Forty-four countries have been declared malaria free, but there were still 249 million cases in 2022. Egypt has been certified as malaria free, with the World Health Organization (WHO) calling the achievement “truly historic” and the culmination of nearly a century of work to stamp out the disease. “Malaria is…
Some 4.5 billion people worldwide are currently without adequate access to essential healthcare services, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). This comes as more than 100,000 cases of mpox and at least 200 deaths have been confirmed globally, according to the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control, with…
Rwanda is fighting its first outbreak of the “highly virulent” Marburg virus which was first reported in late September. As of Thursday, 11 people were reported to have died of the virus in Rwanda. The health minister announced the country will begin clinical trials of experimental vaccines and treatments. So what…
The ‘real time PCR test’ will enable the detection of the virus by swabbing human skin lesions. The World Health Organization (WHO) has approved the use of the first diagnostic test for mpox that will provide immediate results. This will increase testing capabilities in countries facing outbreaks, it says. The…
Yet, the introduction of dolutegravir into more health programmes depends on two things: how many generic doses the Colombian government buys — and how quickly. “It takes some time for generics to be registered,” said Luz Marina Umbasia, director of the Global Humanitarian Progress Corporation in Colombia. Umbasia explained that…
The health ministry says the young patient recently travelled from a country experiencing the virus outbreak. India’s health ministry says it has recorded a suspected case of mpox found in a man who recently travelled from a country suffering an outbreak of the virus. The young male patient has been…
Wrap it up, Zoomers! The World Health Organization has issued a warning about an “alarming decline” in condom use among adolescents that is expected to lead to a long list of consequences, including higher STI rates and increased healthcare costs. A recent study found that almost a third of 15-year-olds…
DRC had hoped to receive a first round of vaccine deliveries this week as virus spreads. The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) says it no longer expects to receive its first delivery of mpox vaccines this week as global health authorities say the spread of the disease can still…
The 66-year-old male arrived in the country on August 14 and is being quarantined in a hospital. Thailand has detected an mpox case in a European man who arrived from Africa last week and is awaiting test results to determine the strain, health officials said. Thongchai Keeratihattayakorn, head of the…
World Health Organization official says regardless of strain, mpox is not the new COVID, as authorities know how to control its spread. The mpox outbreak is not another COVID-19, says the World Health Organization, because much is already known about the virus and the means to control it. While more…
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