Around 85% of São Tomé and Príncipe’s population consumes alcohol
The data was presented during the handover of the new WHO strategy to ensure universal health coverage in São Tomé and Príncipe. About “85 per […]
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Niger kick-starts campaign to curb meningitis after over 100 reported dead
Niger’s authorities with the help of the World Health Organization (WHO) have launched a vaccination campaign against meningitis after the disease killed so far this […]
Covid-19: Angola will continue to promote vaccination for disease control
In a press conference, the Secretary of State for Public Health, Carlos Alberto Pinto, said that Angola welcomes the WHO declaration, “which means a victory […]
Mozambique: Explosion of cholera cases after Cyclone Freddy
Cholera cases in Mozambique have increased tenfold since February, with more than 28,000 people infected in the southern African country still reeling from the passage […]
Equatorial Guinea: 10 deaths from the Marburg virus according to a new report
The new provisional toll of the Marburg virus disease epidemic that has been raging for more than two months in Equatorial Guinea stands at 10 […]
Mozambique will vaccinate hundreds of thousands of people against cholera
The Mozambican government and the World Health Organization (WHO) started, end of last week, the deployment of rehydration and cholera vaccination posts in the districts […]
Marburg virus kills five people in Tanzania
A mysterious disease that killed five people in Tanzania has been identified as coming from the Marburg virus, a cousin of Ebola that also causes […]
Drought in Somalia could cause 135 deaths a day, says UN
The record drought in the Horn of Africa could lead to 135 deaths per day in Somalia between January and June, the Somali Ministry of […]
Cholera outbreak in Mozambique killed a total of 37 people
“The victims are among the 5,260 cases registered by Mozambican authorities at a time when the country is going through a period marked by illness […]
Marburg hemorrhagic fever outbreak kills in Equatorial Guinea
Nine people have died of Marburg virus disease, a hemorrhagic fever nearly as deadly as Ebola, in eastern Equatorial Guinea, a small central African country […]