https://www.bizcommunity.com/417/151.html Rest of Africa Infectious diseases news 15 Infectious Diseases news - Rest of Africa https://www.bizcommunity.com/res/img/logo.gif https://www.bizcommunity.com/417/151.html en-us Sat, 11 Apr 2026 10:15:30 +0200 https://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/51/330/196959.html The ongoing Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) recently surpassed 3,000 infections. The outbreak had been raging for nearly a year by the time it was declared a "public health emergency of international concern" in July. 1-196959 Tue, 22 Oct 2019 07:31:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Infectious Diseases Rest of Africa https://www.bizcommunity.africa/Article/410/330/196107.html The last five years have witnessed the two biggest outbreaks of Ebola, first in West Africa and currently in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The DRC is no stranger to Ebola and has battled the virus on nine previous occasions since 1976. 1-196107 Mon, 30 Sep 2019 12:55:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Infectious Diseases Rest of Africa https://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/196/151/195710.html Public health organisations around the world have been fighting for global eradication of polio since 1988. Through massive vaccination efforts, the incidence of polio has gone down 99% since then, with the virus eradicated from most of the countries on Earth. 1-195710 Wed, 18 Sep 2019 07:45:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Infectious Diseases Rest of Africa https://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/51/151/194197.html The most recent Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) rages on. There's been a continued increase in the number of new cases for a year since the outbreak was first declared. This is despite the extensive use of an experimental vaccine, new treatments and more rapid response to the outbreak when compared to the West African outbreak. 1-194197 Mon, 12 Aug 2019 09:09:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Infectious Diseases Rest of Africa https://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/220/151/194136.html In August 2015 Dr Sakoba Keita, who led the Ebola response in Guinea during the largest Ebola outbreak the world has ever seen, declared: 1-194136 Thu, 08 Aug 2019 07:10:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Infectious Diseases Rest of Africa https://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/157/330/190629.html Globally, one in six women will develop cancer in her lifetime, and one in 11 will die. Incidences of cancer are lower in women in developing countries, but they have higher cancer deaths rates than women in the developed world. 1-190629 Fri, 10 May 2019 09:31:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Infectious Diseases Rest of Africa https://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/51/323/188250.html Since August last year the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has been facing its 10th Ebola virus disease outbreak. As of early March this year, 907 cases and 569 deaths have been reported. 1-188250 Fri, 08 Mar 2019 06:25:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Infectious Diseases Rest of Africa https://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/51/151/187219.html The World Health Organisation (WHO) has emphasised that an experimental vaccine is playing a major role in controlling the spread of Ebola in the ongoing outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Without the vaccine, the outbreak has the potential to spiral out of control, considering the country's social and political landscape as well as the sheer ability of the virus to spread. 1-187219 Mon, 11 Feb 2019 12:17:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Infectious Diseases Rest of Africa https://www.bizcommunity.africa/Article/410/323/186806.html All organisms are unique. Each having a set of genetic instructions for their build-up and maintenance. This set of genetic instructions is contained in genes that makeup a genome. 1-186806 Wed, 30 Jan 2019 05:40:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Infectious Diseases Rest of Africa https://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/200/151/186797.html Health workers and other frontline responders in South Sudan are being vaccinated against Ebola as part of preparedness measures to fight the spread of the disease. 1-186797 Tue, 29 Jan 2019 15:54:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Infectious Diseases Rest of Africa