Marburg outbreak in Rwanda declared over
On Dec. 20, 2024, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced that the outbreak of Marburg Virus Disease was…
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Global diarrheal deaths drop, but children and elderly remain most at risk
On Dec. 18, 2024, the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation reported that diarrhoeal diseases claim more than…
Reinvigorated global efforts needed to curb rising malaria threat
On Dec. 11, 2024, the World Health Organization (WHO) reported new data has revealed that an estimated 2.2…
Africa CDC Deploy Experts to Investigate unknown Disease X outbreak in Democratic Republic of Congo
On Dec. 9, 2024, the Africa Centers for Disease Control (CDC) announced that it is working closely with…
WHO announced first prequalification of a tuberculosis diagnostic test
On Dec. 5, 2024, the World Health Organization (WHO) has granted prequalification to the molecular diagnostic test for…
Health officials investigate mystery disease in southwest Congo after 143 deaths
On Dec. 3, 2024, Congolese officials reported that a flu-like disease that has killed dozens of people over…
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UNAIDS report Fewest new HIV cases since late 1980s
On Nov. 26, 2024, the the United Nations reported that fewer people contracted HIV last year than at…
WHO reported Spike in cholera outbreak Deaths
On Nov. 21, 2024, the World Health Organization (WHO) reported that From January 1 to October 27, 2024,…
Vaccine doses allocated to African countries hardest hit by mpox surge
On Nov. 9, 2024, the World Health Organization announced that three additional countries had confirmed travel-related cases of…
Vaccine doses allocated to African countries hardest hit by mpox surge
On Nov. 6, 2024, the World Health Organization announced that the Access and Allocation Mechanism (AAM) for mpox…
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WHO study lists top endemic pathogens for which new vaccines are urgently needed
On Nov. 5, 2024, a World Health Organization (WHO) study published in eBioMedicine named 17 pathogens that regularly…
Marburg virus outbreak in Rwanda traced to Bats
On Nov. 1, 2024, the World Health Organization reported that as of October 31, 66 confirmed cases, including…
Source of Marburg virus outbreak in Rwanda remains unknown
On Oct. 25, 2024, the World Health Organization reported that as of October 24, a total of 64…
Egypt certified malaria-free by WHO
On Oct. 20, 2024, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced it had certified Egypt as malaria-free, marking a…
WHO reported Spike in outbreak of cholera
On Oct. 18, 2024, the World Health Organization (WHO) reported that from January 1 to September 29, 2024,…
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WHO reported Increase in Rwanda Marburg virus disease incidence
On Oct. 11, 2024, the World Health Organization (WHO) reported that a total of 58 cases of Marburg…
WHO report elevates role of vaccines in addressing antimicrobial resistance
On Oct. 10, 2024, a report by the World Health Organization (WHO) found that vaccines against 24 pathogens…
Oxford Researchers Received Funding to create world’s first ovarian cancer prevention vaccine
On Oct. 4, 2024, researchers from Oxford university announced they had been awarded funding from Cancer Research UK…
WHO added an HPV vaccine for single-dose use
On Oct. 4, 2024, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced that a fourth WHO-prequalified human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine…
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WHO launches global strategic plan to fight rising dengue and other Aedes-borne arboviral diseases
On Oct. 3, 2024,the World Health Organization (WHO) launched the Global Strategic Preparedness, Readiness and Response Plan (SPRP)…
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MERS coronavirus case reported in Saudi Arabia
On Oct. 2, 2024, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced it had been notified of one human case…
Rwanda reports first-ever Marburg virus disease outbreak, with 26 cases confirmed
On Sept. 28, 2024, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced that Rwandan health authorities were intensifying outbreak control…
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WHO verified Jordan as first country to eliminate leprosy
On Sept. 19, 2024, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced that Jordan had become the first country in…
WHO Data show marked increase in annual cholera deaths
On Sep. 4, 2024, the World Health Organization (WHO) published global cholera statistics for 2023, that showed an…
Avian Influenza A(H5N1) outbreak reported in Cambodia
On Sep. 2, 2024, the World Health Organization (WHO) confirmed that a laboratory-confirmed case of human infection with…
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UN to vaccinate Gaza’s children against polio during pauses in fighting
On Aug. 30, 2024, the United Nations (UN) announced that polio vaccination will begin for some 640,000 children…
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Global strategic preparedness and response plan launched by WHO to contain mpox outbreak
On Aug. 26, 2024, the World Health Organization (WHO) launched a global Strategic Preparedness and Response Plan to…
India reported Acute encephalitis syndrome due to Chandipura virus outbreak
On Aug. 23, 2024, the World Health Organization announced that between early June and 15 August 2024, the…
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Outbreak of Oropouche virus disease reported in South America
On Aug. 23, 2024, the World Health Organization (WHO) reported an outbreak of Oropouche virus (OROV) in the…
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WHO declared mpox outbreak a public health emergency of international concern
On Aug. 14, 2024, The World Health Organization declared that the upsurge of mpox in the Democratic Republic…