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Optimism that new drug could end sleeping sickness
Sleeping sickness is a notorious disease – a single bite from a tsetse fly carrying the parasite is all it takes to infect someone....
Kruger floods spark Limpopo malaria fears
Communities ravaged by the recent floods throughout Limpopo are facing another problem, with a noticeable increase in mosquitoes raising fears about getting sick, write Israel Nkuna...
Malaria tools saved 1m lives last year, but drug resistance rises – WHO
Wider use of new tools against malaria, including dual-ingredient nets and WHO-recommended vaccines, helped to prevent an estimated 170m cases and 1m deaths in...
WHO declares Ebola outbreak in Congo over
An Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo is now over, DRC health officials and the World Health Organisation said this week, after...
Optimism after promise of two new malaria treatments
Researchers have reported two promising new approaches to counteract malaria’s growing resistance to medication – one involving a new class of drugs, reports Medpage...
African babies take a lesson from US soldiers in malaria war
For years, the US military has treated uniforms with insecticide to repel mosquitoes and the malaria they can transmit – and American infectious disease...
Free State Health confirms malaria death and cases
A Free State man has died and two other people are receiving treatment after three laboratory-confirmed malaria cases were identified in a single household...
Rwanda’s rapid response to Marburg outbreak lauded
A comprehensive response to a September 2024 Marburg virus disease (MVD) outbreak in two Rwandan hospitals may not only have reduced mortality rates, but...
Ebola vaccination campaign kicks off in southern DRC
Vaccination for people exposed to the Ebola virus and frontline health workers has begun in southern Kasai province, in the Democratic Republic of Congo,...
Wits team joins global mosquito observatory in malaria fight
In a collaborative drive, Wits University researchers have partnered in the continent’s first interconnected mosquito observatory network, VectorGrid-Africa, which has also launched in Tanzania,...
Rwanda rethinks malaria jabs amid surge in cases
Rwanda is confronting an unexpected resurgence in malaria infections and signs of treatment resistance that have forced alarmed officials to revisit vaccine intervention the...
China imposes quarantine as chikungunya infections climb
Chinese officials have imposed Covid-like quarantines in parts of the country as cases of chikungunya virus continue to surge, reports Daily Mail.
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Disease carried by African snails hits Europe
The potentially deadly disease schistosomiasis (commonly known as bilharzia), and carried by African snails, is spreading into Europe, scientists have warned.
A neglected tropical disease,...
Malawi launches first pill for sleeping sickness
Patients in Malawi will now be able to swallow a pill instead of enduring toxic IV drugs to survive a fast-moving and deadly disease,...
GP’s eyesight saved by game-changing test
A baffling eye infection that had plagued a British doctor for five years was finally identified after a breakthrough test identified it and helped...
Vital leprosy drugs arrive in Nigeria after year-long delay
After waiting for more than a year, Nigerians with leprosy will finally be able to obtain critical drugs to treat the disease, which were...
Africa makes inroads in stamping out neglected, tropical diseases
African countries have been making steady progress in eliminating tropical diseases, with Togo leading the way in wiping out four such neglected diseases, notes...