Time to ‘Walk the Talk’ in Addressing Health Worker Shortages 05/04/2023 Kerry Cullinan Around half of the world’s health workers experienced burnout during the COVID-19 pandemic, while 55 countries face serious shortages of health workers – exacerbated by the poaching of skilled staff by wealthier countries. Many countries are struggling to retain health workers, ensure they are equitably distributed, there is an adequate skills mix, and battling to […] Continue reading -> Time is Tight for Pandemic Accord Negotiations, Tedros Acknowledges 03/04/2023 Kerry Cullinan The fifth meeting of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Body (INB) to draft a pandemic accord started on Monday with acknowledgement by World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus that it faces a very tight timeframe. “There is now only one year until the World Health Assembly in May 2024, which will consider the outcome […] Continue reading -> WHO Ready For Marburg Vaccine Trials, Awaits Nod From Governments of Tanzania and Equatorial Guinea 29/03/2023 Megha Kaveri The World Health Organization (WHO) said that it is poised to begin clinical trials of three Marburg disease vaccine candidates if Tanzania and Equatorial Guinea, both struggling with outbreaks of the deadly disease, give the green light. About 2000 finished doses are available from vaccine developers and could be administered to the identified contacts of […] Continue reading -> Pandemic Accord Talks Resume Soon With Call for More Attention to One Health, and Less Misinformation 27/03/2023 Kerry Cullinan Negotiations on a global pandemic accord resume next Monday at the fifth meeting of the World Health Organization (WHO)’s Intergovernmental Negotiating Body (INB) amid calls for more attention to be paid to a One Health approach, and less to organised misinformation campaigns. The meeting agenda is an extension of the INB meeting that ended on […] Continue reading -> More than 300 Health Facilities Destroyed By Cyclone Freddy in Madagascar, Malawi and Mozambique 24/03/2023 Paul Adepoju More than 300 health facilities have been destroyed or flooded in Madagascar, Malawi and Mozambique in the wake of Cyclone Freddy, WHO estimates. That has left hundreds of communities without adequate access to health services even as the cyclone’s double whammy of devastation has raised public health risks including the increased spread of cholera, […] Continue reading -> Access to NCD Medicine Needs to be Protected in Future Pandemics 22/03/2023 Kerry Cullinan During the COVID-19 pandemic, people living with cancer, heart diseases, chronic respiratory diseases, diabetes and other non-communicable diseases (NCDs) experienced difficulties in accessing their routine medicines, according to a new report released by the World Health Organization on Wednesday. While 21% of WHO member states reported stockouts of the five many medicines for people with […] Continue reading -> Over 43,000 Excess Deaths in Somalia From Drought 21/03/2023 Megha Kaveri The worsening drought in Somalia is likely to have caused 43,000 excess deaths in 2022, of which around 21,500 are children under the age of five, according to a new report released on Monday. “We are racing against time to prevent deaths and save lives that are avoidable. We have seen, deaths and diseases thrive […] Continue reading -> Tanzania Identifies Mystery Virus as Marburg 21/03/2023 Kizito Makoye BUKOBA, Tanzania – Scientists have identified the mystery disease that has killed five people in the last week in Tanzania’s north-western Kagera region as the highly contagious Marburg virus, which is a filovirus like Ebola. Health Minister Ummy Mwalimu announced this on Tuesday but said that her government has managed to control the spread of […] Continue reading -> ‘Be Transparent’, Tedros Urges China After it Removes Online Data Linking Raccoon Dogs in Wuhan to Coronavirus 17/03/2023 Kerry Cullinan New evidence indicating that raccoon dogs from the Huanan Seafood Market in Wuhan may have been infected with SARS CoV2 in January 2020 was published on a shared database by China’s Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in January – but removed recently after scientists started asking questions. This was revealed at a media briefing […] Continue reading -> First Africa Polio Cases Linked to New Vaccine Detected, While Marburg and Cyclone Freddy Threaten Health 17/03/2023 Paul Adepoju Health authorities in Burundi have declared a national public health emergency response to an outbreak of circulating poliovirus type 2. The World Health Organization’s (WHO) Africa region announced on Friday that polio had been detected in an unvaccinated four-year-old boy in Isale district in western Burundi and two other children who had been in contact […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts This site uses cookies to help give you the best experience on our website. Cookies enable us to collect information that helps us personalise your experience and improve the functionality and performance of our site. By continuing to read our website, we assume you agree to this, otherwise you can adjust your browser settings. Please read our cookie and Privacy Policy. Our Cookies and Privacy Policy Loading Comments... You must be logged in to post a comment.
