Monkeypox symptoms include 🟠rash with blisters 🟠fever 🟠swollen lymph nodes 🟠headaches 🟠muscles and back aches 🟠low energy You can catch monkeypox through: 🟠skin-to-skin contact 🟠face-to-face contact 🟠mouth-to-skin contact 🟠touching infected bedding, towels, clothing or objects Buenos Aires, Argentina | Xinhua | Argentina has confirmed its first case of monkeypox in …
Read More »Africa CDC urges increased surveillance against monkeypox
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia | Xinhua | The Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) on Thursday warned African countries to increase surveillance against monkeypox and build strong infection control measures against the virus. Ahmed Ogwell, Acting Director of Africa CDC, while addressing journalists in his period briefing said the …
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The Centenary Monument and Freedom Sculpture, epitomize technical dexterity and studio prowess Kampala, Uganda | DOMINIC MUWANGUZI | For one who has been to the Centenary Park in Kampala, located next to Hotel Africana, they should have caught sight of the strikingly in design artwork in the gardens of the …
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Read More »Uganda far from achieving recommended maternal health: Minister Muhanga
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda has a long way to go in reducing maternal mortality, according to the Minister of Primary Healthcare Margaret Muhanga. She made the remarks during the first Maternal and Infant Health Quality Care Forum in Kampala on Tuesday. According to Muhanga, while the country has been …
Read More »DR Congo reports five Ebola cases, all dead, amid latest outbreak: WHO
Kinshasa, DRC | Xinhua | The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has reported five cases of Ebola virus disease amid the latest outbreak in the northwestern part of the country, said the DRC office of the World Health Organization (WHO) on Tuesday. As of Saturday, five cases of Ebola virus disease, …
Read More »Risk of monkeypox to public “extremely low”: Expert
Los Angeles, U.S. | Xinhua | The recent clusters of monkeypox infections in the United States and around the world have drawn great concern from scientists. But the risk of monkeypox to the general public is “extremely low” at the moment, and there is “no cause for panic,” a leading epidemiologist …
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Uganda Veterinary Association team on surveillance in Elgon region Mbale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Veterinary authorities in Manafwa district have imposed a temporal quarantine following the outbreak of anthrax in Bududa district. One person has since died and thirteen others hospitalized after eating meat of dead animals suspected to …
Read More »Nigeria to include 83 million poor people in health insurance scheme
Abuja, Nigeria | XINHUA | Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari has said at least 83 million poor Nigerians are set to be covered in the National Health Insurance Scheme, in a bid to achieve universal coverage. Buhari made the statement while signing into law the recently passed National Health Insurance Authority …
Read More »African experts warn maternal health at stake amid shortage of contraceptives in cities
Kisumu, Kenya | Xinhua | The health of women in Africa’s rapidly developing cities is in peril amid inadequate access to family planning services, experts said Wednesday on the sidelines of the ongoing ninth edition of the Africities Summit in Kenya’s western city of Kisumu. According to the experts, about 20 …
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