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Why US-Universities Battle Meningitis Outbreaks

The CDC issued a health warning on April 9, 2022 about an outbreak of meningococcal disease in Florida. Multiple meningococcal disease cases in college students had been reported in the state of Florida over the last...

18 April, 2022

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Pertussis outbreak in indigenous population in Colombia

A Bordetella pertussis outbreak has been reported by the National Institute of Health (INS) of Colombia in the Kogui community, an indigenous group living in the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta mountains in Northern...

23 March, 2022

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Kenya takes a strong stand in Covid-19 vaccinations to minimize the spread of the disease

Kenya identified its first case of Covid-19 on 12th March 2020. It has since then undertaken a series of measures to contain the spread and management of the disease in the country. In a population of approximately 54...

15 March, 2022

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Nosocomial Mycobacterioides chelonae Outbreak in England

A 3rd death has been linked to a Mycobacterium chelonae outbreak at Cambridge’s Royal Papworth Hospital, England. A 26-year-old patient underwent a double lung and heart transplant in June 2019. The patient tested...

14 March, 2022

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Japanese encephalitis virus situation declared a Communicable Disease Incident of National Significance

Australia’s Acting Chief Medical Officer, Dr Sonya Bennett, has declared the unfolding situation in Australia concerning the Japanese encephalitis virus (JEV) a Communicable Disease Incident of National Significance...

8 March, 2022

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Malawi declares polio outbreak

The Global Polio Laboratory Network (GPLN) has confirmed the presence of a type 1 wild poliovirus (WPV1) in a child suffering from paralysis in Lilongwe, the capital of Malawi. Analysis shows that the virus is...

1 March, 2022

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Cholera epidemic in Cameroon: the resounding need for multi-sectoral national and trans-border collaboration

Introduction As of January 30, 2022, Cameroon has recorded 1,102 cholera cases across five Regions. The outbreak has already claimed the lives of 32 persons. These figures were reported by the Cameroon Ministry of...

22 February, 2022

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Syphilis is resurging in the United States: once on the brink of eradication, now raging again

The Covid-19 pandemic has understandably dominated the news cycle for almost 2 years now. As we hopefully get past the Omicron variant, it’s important not to lose sight of the currently over 7 million infections with...

21 February, 2022

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Afghanistan faces raging measles outbreak

At least 74 children have died following an outbreak of measles in Afghanistan’s northern province of Badakhshan, a provincial official said on 6. Feb 2022. Most of the children who lost their lives were living in...

15 February, 2022

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Braving the odds to provide immunization services in a fishing community, Cameroon

Immunization is a success story for global health and development. It is an intervention that has saved millions of lives every year. Each year, over 116 million infants – 86% of all infants born in that year – are...

4 February, 2022

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