Time is Tight for Pandemic Accord Negotiations, Tedros Acknowledges 03/04/2023 Kerry Cullinan The fifth meeting of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Body (INB) to draft a pandemic accord started on Monday with acknowledgement by World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus that it faces a very tight timeframe. “There is now only one year until the World Health Assembly in May 2024, which will consider the outcome […] Continue reading -> WHO Ready For Marburg Vaccine Trials, Awaits Nod From Governments of Tanzania and Equatorial Guinea 29/03/2023 Megha Kaveri The World Health Organization (WHO) said that it is poised to begin clinical trials of three Marburg disease vaccine candidates if Tanzania and Equatorial Guinea, both struggling with outbreaks of the deadly disease, give the green light. About 2000 finished doses are available from vaccine developers and could be administered to the identified contacts of […] Continue reading -> Pandemic Accord Talks Resume Soon With Call for More Attention to One Health, and Less Misinformation 27/03/2023 Kerry Cullinan Negotiations on a global pandemic accord resume next Monday at the fifth meeting of the World Health Organization (WHO)’s Intergovernmental Negotiating Body (INB) amid calls for more attention to be paid to a One Health approach, and less to organised misinformation campaigns. The meeting agenda is an extension of the INB meeting that ended on […] Continue reading -> More than 300 Health Facilities Destroyed By Cyclone Freddy in Madagascar, Malawi and Mozambique 24/03/2023 Paul Adepoju More than 300 health facilities have been destroyed or flooded in Madagascar, Malawi and Mozambique in the wake of Cyclone Freddy, WHO estimates. That has left hundreds of communities without adequate access to health services even as the cyclone’s double whammy of devastation has raised public health risks including the increased spread of cholera, […] Continue reading -> Access to NCD Medicine Needs to be Protected in Future Pandemics 22/03/2023 Kerry Cullinan During the COVID-19 pandemic, people living with cancer, heart diseases, chronic respiratory diseases, diabetes and other non-communicable diseases (NCDs) experienced difficulties in accessing their routine medicines, according to a new report released by the World Health Organization on Wednesday. While 21% of WHO member states reported stockouts of the five many medicines for people with […] Continue reading -> Over 43,000 Excess Deaths in Somalia From Drought 21/03/2023 Megha Kaveri The worsening drought in Somalia is likely to have caused 43,000 excess deaths in 2022, of which around 21,500 are children under the age of five, according to a new report released on Monday. “We are racing against time to prevent deaths and save lives that are avoidable. We have seen, deaths and diseases thrive […] Continue reading -> Tanzania Identifies Mystery Virus as Marburg 21/03/2023 Kizito Makoye BUKOBA, Tanzania – Scientists have identified the mystery disease that has killed five people in the last week in Tanzania’s north-western Kagera region as the highly contagious Marburg virus, which is a filovirus like Ebola. Health Minister Ummy Mwalimu announced this on Tuesday but said that her government has managed to control the spread of […] Continue reading -> ‘Be Transparent’, Tedros Urges China After it Removes Online Data Linking Raccoon Dogs in Wuhan to Coronavirus 17/03/2023 Kerry Cullinan New evidence indicating that raccoon dogs from the Huanan Seafood Market in Wuhan may have been infected with SARS CoV2 in January 2020 was published on a shared database by China’s Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in January – but removed recently after scientists started asking questions. This was revealed at a media briefing […] Continue reading -> First Africa Polio Cases Linked to New Vaccine Detected, While Marburg and Cyclone Freddy Threaten Health 17/03/2023 Paul Adepoju Health authorities in Burundi have declared a national public health emergency response to an outbreak of circulating poliovirus type 2. The World Health Organization’s (WHO) Africa region announced on Friday that polio had been detected in an unvaccinated four-year-old boy in Isale district in western Burundi and two other children who had been in contact […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts This site uses cookies to help give you the best experience on our website. Cookies enable us to collect information that helps us personalise your experience and improve the functionality and performance of our site. By continuing to read our website, we assume you agree to this, otherwise you can adjust your browser settings. Please read our cookie and Privacy Policy. Our Cookies and Privacy Policy Loading Comments... You must be logged in to post a comment.
