the outbreak, first confirmed last week, …
DAKAR - Health workers are monitoring more than 400 people amid an Ebola outbreak in a remote corner of Congo where already three deaths have been blamed on the virus, the World Health Organization said Thursday. An experimental vaccine has been developed since the West African epidemic in 2014-2016 that …
