Outbreaks

Articles related to disease outbreaks.

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The encephalitis ward at BRD Hospital. Credit: Aayushi Shukla.

Gorakhpur’s fight against encephalitis

5 Aug 2022

4 min read

Kenya's Health Ministry Principal Secretary, Susan Mochache, receives a COVID-19 booster jab at Nairobi's Kibra level 3 Hospital. Credit: Mike Mwaniki.

Surge in cases prompts vaccine drive and return to mask-wearing in Kenya

5 Aug 2022

4 min read

COVID-19 Vaccine campaigns Outbreaks

A health worker administering polio drops to a child during nationwide door to door campaign in UC Jalala in Texila, Pakistan. Gavi/2020/Asad Zaidi

What is vaccine-derived polio?

28 Jul 2022

4 min read

Polio Outbreaks Routine immunisation

Recovering TB patient Peter Wueh. Credit: Godfreeman Kaptigau

Papua New Guinea's fight against TB

1 Jul 2022

4 min read

Tuberculosis Routine immunisation Outbreaks

Polio, is an infectious disease caused by the poliovirus, 3D illustration.

UK polio outbreak: What you need to know

29 Jun 2022

3 min read

Polio Outbreaks

Doctor, staff and patients at THQ Gujjar Khan's TB Unit

Pakistan’s drive to end tuberculosis

24 May 2022

4 min read

Tuberculosis Pandemic preparedness Outbreaks

Cutaneous anthrax, the most common form of anthrax. 3D illustration.

Five things you need to know about anthrax

20 May 2022

4 min read

Outbreaks Pandemic preparedness

Mpox virus blood sample. Credit: yalcinsonat

Five things you need to know about mpox

17 May 2022

4 min read

Mpox Outbreaks Pandemic preparedness Vaccine development Videos

A cattle colony in Karachi. Photo credit: Saadeqa Khan

Lumpy skin disease is spreading fast in Pakistan

17 May 2022

4 min read

Outbreaks Pandemic preparedness

Cloudy with a chance of meningitis: Using the weather to predict outbreaks in Africa

10 May 2022

6 min read

Disease Detectives Meningitis Outbreaks Spotlight on meningitis

A cross-section of health workers who have been trained to detect and reported suspected cases of yellow fever.

Kenya rolls out yellow fever vaccine to fight first outbreak in a decade

9 May 2022

3 min read

Outbreaks Yellow fever Vaccine campaigns Spotlight on stockpiles

MR vaccine photographed in (DHQ) district headquarter hospital in Mithi in Tharparkar District. Sindh province, Pakistan. Photographer: Asad Zaidi

Amid pandemic chaos, measles – the “canary in the coalmine” of vaccine-preventable diseases – is spiking

4 May 2022

5 min read

Measles Outbreaks Routine immunisation

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