Infectious Diseases

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding pollution of Godavari river, Telangana, 29/05/2025

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of News Item titled "Telangana: Deepening pollution crisis in Godawari threatens lives livelihoods appearing in the Telangana Today dated 13.05.2025" dated 29/05/2025. The application was registered suo-motu on the basis of the news item titled Telangana: Deepening pollution crisis in Godawari …

25,000 children living with HIV/AIDS in Angola

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 …

Tanzania: U.S. Dishes Out Sh1.2 Trillion to Tanzania for Combating HIV/Aids

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 …

South Sudan State Partially Closes Border in Ebola Scare

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 …

Fourth Ebola suspected death recorded in DR Congo

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, …

Pregnant lady succumbs to swine flu, toll rises to 3

Maharashtra has recorded 1,058 swine flu cases and 210 deaths so far A 30-year-old woman from Bhandup, who was seven months pregnant, has become the third person to succumb to the deadly swine flu virus in the city. Originally from Allahabad, the woman came to the city only a month …

WHO update: Suspected Ebola cases reach five sites in DR Congo province

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 …

Gbudue state forms Ebola monitoring task force

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 …

Suspected Cases of Ebola Rise to 29 in Democratic Republic of Congo

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 …

U.S. pledges $526 million aid in 2017 to Tanzania to fight AIDS

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 …

Early swine flu baffles health authorities

IGMC docs told to find out reasons behind outbreak during summer instead of winters Baffled at the outbreak of swine flu in the state during the summer months instead of winters, the state government has asked doctors at the Indira Gandhi Medical College (IGMC) to undertake a study to find …

Swine flu: 13 deaths since March, 7 in last 30 days

NAGPUR: Right in the middle of peak summer, when swine flu was expected to vanish from the city, it has grown manifold. Of all the swine flu affected patients recorded from January 1, 2017, till date, 50% of the positive cases and deaths have been recorded in the last 30 …

Civic body urges state for 1,000 Michigan strain swine flu vaccines

BMC health officials said there was no reason to panic about swine flu cases yet At the heels of the second swine flu death in Mumbai in which a 72-year-old woman from Kurla succumbed to the viral infection, the health officials in the city insisted there is no need to …

Malawi: HIV and Aids Prevalence On the Decrease in Malawi - Nac

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 …

WHO: Congo Ebola cases present high national but low global risk

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, …

WHO: 400 Contacts Being Traced in Congo's Ebola Outbreak

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 …

WHO eyes vaccine trial for Ebola-hit DRC

Geneva - An unlicensed Ebola vaccine could soon be tested in a remote region of the Democratic Republic of Congo hit by an outbreak of the virus, the World Health Organisation said on Thursday. There is no licensed vaccine for the Ebola virus, but a promising candidate vaccine could be …

Two more succumb to swine flu, eight critical in Pune

PUNE: A 61-year-old woman from New Sangvi was among the two persons who succumbed to swine flu-induced complications in the city last week, taking the number of H1N1 deaths to 51 so far this year. At least eight more patients diagnosed with the contagion are in critical condition and have …

WHO may deploy Ebola vaccine for first test in DRC

To address the fresh outbreak of Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), the World Health Organisation (WHO) may deploy an experimental Ebola vaccine against the scourge for the first time since the United Nations (U.N.) agency gave it preliminary approval in April 2017.(AFP Photo/Seyllou) FG, …

‘During 2015 outbreak, 50 per cent swine flu patients had co-existing medical conditions’

The study, conducted by the Sir Gangaram Hospital, has found that 52.9 per cent of the 151 patients analysed “had one or more co-existing medical conditions” and mortality was found in 8 per cent of the patients. AT LEAST one in two patients tested positive for swine flu during the …

Nigeria vigilant after DR Congo Ebola deaths: ministry

LAGOS - Nigeria on Monday said it had stepped up health surveillance and vigilance at its entry ports after an Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo killed at least three people. "The minister has directed the director of health services at the ports to ensure that public health …

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