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Africa: Financial Strain, Lockdowns and Fear of Infection During Disease Outbreaks Magnify Violence Against Women and Girls – New Research

eriinfo.com3 days ago09 mins

When the world shut down due to the COVID-19 pandemic in early 2020, another crisis quietly grew behind closed doors. Reports from around the globe suggested that violence against women and girls was increasing. Governments, nongovernmental organizations and advocates began referring to the phenomenon as a “shadow pandemic.” To determine whether these headlines and informal…

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Africa: Hantavirus, Covid, Norovirus, Legionnaires’ – Why Are Cruise Ships So Prone to Disease Outbreaks?

eriinfo.com3 days ago010 mins

Cruises are sold as floating holidays, but they are also useful for understanding public health. Cruise ships are carefully designed places where many people live, eat, relax and move through the same shared spaces for days at a time. They show how easily illness can spread when people are packed into a single interconnected environment….

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Africa: Almost Half of African Countries Battling Measles Outbreaks

eriinfo.com2 weeks ago04 mins

Kampala, Uganda — The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) has revealed that 21 countries had, by Friday, declared measles outbreaks–an alarming development given that the disease is highly preventable through vaccination. Speaking to journalists during a press briefing, Prof. Yap Boum II, the Deputy Head of the Africa CDC Mpox Response,…

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Africa: One Health Strong On Paper, Weak Where Outbreaks Begin

eriinfo.com3 months ago013 mins

This article was supported by One Health Hub. Across Africa, One Health is endorsed at the top but often breaks down where outbreaks start, writes Albert Ansah. [NAIROBI, SciDev.Net] Despite political endorsements and global frameworks, Africa’s One Health approach continues to falter at the local level, where weak coordination, limited resources and poor governance often…

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Africa: Viral Outbreaks Are Always On the Horizon – Here Are the Viruses an Infectious Disease Expert Is Watching in 2026

eriinfo.com4 months ago09 mins

A new year might mean new viral threats. Old viruses are constantly evolving. A warming and increasingly populated planet puts humans in contact with more and different viruses. And increased mobility means that viruses can rapidly travel across the globe along with their human hosts. As an infectious diseases physician and researcher, I’ll be keeping…

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Africa Faces Rising Outbreaks of Cholera, Mpox, Marburg – CDC Warns

eriinfo.com5 months ago07 mins

Africa is grappling with increasing public health threats amid overstretched resources and persistent gaps in preparedness, the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) has said. Prof. Yap Boum, Incident Manager for Health Emergencies at Africa CDC, gave the alert during the agency’s weekly virtual press briefing. He gave the alert as the…

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Africa: From Outbreaks to Sustainability – African Ministers Commit to Accelerate Polio Endgame

eriinfo.com8 months ago07 mins

Lusaka — African health minister have pledged renewed action to end all forms of polio and safeguard the gains of eradication that have seen millions of children across the region saved from the devastation of poliovirus. Gathering in two high-level sessions during the Seventy-fifth sessions of the World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Committee for Africa…

Central Africa: 80,000 Children At High Risk of Cholera As Outbreaks Spread Across 12 Countries in West and Central Africa

eriinfo.com9 months ago07 mins

Dakar — An estimated 80,000 children are at high risk of cholera, as the rainy season begins across West and Central Africa. The heightened risk of cholera spreading is driven by active outbreaks in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Nigeria, which raise the threat of cross-border transmission to neighbouring countries. Chad, Republic…

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Africa: South Africa Convenes High-Level Indaba to Tackle Fmd Outbreaks

eriinfo.com10 months ago03 mins

South Africa is currently experiencing significant and ongoing challenges with widespread outbreaks of Foot and Mouth disease (FMD), affecting several provinces, including KwaZulu-Natal, Mpumalanga, Gauteng and, most recently, the Free State. The resurgence of the disease has resulted in livestock movement restrictions and significantly impacted the country’s red meat trade on international markets. In response…