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UNITED KINGDOM – The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) has declared a national incident after finding evidence suggesting local spread of poliovirus in London. Although health authorities indicated that the…
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EQUATORIAL GUINEA – The World Health Organization (WHO) has validated Equatorial Guinea for having eliminated one form of Human African trypanosomiasis (HAT), otherwise known as sleeping sickness, as a public…
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KENYA – Kenya’s Ministry of Health has partnered with County governments, private and public sector stakeholders and Sickle Cell warriors to advocate for early Sickle cell disease (SCD) screening, diagnosis…
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SOUTH AFRICA – The South African Health Products Regulatory Authority (SAHPRA) has approved new antiretroviral (ARV) treatments specifically designed for infants and young children with HIV (human immunodeficiency virus) which…
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NAMIBIA – Namibia’s Ministry of Health and Social Services has received over 6.9 million condoms and 2.6 million lubricants from the United to address supply shortages as condoms continue to…
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AFRICA – African countries to receive advanced technology that will document and share the diagnosis of babies with sickle cell disease (SCD) through partnership between Novartis and the American Society…
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SWITZERLAND – Mysterious case of acute hepatitis in kids has infected about 700 children in 34 countries and claimed 10 lives, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). The cause…
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TANZANIA – AMREF Health Africa in Tanzania has kicked off a US$50M health intervention dubbed Afya Kamilifu Project in Mara region in partnership with the US President’s Emergency Plan for…
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KENYA – Kenya’s Ministry of Health is in discussions with health stakeholders to commence local production for treatment of multiple sclerosis (MS) in a bid boost access to drugs that…
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USA – The CDC has announced that one monkeypox patient in the US so far has been treated with SIGA Technologies’ tecovirimat, known commercially as TPOXX, which is an antiviral…
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