Malaria: What you need to know
What is malaria? Malaria is a serious and sometimes fatal disease caused by a parasite that commonly infects a certain type of mosquito which feeds on humans. People who get malaria are typically very sick [...]
What you need to know about the Novel Coronavirus in China
What is the current situation? CDC recommends that travelers avoid all nonessential travel to China. In response to an outbreak of respiratory illness, Chinese officials have closed transport within and out of Wuhan and other [...]
Cyclone Idai: First cholera death in Mozambique as cases double
The first death from cholera has been confirmed in the cyclone-hit port city of Beira, with cases of the disease almost doubling in Mozambique in the past 24 hours, health officials say. Cyclone Idai, which [...]
Travel update: Fatal Plague in Madagascar (36 dead)
PLAGUE - MADAGASCAR: FATAL An unusually deadly seasonal outbreak of plague has gripped the island nation of Madagascar. As of [Fri 6 Oct 2017], 258 have been sickened and 36 have died just since August [...]
Travel news: Malaria in the Kruger Park; Severe
MALARIA - SOUTH AFRICA: (LIMPOPO, MPUMALANGA) KRUGER NATIONAL PARK The Kruger National Park (KNP) has warned holidaymakers to take measures to avoid mosquito bites. SanParks spokesperson William Mabasa says the large amount of rain received [...]
MENINGITIS, MENINGOCOCCAL – NIGERIA: FATAL, SEROGROUP C
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 past 9 years. Almost 6 months after the 1st [...]
NEWSFLASH: Typhoid fever (Harare,Zimbabwe)
TYPHOID FEVER - ZIMBABWE: HARARE Another person has died from typhoid, and nearly 100 others have fallen ill in just one week. The Zimbabwean health ministry says at least 10 people have died, and [...]
NEWSFLASH:Meningitis, meningococcal – Nigeria: Fatal, emergence of Serogroup C
As of [Sun 19 Mar 2017] (epidemiological week 11), a total of 1407 suspected cases of meningitis and 211 deaths (case fatality rate: 15 percent) have been reported from 40 local government areas (LGAs) in [...]
MEASLES UPDATE – WESTERN CAPE, SOUTH AFRICA
The Western Cape health department has vaccinated 15 500 students and children against measles in Stellenbosch and Drakenstein this month [February 2017] in an effort to prevent the spread of measles. There are currently 9 [...]
Beat the flu bug, get your shot!
Is it part of your annual routine to get vaccinated with the influenza vaccine? According to an article written on the 10 June 2016 by Dr. Sibongile Walaza the following facts apply to the South [...]