WHO Ready For Marburg Vaccine Trials, Awaits Nod From Governments of Tanzania and Equatorial Guinea 29/03/2023 Megha Kaveri The World Health Organization (WHO) said that it is poised to begin clinical trials of three Marburg disease vaccine candidates if Tanzania and Equatorial Guinea, both struggling with outbreaks of the deadly disease, give the green light. About 2000 finished doses are available from vaccine developers and could be administered to the identified contacts of […] Continue reading -> Pandemic Accord Talks Resume Soon With Call for More Attention to One Health, and Less Misinformation 27/03/2023 Kerry Cullinan Negotiations on a global pandemic accord resume next Monday at the fifth meeting of the World Health Organization (WHO)’s Intergovernmental Negotiating Body (INB) amid calls for more attention to be paid to a One Health approach, and less to organised misinformation campaigns. The meeting agenda is an extension of the INB meeting that ended on […] Continue reading -> More than 300 Health Facilities Destroyed By Cyclone Freddy in Madagascar, Malawi and Mozambique 24/03/2023 Paul Adepoju More than 300 health facilities have been destroyed or flooded in Madagascar, Malawi and Mozambique in the wake of Cyclone Freddy, WHO estimates. That has left hundreds of communities without adequate access to health services even as the cyclone’s double whammy of devastation has raised public health risks including the increased spread of cholera, […] Continue reading -> Access to NCD Medicine Needs to be Protected in Future Pandemics 22/03/2023 Kerry Cullinan During the COVID-19 pandemic, people living with cancer, heart diseases, chronic respiratory diseases, diabetes and other non-communicable diseases (NCDs) experienced difficulties in accessing their routine medicines, according to a new report released by the World Health Organization on Wednesday. While 21% of WHO member states reported stockouts of the five many medicines for people with […] Continue reading -> Over 43,000 Excess Deaths in Somalia From Drought 21/03/2023 Megha Kaveri The worsening drought in Somalia is likely to have caused 43,000 excess deaths in 2022, of which around 21,500 are children under the age of five, according to a new report released on Monday. “We are racing against time to prevent deaths and save lives that are avoidable. We have seen, deaths and diseases thrive […] Continue reading -> Tanzania Identifies Mystery Virus as Marburg 21/03/2023 Kizito Makoye BUKOBA, Tanzania – Scientists have identified the mystery disease that has killed five people in the last week in Tanzania’s north-western Kagera region as the highly contagious Marburg virus, which is a filovirus like Ebola. Health Minister Ummy Mwalimu announced this on Tuesday but said that her government has managed to control the spread of […] Continue reading -> ‘Be Transparent’, Tedros Urges China After it Removes Online Data Linking Raccoon Dogs in Wuhan to Coronavirus 17/03/2023 Kerry Cullinan New evidence indicating that raccoon dogs from the Huanan Seafood Market in Wuhan may have been infected with SARS CoV2 in January 2020 was published on a shared database by China’s Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in January – but removed recently after scientists started asking questions. This was revealed at a media briefing […] Continue reading -> First Africa Polio Cases Linked to New Vaccine Detected, While Marburg and Cyclone Freddy Threaten Health 17/03/2023 Paul Adepoju Health authorities in Burundi have declared a national public health emergency response to an outbreak of circulating poliovirus type 2. The World Health Organization’s (WHO) Africa region announced on Friday that polio had been detected in an unvaccinated four-year-old boy in Isale district in western Burundi and two other children who had been in contact […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts This site uses cookies to help give you the best experience on our website. Cookies enable us to collect information that helps us personalise your experience and improve the functionality and performance of our site. By continuing to read our website, we assume you agree to this, otherwise you can adjust your browser settings. Please read our cookie and Privacy Policy. Our Cookies and Privacy Policy Loading Comments... You must be logged in to post a comment.
