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Unexplained hemorrhagic fever kills 23 in Guinea

(Health24) An outbreak of hemorrhagic fever has killed at least 23 people in Guinea’s South-eastern forest region since February when the first case was reported, health authorities in the West African nation said. At least 35 cases have been recorded by local health officials, said Sakoba Keita, the doctor in charge of the prevention of  Read More »

Mystery hemorrhagic fever kills 23 in Guinea

(Reuters) An outbreak of hemorrhagic fever has killed at least 23 people in Guinea’s southeastern forest region since February when the first case was reported, health authorities in the West African nation said on Wednesday. At least 35 cases have been recorded by local health officials, said Sakoba Keita, the doctor in charge of the  Read More »

Poliovirus in Cameroon

(WHO) In Cameroon, three additional wild poliovirus type 1 (WPV1) cases have been reported with onset of paralysis on 6, 25, and 31 January 2014 from three new regions (North West, Adamaoua, and Centre) confirming continued WPV transmission and geographic expansion of infected areas following detection of four cases in October 2013. In total, seven  Read More »

Biosafety Bill Holds Key For Agric Transformation

(Leadership) The Biosafety Bill currently before the National Assembly is the only instrument that can improve agriculture and change the nation’s fortunes, several federal lawmakers have asserted. They made this point at the Monsanto/National Biotechnology Development Agency (NABDA) dinner in Abuja. The Senate committee chairman on science and technology, Sen. Ajayi Boroffice, in his speech,  Read More »

Uganda: CDC Health Projects Improve Disease Detection and Control

(All Africa) The US Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) global health security (GHS) projects on early disease detection, response and prevention in Uganda and Vietnam have resulted in improvements in those areas. This was revealed in an article published in the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report released by CDC on January 30. For  Read More »

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