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Is West Africa At Risk Of A Reemergence Of The Ebola Virus?
On Monday, August 21, 2022, the National Institute for Biomedical Research in the Democratic Republic of Congo announced a new case of Ebola virus infection in the country. The new case confirmed in the city of Beni in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, comes barely a month after the Ministry of Health (MoH) of the…
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Nigeria Demography Ratio (Analysis)
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Nigeria Vaccine Intake Analysis
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The Big Three Vaccine: Facts, Figures and Possibilities
HIV, Tuberculosis and Malaria are known as the ‘Big Three’ infectious diseases, reports by the WHO shows that the ‘trio’ killed more than 2.8 million people in 2020. HIV/AIDS is still a global health crisis, especially in Africa, the first case was reported over 40 years ago. Africa makes up about 15.2% of the world’s…
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Cameroon: An Outbreak Of Cholera Kills 140 People In 7 Months
At least 140 people ( case fatality ratio 2%) have died of Cholera in Cameroon since the disease re-emerged in the country last year. According to the Prime Minister on Wednesday, more than 7,000 cases have been reported since the resurgence of the disease in October 2021, with new cases mostly recorded in Littoral and…
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Are Rich Countries Planning To Hoard Monkeypox Vaccine?
The acting director of Africa’s Centre for Disease Control and Prevention has expressed worries that rich countries might refuse to share vaccines as the monkeypox outbreak intensifies. Since early May, over 200 suspected and confirmed cases of the virus were detected in 12 African countries where the disease is endemic and about 17 European countries,…
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Infographics: Is There A Surge In Measles Cases On A Global Scale?
A new report by the United Nations has warned of a surge in cases of Measles globally, highlighting vaccine reinforcement as the only way to curb the spread of the disease. The Coronavirus pandemic disrupted at least 57 vaccination campaigns in 43 countries worldwide, affecting 203 million people, most of them children. Two years down…
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South Sudan Records First Cholera Outbreak In 5 Years
At least one person has died in South Sudan in the latest cholera outbreak to be reported in South Sudan since the devastating outbreak in 2017, affecting more than 28,000 people with 644 deaths. According to the Health Minister, Elizabeth Acuei Yol, a total of 31 cases, including one death was reported from Rubkona town…
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ADH Twitter Space: Inside Nigeria’s Lassa Fever
ADH Twitter Space is a monthly forum hosted by Orodata Science whose mission is to continue to democratize data, and knowledge towards solutions that impact the lives of millions. The Africa Data Hub (ADH) seeks to support and promote quality access to information, data-driven journalism to facilitate evidence-based decision-making about the pandemic across the continent. The…
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Malawi Secures 6.8 Million Doses Of Oral Polio Vaccine
On Sunday, March 20, Malawi will launch a nationwide campaign to vaccinate kids against Polio after a case was recorded in February, the first in the country since 1992. The Southwestern African country secured 6.8 million doses of the oral polio vaccine intended to be administered to children under the age of five across all…