Outbreaks

Articles related to disease outbreaks.

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A polio vaccination session takes place in Mozambique. Credit: WHO AFRO

Wild polio returns to Africa: How the GPEI is helping stop an outbreak from becoming an inferno

17 Oct 2022

12 min read

Health workers don full personal protective equipment in Guinea during the 2014-16 West Africa Ebola outbreak. Credit: Sean Hawkey

What do we know about the outbreak of Ebola in Uganda so far?

3 Oct 2022

7 min read

Explainer Ebola Outbreaks

Researchers have fitted geolocation collars to fruit bats to learn more about their migration patterns. Credit: World Organisation for Animal Health

Ebola Games: Empowering communities to spot signs of impending outbreaks

27 Sep 2022

8 min read

Disease Detectives Ebola Outbreaks

Pakistan floods: Six ways in which flooding affects health

22 Sep 2022

5 min read

Climate change Outbreaks

Routine immunisation has resulted in diseases like measles being drastically reduced. Laszlo Mates/shutterstock

COVID pandemic created immunisation gaps in Africa. Over half a million children are at risk

21 Sep 2022

5 min read

Cross-posts Routine immunisation Outbreaks COVID-19

Communities affected by the floods in Pakistan are now vulnerable to various diseases. Copyright: Research and Development Foundation.

Flood-hit Pakistan faces spread of infectious diseases

12 Sep 2022

4 min read

Cross-posts Climate change Conflict & humanitarian Outbreaks

The cause of ‘tomato flu’: the coxsackievirus. CDC/ Dr. Erskine Palmer

‘Tomato flu’ outbreak in India – here’s what it really is

1 Sep 2022

4 min read

Cross-posts Outbreaks Pandemic preparedness COVID-19

Bats at the Kitaka mine in Uganda. The Marburg virus is transmitted to people from fruit bats and spreads among humans through direct contact with the bodily fluids of infected people, surfaces, and material. Copyright: WHO /Christopher Black

Africa braces against Marburg virus after Ghana cases

31 Aug 2022

6 min read

Cross-posts Outbreaks Marburg

School Children of Nabaratna School, Madhyapur Thimi-4, Bhaktapur, Nepal. Credit: Chhatra Karki

Nepal braces for a fourth wave

29 Aug 2022

4 min read

COVID-19 Outbreaks Vaccine campaigns

Over half of infectious diseases made worse by climate change

23 Aug 2022

3 min read

Climate change Outbreaks Data

A woman receives a cholera vaccine. Credit: Josephine Chinele

Cholera vaccine slows down prolonged outbreak in Malawi

17 Aug 2022

4 min read

Cholera Outbreaks Vaccine campaigns

The race to understand long-COVID in children

11 Aug 2022

6 min read

COVID-19 Explainer Outbreaks

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