Health alerts
The latest health news and alerts from around the world
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Rift Valley Fever outbreak in Mauritania
29 November 2012
An outbreak of Rift Valley Fever (RVF) has been declared by the Ministry of Health in Mauritania. A total of 34 cases have been reported, including 17 deaths. Cases have been reported in Assaba, Brakna, Hodh Chargui, Hodh Gharbi, Tagant and Trarza. …
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23 November 2012
The number of people affected by the current yellow fever outbreak in Sudan is continuing to rise. Latest figures, released on Tuesday 20th November 2012, show that 518 cases of yellow fever have now been reported including 134 deaths across the vas…
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New outbreak of Ebola in Uganda
23 November 2012
A new outbreak of Ebola haemorrhagic fever has been reported in Uganda by the Ugandan Ministry of Health. The outbreak is centred on Luweero district in central Uganda. Luweero district is 60kms (37 miles) north of Kampala. Four cases have been repo…
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Yellow fever outbreak in Sudan
08 November 2012
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has been notified of a yellow fever outbreak in 17 localities in Central, South (Janub), West (Gharb) and North (Shamal) Darfur in Sudan. Up until 5th November 2012, 194 suspected cases have been reported which in…
