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 with […]
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 cities […]
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 hit […]
Ebola: Democratic Republic of Congo
An update about the Ebola outbreak in DRC.
It’s been 8 months since the start of the current Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). By the beginning of April , almost 700 people […]
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 , 258 have been sickened and 36 have died just since August 2017, […]
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 this […]
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 cases […]
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 more than […]
NEWSFLASH:Meningitis, meningococcal – Nigeria: Fatal, emergence of Serogroup C
As of (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 in an effort to prevent the spread of measles.
There are currently 9 confirmed […]