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WHO to meet on Congo's Ebola outbreak as toll soars
Congo’s health ministry said on Monday that in the past week alone 33 people were confirmed with Ebola virus and 24 of them died.
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Ebola response tightens in eastern DRC as 7 new cases confirmed: health ministry
Ebola has spread to Beni, a city of several hundred thousand people where scores of people have been confirmed infected.
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Zimbabwe launches cholera vaccination drive after 49 deaths: WHO
The cholera outbreak, first detected outside Harare on September 5, prompted the health ministry to declare an emergency in the capital.
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WHO: Congo Ebola outbreak could worsen rapidly
At least 100 people have died in the outbreak, out of 150 cases in North Kivu and Ituri provinces.
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Zim govt declares cholera outbreak an emergency, police ban public gatherings
The ban was announced a day after the government declared the disease an emergency.
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Cancer deaths rise to 9.6 million as populations grow and age
The World Health Organisation's International Agency for Research on Cancer said the global cancer burden would rise to an estimated 18.1 million new cases this year.
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China's small farmers pose huge challenge in swine fever battle
In any case, the disease was only present in the south, added Wang. In fact, the first outbreak was reported in Shenyang, also in the northeast.
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Ebola control measures seem to be working in Congo, WHO says
The outbreak has so far killed 77 people in Congo’s North Kivu and Ituri provinces among 116 cases. Fifteen of the cases were health workers.
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WHO says woman's Ebola death in hospital was 'trigger event'
WHO’s emergency response chief Peter Salama said seven of the woman’s immediate family later also died from Ebola-like symptoms, and potential cases were now being traced in 10 localities.
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Congo Ebola outbreak poses high regional risk, says WHO
Another 20 people died from unidentified haemorrhagic fevers in the area, mostly in the second half of July.
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WHO warns there may be no vaccine option for new Ebola outbreak
International experts set up a laboratory on Thursday in the city of Beni, 30 km from where the outbreak was declared.
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Gaming disorder could soon be treated in public health sector
WHO will be notifying governments that they'll be expected to add gaming disorder to their public health systems.
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More funding needed to fight TB in SA and globally, specialist says
According the World Health Organisation, TB is one of the top 10 causes of death worldwide.
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WHO head: Too early to declare victory in DRC Ebola outbreak
WHO chief Tedros Ghebreyesus tells journalists in Kinshasa there are encouraging signs the Ebola outbreak many be brought under control.
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Kenyan official says 5 dead in reemergence of Rift Valley Fever
The highly contagious disease is transmitted to humans by mosquitoes or close contact with contaminated animals’ blood or organs, according to WHO.
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WHO chief says Ebola outbreak in Congo is stabilising
The fight against a deadly Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo is giving a reason for cautious optimism, World Health Organisation chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Friday.
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[ANALYSIS] How South Africa is tightening its tobacco rules
South Africa's proposed new tobacco laws will tighten the grip on how cigarettes and other tobacco products are sold, marketed and regulated in the country.
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Death toll from Ebola DRC outbreak climbs to 26
The uncertified anti-Ebola vaccine is being administered in northwest DRC.
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Congo health ministry confirms 11 new cases of Ebola
The WHO believes the virus has already infected 44 people and killed 15.
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WHO says Congo faces 'very high' risk from Ebola outbreak
The WHO statement said there had been 21 suspected, 20 probable and 3 confirmed cases of Ebola between April 4 and May 15, a total of 44 cases, including 15 deaths.
