Diana Phillips May 15, 2017 Many Americans traveling abroad are not immunized against the measles, putting themselves and those they come in contact with at unnecessary risk for infection, a study shows. Although endemic measles was eliminated in the United States in 2000, the highly contagious virus is still common in many parts of the world, including […]
Archives for May 2017
WHO: Democratic Republic of the Congo: Ebola virus disease, May 2017
World Health Organization: Disease outbreak news : 13 May 2017 (summary On 9 May 2017, WHO was informed of a cluster of undiagnosed illness and deaths including haemorrhagic symptoms in Likati Health Zone, Bas Uele Province in the north of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), bordering Central African Republic. Since 22 April, nine cases […]
High alert over Dengue Fever as 150 cases diagnosed in Kenya’s coastal region, May 2017
A dengue fever outbreak has left more than 150 people infected in Kenya’s coastal county of Mombasa. The County Healthy Chief Officer Dr Khadija Shikely said the disease has spread and affected all the six sub counties with 119 cases confirmed in major private hospitals by Sunday. “A total of 119 cases were confirmed by […]
South Africa: amendments to the yellow fever vaccination policy, May 2017
Yellow fever is an infectious vector-borne disease that is caused by a virus transmitted by the bite of an infected mosquito vector such as Aëdes aegypti. South Africa has a risk of introduction of the disease as the mosquito vector exists in the country. The South African Department of Health would like to inform you […]