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1,800 dead as malaria ‘epidemic’ rages in Burundi: UN
Malaria has killed more than 1,800 people in Burundi this year, the UN’s humanitarian agency says, a death toll rivalling a deadly Ebola outbreak...
Uganda: Ebola Scare As Hundreds Cross Congolese-Ugandan Border
There is a high risk of Ebola outbreak in Uganda as hundreds of citizens crossed the Congolese-Ugandan border last July to engage in economic...
Ebola combat: DRC police, soldiers to enforce hand-washing, fever checks
Congolese soldiers and police will enforce hand-washing and fever checks now that the deadly Ebola outbreak has been declared an international health emergency, authorities...
Ebola outbreak in Congo declared a global health emergency
The second-deadliest outbreak of Ebola virus in history has become an international public health emergency, the World Health Organization said Wednesday, a declaration that...
20 million children miss out on lifesaving measles, diphtheria and tetanus vaccines in 2018
20 million children worldwide – more than 1 in 10 – missed out on lifesaving vaccines such as measles, diphtheria and tetanus in 2018,...
