Sierra Leone: Rampant disease washes in with flood water
With malaria, diarrhea and vomiting, pneumonia, bronchitis and other respiratory infections, worm infestations, scabies, abscesses, sores, and boils all common ailments in the Kroo Bay community of the Sierra Leone capital Freetown local medical official Amadou Kandor says it's little wonder 35 is an average life expectancy for the slum's 6,000 inhabitants. 22 Jul 2008 08:48
16th July was World Hepatitis Day
Hepatitis is a virus that is more common than most people realise and is most often caused by a viral infection so can be very easily contracted. 17 Jul 2008 11:42
Madagascar: Plan to fight Rift Valley Fever needs funding
Rift Valley Fever (RVF) has claimed the lives of at least 20 people and killed thousands of animals since the beginning of 2008, and UN agencies warn that worse is to come unless immediate action is taken. 16 Jul 2008 15:28
One step closer to a cure for bird flu
Scientists and researchers have taken a big step closer to a cure for the most common strain of avian influenza, or "bird flu," the potential pandemic that has claimed more than 200 lives and infected nearly 400 people in 14 countries since it was identified in 2003. 16 Jul 2008 15:12
GUINEA-BISSAU: Cholera epidemic reaches capital, Bissau
Cholera which first broke out in Guinea Bissau in May in the southern region of Tombali has now broken out in the capital Bissau killing four people and infecting 214, according to Daniel Kertesz, representative of the World Health Organization (WHO). 15 Jul 2008 08:27
Internet used to track emerging infectious diseases
Online news outlets, government web sites and discussion forums used to track emerging infectious diseases. 10 Jul 2008 13:15
Study shows H5N1 virus is adapting each time it infects a human
Scientists have discovered how bird flu adapts in patients, offering a new way to monitor the disease and prevent a pandemic, according to research published in the August issue of the Journal of General Virology. 9 Jul 2008 08:05
Donors will pay drug industry to produce vaccines for developing countries
[Tatum Anderson] A controversial new public health funding mechanism, intended to stimulate pharmaceutical companies to create vaccines for diseases that affect patients in developing countries, is close to being finalised. 8 Jul 2008 15:01
DRC: Monkey pox kills 22 in Equateur province
An outbreak of monkey pox in Democratic Republic of Congo's (DRC) Equateur province has killed 22 of the 470 people infected since the start of 2008, according to medical officials. 4 Jul 2008 06:02
Kenya: Cholera confirmed in western region
An outbreak of cholera has been confirmed in the Kisumu municipality in the western region, a senior health official has said. 26 Jun 2008 08:23
UGANDA: Hepatitis E outbreak on the rise in Kitgum
Uganda's Ministry of Health has sent a team of experts to the northern district of Kitgum to investigate an outbreak of Hepatatis E (HEV) in camps for internally displaced persons (IDPs) which has killed 64 people over the past eight months. 23 Jun 2008 14:42
DRC: New polio threat prompts mass vaccination campaign
Seven million children in nine of the 11 provinces in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) are being vaccinated against polio, a disease thought to have been eradicated in the vast country. 23 Jun 2008 14:41
Research organisations join forces to develop treatments for neglected infectious diseases
Two research organisations based in Paris, the Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (Institute of Research for Development) and the Drugs for Neglected Diseases Initiative, have announced that they will work together to develop new candidate drugs to treat visceral leishmaniasis, Chagas's disease, and sleeping sickness. 23 Jun 2008 09:28
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