Zika virus
When the director general of the World Health Organization, Margaret Chan, declared a public health emergency of international concern in...
New challenges for yellow fever outbreak control in Angola
Two months after the first yellow fever cases were confirmed in the Viana municipality, Luanda province, the Angolan authorities and...
Liberia closes border with Ebola-hit Guinea
Liberia closed its border with Guinea on Tuesday as a precaution against Ebola following at least four deaths from the virus in Guinea,...
Yellow Fever - Africa: Angola update
A yellow fever epidemic in Angola has killed at least 250 people since the end of December [2015] and continues to spread, stretching...
Zika, dengue, malaria and the deadly mosquito
You are sleeping quite soundly when a sharp buzzing sound around your head wakes you up, forcing you to try to swat it away. Or else you...
Ebola outbreak indirectly increases deaths from malaria, HIV, TB
Recent findings published in Emerging Infectious Diseases showed that the 2014-2015 Ebola outbreak indirectly increased the number of...
Zika Outbreak: WHO's Global Emergency Response Plan
WHO has launched a global Strategic Response Framework and Joint Operations Plan to guide the international response to the spread of...
WHO declares global health emergency
The World Health Organization on Monday declared that a surge in serious birth defects in South America was "strongly suspected" of being...
Zika Virus Update
Zika virus is spread to people through mosquito bites. The most common symptoms of Zika virus disease are fever, rash, joint pain, and...
South Africa: Typhoid Cases in Johannesburg 'Not an Outbreak'
The Gauteng health department confirmed over the weekend that four cases of typhoid fever have been identified in Johannesburg, and that...