Pandemic Accord Talks Resume Soon With Call for More Attention to One Health, and Less Misinformation 27/03/2023 Kerry Cullinan Negotiations on a global pandemic accord resume next Monday at the fifth meeting of the World Health Organization (WHO)’s Intergovernmental Negotiating Body (INB) amid calls for more attention to be paid to a One Health approach, and less to organised misinformation campaigns. The meeting agenda is an extension of the INB meeting that ended on […] Continue reading -> More than 300 Health Facilities Destroyed By Cyclone Freddy in Madagascar, Malawi and Mozambique 24/03/2023 Paul Adepoju More than 300 health facilities have been destroyed or flooded in Madagascar, Malawi and Mozambique in the wake of Cyclone Freddy, WHO estimates. That has left hundreds of communities without adequate access to health services even as the cyclone’s double whammy of devastation has raised public health risks including the increased spread of cholera, […] Continue reading -> Access to NCD Medicine Needs to be Protected in Future Pandemics 22/03/2023 Kerry Cullinan During the COVID-19 pandemic, people living with cancer, heart diseases, chronic respiratory diseases, diabetes and other non-communicable diseases (NCDs) experienced difficulties in accessing their routine medicines, according to a new report released by the World Health Organization on Wednesday. While 21% of WHO member states reported stockouts of the five many medicines for people with […] Continue reading -> Over 43,000 Excess Deaths in Somalia From Drought 21/03/2023 Megha Kaveri The worsening drought in Somalia is likely to have caused 43,000 excess deaths in 2022, of which around 21,500 are children under the age of five, according to a new report released on Monday. “We are racing against time to prevent deaths and save lives that are avoidable. We have seen, deaths and diseases thrive […] Continue reading -> Tanzania Identifies Mystery Virus as Marburg 21/03/2023 Kizito Makoye BUKOBA, Tanzania – Scientists have identified the mystery disease that has killed five people in the last week in Tanzania’s north-western Kagera region as the highly contagious Marburg virus, which is a filovirus like Ebola. Health Minister Ummy Mwalimu announced this on Tuesday but said that her government has managed to control the spread of […] Continue reading -> ‘Be Transparent’, Tedros Urges China After it Removes Online Data Linking Raccoon Dogs in Wuhan to Coronavirus 17/03/2023 Kerry Cullinan New evidence indicating that raccoon dogs from the Huanan Seafood Market in Wuhan may have been infected with SARS CoV2 in January 2020 was published on a shared database by China’s Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in January – but removed recently after scientists started asking questions. This was revealed at a media briefing […] Continue reading -> First Africa Polio Cases Linked to New Vaccine Detected, While Marburg and Cyclone Freddy Threaten Health 17/03/2023 Paul Adepoju Health authorities in Burundi have declared a national public health emergency response to an outbreak of circulating poliovirus type 2. The World Health Organization’s (WHO) Africa region announced on Friday that polio had been detected in an unvaccinated four-year-old boy in Isale district in western Burundi and two other children who had been in contact […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts This site uses cookies to help give you the best experience on our website. Cookies enable us to collect information that helps us personalise your experience and improve the functionality and performance of our site. By continuing to read our website, we assume you agree to this, otherwise you can adjust your browser settings. Please read our cookie and Privacy Policy. Our Cookies and Privacy Policy Loading Comments... You must be logged in to post a comment.
More than 300 Health Facilities Destroyed By Cyclone Freddy in Madagascar, Malawi and Mozambique 24/03/2023 Paul Adepoju More than 300 health facilities have been destroyed or flooded in Madagascar, Malawi and Mozambique in the wake of Cyclone Freddy, WHO estimates. That has left hundreds of communities without adequate access to health services even as the cyclone’s double whammy of devastation has raised public health risks including the increased spread of cholera, […] Continue reading -> Access to NCD Medicine Needs to be Protected in Future Pandemics 22/03/2023 Kerry Cullinan During the COVID-19 pandemic, people living with cancer, heart diseases, chronic respiratory diseases, diabetes and other non-communicable diseases (NCDs) experienced difficulties in accessing their routine medicines, according to a new report released by the World Health Organization on Wednesday. While 21% of WHO member states reported stockouts of the five many medicines for people with […] Continue reading -> Over 43,000 Excess Deaths in Somalia From Drought 21/03/2023 Megha Kaveri The worsening drought in Somalia is likely to have caused 43,000 excess deaths in 2022, of which around 21,500 are children under the age of five, according to a new report released on Monday. “We are racing against time to prevent deaths and save lives that are avoidable. We have seen, deaths and diseases thrive […] Continue reading -> Tanzania Identifies Mystery Virus as Marburg 21/03/2023 Kizito Makoye BUKOBA, Tanzania – Scientists have identified the mystery disease that has killed five people in the last week in Tanzania’s north-western Kagera region as the highly contagious Marburg virus, which is a filovirus like Ebola. Health Minister Ummy Mwalimu announced this on Tuesday but said that her government has managed to control the spread of […] Continue reading -> ‘Be Transparent’, Tedros Urges China After it Removes Online Data Linking Raccoon Dogs in Wuhan to Coronavirus 17/03/2023 Kerry Cullinan New evidence indicating that raccoon dogs from the Huanan Seafood Market in Wuhan may have been infected with SARS CoV2 in January 2020 was published on a shared database by China’s Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in January – but removed recently after scientists started asking questions. This was revealed at a media briefing […] Continue reading -> First Africa Polio Cases Linked to New Vaccine Detected, While Marburg and Cyclone Freddy Threaten Health 17/03/2023 Paul Adepoju Health authorities in Burundi have declared a national public health emergency response to an outbreak of circulating poliovirus type 2. The World Health Organization’s (WHO) Africa region announced on Friday that polio had been detected in an unvaccinated four-year-old boy in Isale district in western Burundi and two other children who had been in contact […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts This site uses cookies to help give you the best experience on our website. Cookies enable us to collect information that helps us personalise your experience and improve the functionality and performance of our site. By continuing to read our website, we assume you agree to this, otherwise you can adjust your browser settings. Please read our cookie and Privacy Policy. Our Cookies and Privacy Policy Loading Comments... You must be logged in to post a comment.
