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Swine Fever Spreads to More Regions

(AllAfrica) THE government has deployed experts in regions reportedly hit by the African Swine Fever (ASF) to study the magnitude of the problem and take relevant action. The Minister for Livestock Development and Fisheries, Dr Mathayo David Mathayo, told the ‘Daily News’ on Tuesday that the government was aware of the disease and urged farmers Read More »

April 17, 2013
| Filed under Africa and Public Health
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CDC Fights Plague in Uganda With Eye on Bioterror Threat

(GlobalSecurityNewswire) The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s work to fight plague outbreaks in Uganda could serve to protect the United States from a biological attack involving the bacteria, the Washington Post reported on Tuesday. There are on average five incidence of plague annually in the United States, while 1,287 apparent infections have been counted Read More »

April 10, 2013
| Filed under Africa and Public Health
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Malawi Joins Biological Weapons Convention

(GlobalSecurityNewswire) Malawi has become a full member to the Biological Weapons Convention, a senior U.S. diplomat said on Tuesday. “Delighted that Malawi has formally acceded to the Biological Weapons Convention,” Laura Kennedy, the Obama administration’s special envoy for BWC issue.

April 10, 2013
| Filed under Africa and Policy & Initiatives
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Follow-up study describes declining efficacy of malaria vaccine candidate over 4 years

(EurekAlert) Long-term follow-up of a phase II study from KEMRI-Wellcome Trust Research Programme and Oxford University researchers in Kenya shows that the efficacy of a malaria vaccine candidate, RTS,S, wanes over time and varies with exposure to the malaria parasite. The findings will help to inform which populations are likely to benefit most from the Read More »

March 21, 2013
| Filed under Africa and Public Health
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African immunization systems fall short, African experts say

(EurekAlert) In Africa, issues of vaccine supply, financing, and sustainability require urgent attention if the Millennium Development Goals are to be achieved, according to African experts writing in this week’s PLOS Medicine. Shingai Machingaidze, Charles Wiysonge, and Gregory Hussey from the University of Cape Town in South Africa commend African countries for their progress in Read More »