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 …
The United Nations World Health Organization (WHO) announced today that no new Ebola cases were reported during the most recent reporting period in Sierra Leone for the first time since the beginning of the outbreak in West Africa, thanks to strong community involvement and the thorough work of rapid response …
In the wake of the ongoing 2014/2015 Ebola virus outbreak, significant questions regarding the appropriate handling of Ebola virus-contaminated liquid waste remain, including the persistence of Ebola virus in wastewater. To address these uncertainties, we evaluated the persistence of Ebola virus spiked in sterilized domestic sewage. The viral titer decreased …
The Ebola epidemic in West Africa could be eliminated completely by the end of the year if efforts to root out new cases are kept up, the World Health Organisation (WHO) chief said Thursday. WHO director Margaret Chan, however, cautioned there could be setbacks in the coming months, but said, …
Kigali — Rwanda has registered a sharp decline in the number of AIDS-related deaths in the last ten years, according to latest reports released by the Rwandan ministry of health. The findings reveal that the post-genocide nation has registered a 78% drop in AIDS-related deaths over the past 10 years, …
SOUTHERN African Development Community (SADC) member states have recorded a decline in new HIV infections which now stands at 26 per cent on average. Directorate of Social and Human Development and Special Programmes at the SADC secretariat Stephen Sianga said there was a decline in new HIV infections with 26 …
An analysis of 85 Ebola virus sequences collected in Guinea from July to November 2014 provides insight into the evolution of the Ebola virus responsible for the epidemic in West Africa; the results show sustained transmission of three co-circulating lineages, each defined by multiple mutations. Original Source
The United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF) says thousands of children born during the Ebola crisis and were not unregistered are at risk exploitation. According to UNICEF, the more than 70,000 Liberian children whose births were not recorded during the Ebola outbreak may be unable to access basic health and social …
The international NGO Action Contre la faim (ACF) has ended an eight-month Ebola Prevention and Response Project in Liberia’s western Bomi County.With funding from the United States Office for Foreign Disaster Assistance (OFDA) and the German Government (GIZ), Action Contre la Faim (ACF) launched a program in December 2014 aimed …
Two new cases of Ebola have surfaced in Sierra Leone's Tonkolili district after a man died last week in the area where the deadly virus had not been seen for months, according to an official. The two new cases are relatives of a man who contracted the virus in mid-July, …
Results from a phase-III trial of the vaccine candidate VSV-EBOV has shown the vaccine is highly effective against Ebola, the World Health Organisation has said. It said results from a preliminary trial in Guinea showed "an extremely promising development," according to Dr Margaret Chan, WHO director-general. "The credit goes to …
GENEVA – The World Health Organization on Wednesday hailed the fewest weekly infections for over a year in the west African Ebola epidemic, but warned they were braced for a significant new outbreak in Sierra Leone. There were just four confirmed cases in Guinea in the week to Sunday and …
As much as 36 per cent of children with HIV have no access to medical care, a joint survey by Rwanda Network of People Living with HIV/AIDS, UNAIDS and Rwanda Biomedical Centre (RBC) shows. Vianney Byiringiro Rusisiro, a senior paediatric officer at RBC, said effective treatment of HIV-positive children is …
Zimbabwe has reported significant declines in HIV prevalence between 2005/06 and 2010/11 Demography and Health Surveys; a within-gender analysis to identify the magnitude and factors associated with this change, which can be masked, is critical for targeting interventions. The researchers analyzed change in HIV prevalence for 6,947 women and 5,848 …
Despite evidence that taking powerful anti-HIV drugs can help protect uninfected partners from contracting the virus that causes AIDS, the therapy is far from becoming routinely prescribed, scientists said Monday. The practice, known as pre-exposure prophylaxis, or PrEP, means that a healthy person who engages in sex with an HIV-positive …
UNAIDS Determined to end Human Immuno-deficiency Virus (HIV)/Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) by 2030 and make more people living with the virus know their status, the World Health Organisation (WHO) and the Joint United Nation Programme on AIDS (UNAIDS) have released new consolidated guidelines on HIV testing services even as …
The Ghana Red Cross Society (GRCS) has begun an orientation programme for its volunteers to build their capacity to educate Ghanaians on the threat of the Ebola virus and cholera in the Western Region. Addressing a stakeholders’ forum in Takoradi, over the weekend, Mr. Kofi Addo, Secretary-General of the GRCS, …
Zimbabwe has reportedly recorded a 5, 5 percent reduction in mother to child HIV transmission in 2014 from 30 percent in 2009. Deputy national treatment co-ordinator (Aids and TB Programmes) in the ministry of health and child care, Dr Regis Choto said an estimated 1,152,077 adults and 121,111 children were …
AIDS researchers released a call to action Sunday for a worldwide shift in HIV treatment, to providing medication immediately after diagnosis instead of first watching for signs of illness to appear. "Immediate antiretroviral (ARV) treatment more than doubles an individual's prospects of staying healthy and surviving," said the Vancouver Consensus, …
Two new Ebola vaccine trials began on Wednesday with volunteers in Britain, France and Senegal getting "prime-boost" immunisations developed by Bavarian Nordic, GlaxoSmithKline and Johnson & Johnson. The mid-stage, or Phase II, trials are designed primarily to test the vaccines' safety, but will also assess whether they provoke an immune …
A report by the Joint United Nations Program on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) announces today in Addis Abeba that sixth Millennium Development Goal of halting and reversing the spread of HIV has been achieved and exceeded nine months ahead of schedule. The report, "How AIDS Changed Everything," officially released today at Zewuditu …