Access to NCD Medicine Needs to be Protected in Future Pandemics 22/03/2023 Kerry Cullinan During the COVID-19 pandemic, people living with cancer, heart diseases, chronic respiratory diseases, diabetes and other non-communicable diseases (NCDs) experienced difficulties in accessing their routine medicines, according to a new report released by the World Health Organization on Wednesday. While 21% of WHO member states reported stockouts of the five many medicines for people with […] Continue reading -> Over 43,000 Excess Deaths in Somalia From Drought 21/03/2023 Megha Kaveri The worsening drought in Somalia is likely to have caused 43,000 excess deaths in 2022, of which around 21,500 are children under the age of five, according to a new report released on Monday. “We are racing against time to prevent deaths and save lives that are avoidable. We have seen, deaths and diseases thrive […] Continue reading -> Tanzania Identifies Mystery Virus as Marburg 21/03/2023 Kizito Makoye BUKOBA, Tanzania – Scientists have identified the mystery disease that has killed five people in the last week in Tanzania’s north-western Kagera region as the highly contagious Marburg virus, which is a filovirus like Ebola. Health Minister Ummy Mwalimu announced this on Tuesday but said that her government has managed to control the spread of […] Continue reading -> ‘Be Transparent’, Tedros Urges China After it Removes Online Data Linking Raccoon Dogs in Wuhan to Coronavirus 17/03/2023 Kerry Cullinan New evidence indicating that raccoon dogs from the Huanan Seafood Market in Wuhan may have been infected with SARS CoV2 in January 2020 was published on a shared database by China’s Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in January – but removed recently after scientists started asking questions. This was revealed at a media briefing […] Continue reading -> First Africa Polio Cases Linked to New Vaccine Detected, While Marburg and Cyclone Freddy Threaten Health 17/03/2023 Paul Adepoju Health authorities in Burundi have declared a national public health emergency response to an outbreak of circulating poliovirus type 2. The World Health Organization’s (WHO) Africa region announced on Friday that polio had been detected in an unvaccinated four-year-old boy in Isale district in western Burundi and two other children who had been in contact […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts This site uses cookies to help give you the best experience on our website. Cookies enable us to collect information that helps us personalise your experience and improve the functionality and performance of our site. By continuing to read our website, we assume you agree to this, otherwise you can adjust your browser settings. Please read our cookie and Privacy Policy. Our Cookies and Privacy Policy Loading Comments... You must be logged in to post a comment.
Over 43,000 Excess Deaths in Somalia From Drought 21/03/2023 Megha Kaveri The worsening drought in Somalia is likely to have caused 43,000 excess deaths in 2022, of which around 21,500 are children under the age of five, according to a new report released on Monday. “We are racing against time to prevent deaths and save lives that are avoidable. We have seen, deaths and diseases thrive […] Continue reading -> Tanzania Identifies Mystery Virus as Marburg 21/03/2023 Kizito Makoye BUKOBA, Tanzania – Scientists have identified the mystery disease that has killed five people in the last week in Tanzania’s north-western Kagera region as the highly contagious Marburg virus, which is a filovirus like Ebola. Health Minister Ummy Mwalimu announced this on Tuesday but said that her government has managed to control the spread of […] Continue reading -> ‘Be Transparent’, Tedros Urges China After it Removes Online Data Linking Raccoon Dogs in Wuhan to Coronavirus 17/03/2023 Kerry Cullinan New evidence indicating that raccoon dogs from the Huanan Seafood Market in Wuhan may have been infected with SARS CoV2 in January 2020 was published on a shared database by China’s Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in January – but removed recently after scientists started asking questions. This was revealed at a media briefing […] Continue reading -> First Africa Polio Cases Linked to New Vaccine Detected, While Marburg and Cyclone Freddy Threaten Health 17/03/2023 Paul Adepoju Health authorities in Burundi have declared a national public health emergency response to an outbreak of circulating poliovirus type 2. The World Health Organization’s (WHO) Africa region announced on Friday that polio had been detected in an unvaccinated four-year-old boy in Isale district in western Burundi and two other children who had been in contact […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts This site uses cookies to help give you the best experience on our website. Cookies enable us to collect information that helps us personalise your experience and improve the functionality and performance of our site. By continuing to read our website, we assume you agree to this, otherwise you can adjust your browser settings. Please read our cookie and Privacy Policy. Our Cookies and Privacy Policy Loading Comments... You must be logged in to post a comment.
