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SCIENTISTS: Bananas Could Go “Extinct” Due to Fungus Outbreak

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Scientists warn that the most popular type of banana could be on the brink of extinction due to a disease outbreak that’s ravaging the common food staple. “Nobody is even close to solving the problem,”...

Africa: 89 chikungunya cases reported in Pouytenga, Burkina Faso

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 The Health Emergency Response Operations Center (CORUS) informs that 89 cases of chikungunya have been confirmed in Pouytenga in the Center-East region of Burkina Faso by the national...

DRC: Haut-Katanga province reports 13 human rabies deaths in past year

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 During a joint press conference last week, Haut-Katanga province, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) Health minister, Dr. Joseph Nsambi and Minister of Agriculture, Aerts Kayumba...

Monkeypox outbreak in DRC

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 The National Monkeypox Coordination has reported over 6,900 cases of Monkeypox disease, including 328 deaths, since the beginning of the year in the Democratic Republic of the Congo...

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DR Congo: More than 10,000 cases of tuberculosis have been recorded in the province of South Kivu during 2022

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 The coordinating doctor of the Leprosy and tuberculosis program in South Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Dr Freddy Birembano reports that in 2022, more than 10,000 cases...

The infectious disease situation in Ethiopia

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By: Chinonso Nwosu Ethiopia, officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, is the second most populous country in Africa after Nigeria, and it houses 116.5 million people, making it the 13th...

Democratic Republic of the Congo: Cholera epidemic declared in Kamanyola village, South Kivu province

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 Medical director of Saint Joseph Hospital in Kamanyola village in the Nyangezi health zone in Walungu territory in South Kivu province, Masiya Charles, said a cholera epidemic has...

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DR Congo: Kasai-Oriental province measles tally tops 1,000 in 2023

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 The head of the Provincial Health Division (DPS) in Kasaï-Oriental, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) said the number of measles cases has increased significantly even in health...

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Democratic Republic of Congo: Cholera epidemic declared in Shabunda, South Kivu province

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 A cholera epidemic is declared in the health zone of Shabunda in the province of South Kivu in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo. The territorial authority asks its citizens...

Diphtheria in Africa: Outbreak in Guinea

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 Diphtheria is a serious bacterial infection, which the causative agent is Corynebacterium diphtheriae, that usually affects the mucous membranes of the nose and throat and sometimes...