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Yellow fever outbreaks in Africa need action, mass vaccination
The disease has already spread to Kenya & China, and there's an unrelated outbreak in Uganda.
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WHO: 'Unhealthy' environments cause 12.6 million deaths a year
Low & middle-income countries bear the greatest environmental burden in all types of diseases & injuries.
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Private healthcare costs in SA raise concerns
Research found that South Africans are paying high costs to access quality health care.
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Concerns Zika virus could spread
The WHO says the new revelation that the Zika virus can be sexually transmitted must be closely monitored.
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First US Zika virus transmission reported
The virus is spreading rapidly in the Americas, and WHO expressed concern that it could hit Africa and Asia.
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Zika virus tied to birth defects
WHO said coordinated international action was needed to improve detection and expedite work on a vaccine.
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WHO: Mobile clinics, medical teams needed in Madaya
An aid convoy on Monday brought the first food and medical supplies for months to the town.
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WHO records highest-ever number of new HIV cases in Europe
WHO says over 142,000 people in its European Region were diagnosed with HIV last year alone.
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About 15 million babies are born prematurely each year
World Prematurity Day is aimed at creating awareness around preterm birth, its causes & ways to avoid it.
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'Misunderstanding of antibiotics fuels superbug threat'
A WHO official says the rise of antibiotic resistance is a global health crisis.
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Bacon fans embrace the hog on cancer report
So far public reaction on social media has been a clear vote in favor of all things sausage and bacon.
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The link between red meat & cancer
The link between red meat & cancer
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The WHO's cancer-causing meat report slammed
The WHO has published a report that says certain meats increases the chance of developing Colorectal Cancer.
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Dental device promises pain-free tooth repair
New technology by British scientists could dramatically reduce the need for unpleasant dental drilling.
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ANALYSIS: Does SA rank 8th in the world by suicide rate?
Africa Check takes a closer look at data stating an average of 23 South Africans commit suicide each day.
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ANALYSIS: Is SA the 'fattest nation' in sub-Saharan Africa?
Africa Check looks at reports which claim that one in three South Africans is obese.
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Hospital at centre of South Korea's MERS suspends services
MERS is caused by a coronavirus from the same family as the one that caused SARS.
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Food safety under the spotlight on World Health Day
The World Health Organisation has found an estimated 200 diseases are caused by unsafe food.
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Liberia discharges last known Ebola patient
Liberia’s capital Monrovia was once at the heart of an epidemic that killed nearly 10,000 people.
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WHO: Pack earplugs and lose the vuvuzela
WHO says Vuvuzelas can have a sound intensity level of 120 dB - unsafe for more than 9 seconds a day.
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Ebola batters economies of hardest hit countries
The World Bank said growth estimates for the three countries hardest hit by Ebola had tumbled since October.
