This document is the second in a series of global reports describing progress towards the 2030 targets set in Ending the neglect to attain the Sustainable Development Goals: a road map for neglected tropical diseases 2021–2030. It describes a wide range of activities, accomplishments and challenges across the portfolio of …
NEW DELHI: Children diagnosed with tuberculosis are now given bitter-tasting pills four times a day, making it a loathsome exercise. These drugs will now come in orange and strawberry flavours, the director-general of health services (DGHS), Dr Jagdish Prasad, told TOI on Thursday. The Union health ministry has already introduced …
People living along the coast in the South African city of Durban have long complained about the effects of toxic industrial pollution. But they are now stepping up their criticism, accusing oil and chemical factories near their homes of being behind frequent cases of cancer, asthma and other illnesses. Al …
Niamey - At least 179 people, almost half of them children, have died of meningitis since January in Niger, where some 3 000 suspected cases have been reported, the United Nations said on Wednesday. "From January 2 to May 7 2017, a total of 3 037 suspected cases of meningitis, …
THIKA (Xinhua) -- At least six people have been hospitalized and slaughter houses closed indefinitely in Kiambu County, eastern Kenya after a suspected outbreak of anthrax in the region. Kiambu County Director of Clinical Services Kiambu County Jacob Toro said that six people, who are all meat loaders at a …
More than 1,000 people have died in an outbreak of meningitis in Nigeria, the Centre for Disease Control said Thursday, but added that the spread of the disease is slowing. The outbreak has mostly affected children in Africa’s most populous country. As of May 9, a total of 13,420 suspected …
Johannesburg — About 20 people have died of Malaria in Gauteng in the past five months, according to Dr Chike Asomugha, a senior advisor for Public Health and Communicable Diseases, at the Hillbrow Clinic, in central Johannesburg. Speaking to The Legislature Monitor, Dr Asomugha said Gauteng has about 950 cases …
Thika — A slaughterhouse in Makongeni, Thika has been shut down after six people were admitted at Thika level 5 Hospital following an anthrax outbreak suspected to have emanated from the abattoir. Kiambu County Chief Officer Health Stephen Njuguna told Nation by yesterday evening they had six reported cases. He …
Tipping point: India shoulders the highest TB burden in the world, with over 2 million cases. By 2040, 12.4% of patients in the country will have that variant, reports Lancet A month after the Health Ministry set itself the target of eliminating tuberculosis (TB) by 2025, a new study in …
Member of MSF Nigeria Emergency Response Unit (NERU) attends a woman in the meningitis treatment center run by MSF in Sokoto Mutalah Mohamad Hospital. Thousands of men, women, and children in northern Nigeria have been affected by a meningitis C outbreak, reportedly the largest to hit the country in the …
Medical samples from four of the victims of a disease in Liberia that initially baffled scientists have tested positive for a type of meningitis, the minister of health said on Monday. So far a total of 31 cases of the so-called mystery illness have been reported, including 13 deaths in …
ZAMFARA, Nigeria (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - When six-year old Mohammed Waziga arrived at a health centre in northwest Nigeria complaining of joint pains and drowsiness, he was given an injection and sent home without any concerns. However his suffering grew worse, and his family rushed him to a different facility …
A three-year drought has left more than half a million people in need of urgent humanitarian aid in Somaliland. More than 100,000 people have left their homes in search of food. The lack of clean water has also led to acute diarrhoea and disease. Al Jazeera's Catherine Soi reports from …
Evidence suggests a mysterious illness that has killed 12 people in Liberia is linked to food or drink poisoning and is not a viral infection, the UN said Friday, while confirming three new cases. The World Health Organization (WHO) said that as of Wednesday, May 3, the number of patients …
Abuja – At least 66 people have been confirmed dead from a severe outbreak of the Lassa fever in Nigeria. Nigeria is already battling to halt a meningitis outbreak that has killed more than 800 people since the beginning of the year. Share this story Government has confirmed that 16 …
More people have died following the outbreak of a mysterious illness that began in southeastern Liberia but has spread to the capital, with 12 unexplained deaths so far, health authorities told AFP Tuesday. Liberia’s health ministry and the World Health Organization (WHO) both confirmed the revised death toll, while minister …
The ministry of health has confirmed an outbreak of Germany measles also known as Rubella in Agago district in northern Uganda. The disease has so far affected 42 children in Kalongo town, mainly pupils at Dr Ambrosoli primary school and Kingsway nursery and primary school. Dr Emmanuel Otto, the Agago …
World Asthma Day is organised by the Global Initiative for Asthma with the goal to improving asthma awareness and care around the world. The event takes place on the first Tuesday of May every year. According to the World Health Organisation (WHO) estimates, 300 million people suffer from asthma and …
Agago — An outbreak of rubella commonly known as German measles or three-day measles has been confirmed in Agago District. According to the district health officials, 34 cases have so far been registered in the last one week. Rubella is a contagious, generally mild viral infection that occurs most often …
Poor lab capability, surveillance and lack of sanitation are enabling the spread of a typhoid strain that is resistant to drugs, a researcher has warned. Prof Sam Kariuki, the head of microbiology at Kenya Medical Research Institute, said H58 whose origin can be traced to Nepalese capital Kathmandu was now …
The Fragile States Index (FSI) is an annual ranking of 178 countries based on the different pressures they face that impact their levels of fragility. The Index is based on The Fund for Peace’s proprietary Conflict Assessment System Tool (CAST) analytical approach. Based on comprehensive social science methodology, three primary …
