At least 70 children have died in Gambia as a result of the use of toxic cough syrups for children produced by an Indian company. After the Gambian authorities launched a lawsuit, the World Health Organization issued an alert on these syrups. According to an investigation launched in India to …
Read More »200 people killed by Lassa fever in Nigeria
Nigeria has recorded at least 200 deaths from Lassa fever in the last 11 months despite intensified government measures to reduce infections across the country. “The Nigeria Center for Disease Control (NCDC) announced that there had been 1,170 confirmed cases from 114 local governments in 28 states from the start …
Read More »Cholera outbreak hits three Sudanese states
About 817 suspected cholera cases have been recorded in three Sudanese states, including 35 deaths, local media reported. The cases were reported in Gedaref, South Kordofan and Khartoum states, privately owned al-Rakoba news website reported, citing the World Health Organization (WHO). The UN last week said that months of conflict …
Read More »WHO chief calls on Hamas to release ‘civilian hostages’
The head of the World Health Organization, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, on Sunday called on Hamas to release all Israeli “civilian hostages”, while declaring himself “very concerned” about Israeli bombings against “Palestinian civilians” in the Gaza strip. “Innocent civilians and children are paying the price,” he warned from Manila, at the …
Read More »New Zealand lifts its latest covid-19 restrictions
Government in New Zealand announced the lifting on Tuesday of all remaining measures relating to the fight against Covid-19, more than three years after they were first implemented, Reuters reported. New Zealand was one of the countries with the most severe and long-lasting restrictions in the world. It had adopted …
Read More »Covid-19 back in Europe with a new variant
Emergency room visits for suspected Covid-19 are on the rise among children under 2 and adults for the week of July 31 to August 6 in France, according to data from the Oscour network (Organization for Coordinated Emergency Surveillance). In its bulletin published on Tuesday, the network reports a 56% …
Read More »Resumption of childhood vaccinations around the world
Immunization of children around the world, which fell during the Covid-19 pandemic, is starting to recover but remains below the level before the health crisis, the UN said on Tuesday. “This is good news. On average, countries around the world are recovering and getting closer to the level of immunization …
Read More »WHO warns that this ingredient often in Coca cola and sodas could be carcinogenic
The World Health Organization (WHO) now considers aspartame, an artificial sweetener used in particular in sodas, to be “possibly” carcinogenic to humans, but the daily dose considered to be safe remains unchanged, it indicated on Friday. “We are not advising companies to withdraw their products, nor are we advising consumers …
Read More »WHO announces 18 million doses of malaria vaccine in Africa
Some 18 million doses of the first RTS,S malaria vaccine will be delivered to 12 African countries until 2025, the World Health Organization, UNICEF and the Vaccine Alliance (Gavi) announced on Wednesday. “Malaria remains one of the deadliest diseases in Africa, where it kills almost half a million children under …
Read More »Tanzania declares end of Marburg epidemic
Tanzanian health authorities have declared the end of first-ever outbreak of Marburg, a deadly Ebola-like virus with a fatality rate of up to 88%, Reuters reported on Friday, citing the World Health Organisation (WHO). According to the WHO, nine cases, including six deaths, were recorded in the outbreak. While there …
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