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  • FILE: A health worker prepares a vaccination at a health centre in Conakry during the first clinical trials of the VSV-EBOV vaccine against the Ebola virus. Picture: AFP

    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.

    1479 days ago
  • Image: Kruscha on Pixabay

    [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.

    1487 days ago
  • FILE: A health worker prepares a vaccination at a health centre in Conakry during the first clinical trials of the VSV-EBOV vaccine against the Ebola virus. Picture: AFP

    Death toll from Ebola DRC outbreak climbs to 26

    The uncertified anti-Ebola vaccine is being administered in northwest DRC.

    1498 days ago
  • A healthcare worker in the Democratic Republic of Congo at a Ebola treatment facility. Picture: @WHOAFRO/Twitter.

    Congo health ministry confirms 11 new cases of Ebola

    The WHO believes the virus has already infected 44 people and killed 15.

    1501 days ago
  • Health workers  who facilitate Ebola vaccinations. Picture: WHO

    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.

    1501 days ago
  • Health workers who facilitate Ebola vaccinations. Picture: WHO.

    First batch of Ebola vaccines arrives in Congo to combat outbreak

    Only two cases of the virus have been confirmed by lab tests.

    1503 days ago
  • A healthcare worker in the Democratic Republic of Congo at a Ebola treatment facility. Picture: @WHOAFRO/Twitter.

    WHO gets approval to use Ebola vaccine in DRC

    The DRC has reported 39 suspected, probable or confirmed cases of Ebola between 4 April and 13 May, including 19 deaths.

    1505 days ago
  • FILE: A health worker prepares a vaccination at a health center in Conakry during the first clinical trials of the VSV-EBOV vaccine against the Ebola virus. Picture: AFP

    WHO has 4,000 Ebola vaccines ready for Congo deployment

    The World Health Organisation has obtained 4,000 doses of Ebola vaccine and is preparing for deployment in the Democratic Republic of Congo, its Africa director said on Sunday.

    1505 days ago
  • Picture: sxc.hu

    Eat less saturated, trans fats to curb heart disease - WHO

    Saturated fat is found in foods from animal sources such as butter, cow’s milk, meat, salmon and egg yolks, and in some plant-derived products such as chocolate, cocoa butter, coconut, palm and palm kernel oils.

    1512 days ago
  • FILE: A view of the listeria bacteria. Picture: National Institute for Communicable Diseases.

    WHO says Australia exported listeria-tainted melons to 9 countries

    Between 17 January and 6 April, Australia reported 19 confirmed and one probable case of listeriosis, all of whom were hospitalised. Seven died.

    1539 days ago
  • World Health Organisation. Picture: UN Photo

    WHO says Australia exported listeria-tainted melons to 9 countries

    Between 17 January and 6 April, Australia reported 19 confirmed and one probable case of listeriosis, all of whom were hospitalised. Seven died.

    1540 days ago
  • Yellow fever vaccination in Angola. Picture: WHO

    Drug shortages cripple Angola's health service

    Hours from the nearest town in Cunene province, the clinic has no first-line tuberculosis drugs, no antiretrovirals for HIV, no general antibiotics and just three anti-malarial pills.

    1554 days ago
  • FILE: A feeding female 'Anopheles sinensis' mosquito on a human hand. Picture: CDC/James Gathany.

    WHO fears complacency as progress against malaria stalls

    Malaria infected around 216 million people in 91 countries in 2016, an increase of 5 million cases over the previous year, the WHO said in its annual World Malaria Report.

    1671 days ago
  • FILE: Blood glucose monitor and flex pen for injecting insulin. Picture: freeimages.com.

    Diabetes projected to be 7th leading cause of death in 2030

    Experts say people need to live heather lives, this includes eating well and getting enough exercise.

    1674 days ago
  • FILE: Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe. Picture: GCIS.

    Mugabe would have rejected WHO role, says spokesman after its U-turn

    His spokesman said Zimbabwe’s sole leader since independence from Britain in 1980 had only heard about the appointment via the media.

    1707 days ago
  • FILE: Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe. Picture: AFP

    Zim govt respects WHO decision to remove Mugabe as goodwill ambassador

    Robert Mugabe was to be an ambassador against non-communicable diseases in Africa, but critics pointed to the poor state of his own country's public health system.

    1708 days ago
  • Picture: Wikimedia Commons.

    WHO: Plague kills 94 in Madagascar

    The outbreak already looks big when compared with the 3,248 cases and 584 deaths reported worldwide from 2010 to 2015.

    1711 days ago
  • Picture: pixabay.com

    WHO: Global child and teen obesity soars tenfold in 40 years

    Clear food labels on salt, sugar and fat content are needed to help consumers make “healthy choices”, a study said.

    1720 days ago
  • FILE: People have coffee in Antananarivo in Madagascar's. Picture: AFP.

    Plague outbreak in Madagascar kills 20 – WHO

    Humans bitten by an infected flea usually develop a bubonic form of plague, which swells lymph nodes and can be treated with antibiotics.

    1732 days ago
  • Picture: UN Photo

    WHO says plague outbreak in Madagascar kills 20

    WHO spokesman Tarik Jasarevic told reporters that areas affected included the capital Antananarivo and the port cities of Mahajenga and Toamasina.

    1732 days ago
  • Picture: pixabay.com

    WHO: The world needs new antibiotics

    The World Health Organisation has confirmed in a report that there’s a lack of new antibiotics under development.

    1736 days ago
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