Infectious Diseases

Pakistani officials say outbreak of dengue fever kills 20

The mosquito-borne viral infection, that is found in tropical countries worldwide, kills dozens of people every year in Pakistan.

UN says Tanzania not sharing details on Ebola-like cases

The United Nations health agency says it was made aware of the death of a patient suspected to have Ebola as well as of an Ebola test that had come back positive.

Pakistan’s biggest city Karachi grapples with stray dog problem

At least 14,000 people have been bitten by stray dogs in the last eight months, while the municipality struggles to address both public anger and pro-dog advocacy of animal rights groups.

Global measles cases three times higher than last year - WHO

Globally, nearly three times as many measles cases were reported from January to July this year than in the same period in 2018, the WHO said.

First two Ebola cases confirmed in Congo's South Kivu - officials

The eastern DR Congo province of South Kivu has recorded its first confirmed cases of Ebola in the country's year-old epidemic, one of which was a fatality, said the provincial government.

Two Ebola drugs found to increase survival rates

More than 1,800 people have died in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo since Ebola broke out there in August last year.

Rwanda says its border with DRC remains open

Rwanda's health minister came out with a clarification after the country's foreign affairs state minister had said that the border with DRC was shut over increased fears that the Ebolo virus could spread across the border.

Third Ebola case detected in DRC's Goma: medical source

"I have been informed of another confirmed Ebola case at the Goma Ebola treatment centre," said Aruna Abedi, the chief Ebola coordinator in North Kivu, the worst-hit province since the outbreak began on August 1 last year.

African Union’s lost opportunity in DRC Ebola crisis

In any country in the world, the resignation of the health minister days after the declaration of an international health emergency should not only be worrying but alarming.

Ebola death toll exceeds 1,600 mark in DRC

Democratic Republic of Congo recorded 2,382 cases of Ebola, of which 1,606 were fatal, the Health Ministry says.

Politics and mistrust of foreigners slows fight against Ebola

People in parts of the Democratic Republic of the Congo have linked the response to the Ebola outbreak with political disenfranchisement making it harder for foreign organisations to contain the outbreak.

Ebola death toll crosses 1,500 mark in DRC

Of 2,239 recorded cases, 1,506 people have died in a nearly 10-month-old outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo, the health ministry says.