Ebola vaccination exercise kicks off in Guinea
Ebola vaccination of people at high risk kicked off today in Guinea as the emergency response was escalated to counter the spread of the virus that re-emerged in the country ...
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Kenya eradicates guinea worm disease
WHO has certified Kenya free of dracunculiasis - guinea worm disease The World Health Organization (WHO) has certified Kenya free of dracunculiasis transmission following the recommendation of the International Commission ...
Senegal’s Institut Pasteur confirms Ghana’s suspected Marburg disease outbreak
The Institut Pasteur in Dakar, Senegal, a World Health Organization (WHO) Collaborating Centre laboratory, has confirmed Ghana's first outbreak of Marburg virus disease. The Institut Pasteur in Dakar, Senegal received ...
Ghana prepares for Marburg disease outbreak
The government of West African state of Ghana has announced it is swiftly setting up preparations for a possible outbreak response for Marburg virus disease following the announcement of the ...
WHO warns COVID-19 more deadly in Africans with diabetes
Africa’s sharp increase in diabetes is clashing with the COVID-19 pandemic and poor access to vaccines. Africa’s death rates from COVID-19 infections are significantly higher in patients with diabetes, according ...
There is a promising vaccine candidate for herpes
A genetically edited form of a herpes simplex virus -- rewired to keep it from taking refuge in the nervous system and eluding an immune response -- has outperformed a ...
The vaccines success story gives us hope for the future
The World Health Organization (WHO), working in partnership with both public and private sectors, has a proud history of vaccinology. By assessing vaccines for global supply, WHO’s groundbreaking Prequalification programme ...
Global polio eradication: Rotary, Gates Foundation commit $450m
Rotary and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation are renewing their longstanding partnership to end polio, announcing a joint commitment of up to $450 million to support the global polio ...
Gender matters in responding to major disease outbreaks like Ebola
Written by Julia Smith, Simon Fraser University Despite over a year of containment efforts, the World Health Organisation recently declared the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo ...
These countries have HIV-related travel restrictions
UNAIDS and UNDP today released a list of 48 countries with HIV-related travel restrictions. UNAIDS and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) are urging countries to keep the promises made ...