Tanzania Identifies Mystery Virus as Marburg 21/03/2023 Kizito Makoye BUKOBA, Tanzania – Scientists have identified the mystery disease that has killed five people in the last week in Tanzania’s north-western Kagera region as the highly contagious Marburg virus, which is a filovirus like Ebola. Health Minister Ummy Mwalimu announced this on Tuesday but said that her government has managed to control the spread of […] Continue reading -> ‘Be Transparent’, Tedros Urges China After it Removes Online Data Linking Raccoon Dogs in Wuhan to Coronavirus 17/03/2023 Kerry Cullinan New evidence indicating that raccoon dogs from the Huanan Seafood Market in Wuhan may have been infected with SARS CoV2 in January 2020 was published on a shared database by China’s Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in January – but removed recently after scientists started asking questions. This was revealed at a media briefing […] Continue reading -> First Africa Polio Cases Linked to New Vaccine Detected, While Marburg and Cyclone Freddy Threaten Health 17/03/2023 Paul Adepoju Health authorities in Burundi have declared a national public health emergency response to an outbreak of circulating poliovirus type 2. The World Health Organization’s (WHO) Africa region announced on Friday that polio had been detected in an unvaccinated four-year-old boy in Isale district in western Burundi and two other children who had been in contact […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts This site uses cookies to help give you the best experience on our website. Cookies enable us to collect information that helps us personalise your experience and improve the functionality and performance of our site. By continuing to read our website, we assume you agree to this, otherwise you can adjust your browser settings. Please read our cookie and Privacy Policy. Our Cookies and Privacy Policy Loading Comments... You must be logged in to post a comment.
‘Be Transparent’, Tedros Urges China After it Removes Online Data Linking Raccoon Dogs in Wuhan to Coronavirus 17/03/2023 Kerry Cullinan New evidence indicating that raccoon dogs from the Huanan Seafood Market in Wuhan may have been infected with SARS CoV2 in January 2020 was published on a shared database by China’s Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in January – but removed recently after scientists started asking questions. This was revealed at a media briefing […] Continue reading -> First Africa Polio Cases Linked to New Vaccine Detected, While Marburg and Cyclone Freddy Threaten Health 17/03/2023 Paul Adepoju Health authorities in Burundi have declared a national public health emergency response to an outbreak of circulating poliovirus type 2. The World Health Organization’s (WHO) Africa region announced on Friday that polio had been detected in an unvaccinated four-year-old boy in Isale district in western Burundi and two other children who had been in contact […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts This site uses cookies to help give you the best experience on our website. Cookies enable us to collect information that helps us personalise your experience and improve the functionality and performance of our site. By continuing to read our website, we assume you agree to this, otherwise you can adjust your browser settings. Please read our cookie and Privacy Policy. Our Cookies and Privacy Policy Loading Comments... You must be logged in to post a comment.
First Africa Polio Cases Linked to New Vaccine Detected, While Marburg and Cyclone Freddy Threaten Health 17/03/2023 Paul Adepoju Health authorities in Burundi have declared a national public health emergency response to an outbreak of circulating poliovirus type 2. The World Health Organization’s (WHO) Africa region announced on Friday that polio had been detected in an unvaccinated four-year-old boy in Isale district in western Burundi and two other children who had been in contact […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older postsNewer posts This site uses cookies to help give you the best experience on our website. Cookies enable us to collect information that helps us personalise your experience and improve the functionality and performance of our site. By continuing to read our website, we assume you agree to this, otherwise you can adjust your browser settings. Please read our cookie and Privacy Policy. Our Cookies and Privacy Policy