Health

The Ministry of Health has declared a cholera outbreak today in Renk, Upper Nile State. This declaration comes after reports of 44 suspected cholera cases, and six laboratory-confirmed cases on 23 October 2024 in Renk, Upper Nile State. As of 27 October 2024,...

The violent conflict in northern Mali, coupled with environmental factors and inadequate healthcare infrastructure, has led to a severe public health emergency in Algeria's southern regions. The mass displacement of thousands of civilians into Algeria has...

As of 10 October 2024, a total of 58 cases of Marburg virus disease (MVD), including 13 deaths (case fatality ratio (CFR): 22%), have been reported in Rwanda. Fifteen recoveries have been reported among the confirmed cases as of 10 October 2024. Contact...

Kenya is currently facing a public health challenge due to an outbreak of circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus type 2 (cVDPV2) with three (3) cases confirmed so far in 2024. All are confirmed in a very volatile context with high risk of transmission and low...

In Panama, the increase in the number of dengue cases has been a cause for concern among health authorities, and is considered a significant threat to public health. The Ministry of Health, through resolution N. 1580 of July 25, 2024, declared a Dengue Health...

The Republic of Burundi is facing its first Mpox outbreak, characterized by a rapid escalation and several challenges that have strained the country’s response capacity. The situation is further complicated by the continuous cross-border risks from endemic...

On 6 November 2023, the health authorities in Cape Verde reported a case of dengue fever in the island of Santiago. As of 23 June 2024, some 1,205 cases were reported according to CDC Africa (562 confirmed and 643 suspected) in 9 Cape Verde islands. The...

This year, due to the escalating number of reported cases, the Secretariat of Health (SESAL) issued an epidemiological alert in February. By March, the incidence of cases had escalated to epidemic proportions. Despite extending the scope of the alert in May,...

The military-controlled Ministry of Health has confirmed the presence of cholera in Yangon in an official statement. As of 17 July, there are 77 confirmed cases of hospitalisation. According to other reports, cholera cases have also been identified in...

Dengue continues to be the arbovirus with the highest number of reported cases in the Americas region, with outbreaks occurring on a cyclical basis every 3 to 5 years. During the year 2024 between epidemiological weeks (SE, for its acronym in Spanish) 1 and...

In the week of May 3rd, 2024, Angolan health authorities announced that polio had been detected in Chitato Municipality, Lunda Norte province, which borders the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). A person infected with 'circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus...

The outbreak of measles in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) began at the beginning of 2024. Initially, in January and February 2024, the highest number of cases were recorded in Bijeljina, Banja Luka, and the Tuzla Canton, specifically in the cities of Tuzla and...

Since mid-March 2024, Yemen has seen a dramatic surge in AWD cases, with 29 536 suspected cases reported by 25 April 2024. With heavy seasonal rains affecting already fragile water and sanitation systems, each day currently brings 500 to 1000 new cases,...

The accumulation of water from the rains and the high temperatures creates a breeding ground for diseases like dengue fever. In fact, the rise of dengue among the population led the Ministry of Health to declare a Health Emergency on 28 February in 20 regions...

Following confirmed tests, the Comoros Ministry of Health declared a cholera epidemic on Friday, February 2, 2024, at 8 p.m. local time. A Cholera Treatment Center (CTC) has been activated in Samba to treat cholera cases (hospital on the outskirts of Moroni)...

From week 46 of 2023 to week 7 of 2024, Burkina Faso reported a total of 2089 suspected cases of measles, resulting in seven (7) deaths. In 2023, there were a cumulative total of 2190 measles cases with five deaths. However, the situation in 2024 far...

Anthrax outbreak was confirmed on 29th November 2023 in Kabira, Kasasa and Lwankoni sub-counties in Kyotera district. According to the district surveillance team, Kyotera district anthrax possibly started in June 2023 on a farm in Kkyamayembe Sub-County...

Zimbabwe detected seventeen (17) circulating vaccine derived polio virus type 2 (cVDPV2) from environmental samples in Harare since October 2023. The samples were from four polio environmental surveillance sites in Harare. Polio outbreak was declared a public...

A cholera outbreak which was first reported in October 2023 has seen a dramatic increase in transmission since mid-December. The country has now recorded a cumulative 8,276 cases and 333 deaths, with 446 new cases and 23 deaths in the past 24 hours according...

In Mali, since the beginning of 2024, as of 25 February 1,349 suspected cases of dengue reported, including 229 confirmed cases and no deaths. A total of 20 health districts out of 75 are affected across six (6) health regions. The District of Bamako remains...