Outbreaks

Articles related to disease outbreaks.

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Experts are warning that millions of people are at risk as a famine hits Somalia. Mehmet ali poyraz/Shutterstock

Somalia: four lessons from past experience of dealing with famine

31 Oct 2022

5 min read

A child receives Oral Polio Vaccine in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. Credit: Ministry of National Health Services

Pakistan is working with Rotary to eradicate polio

31 Oct 2022

4 min read

Outbreaks Polio Vaccine campaigns

Dr Jane Aceng, Minister of Health, discharging the first patients to recover from the Sudan Ebolavirus in Uganda. Credit: Emmanuel Ainebyoona, Ugandan Ministry of Health

“Everybody has heard how it kills”: Uganda’s veteran health system ramps up its Ebola response

27 Oct 2022

5 min read

Outbreaks Ebola

Women need to be involved at every level of decision-making. Luke Dray/Getty Images

Ebola in Uganda: why women must be central to the response

26 Oct 2022

5 min read

Cross-posts Outbreaks Ebola COVID-19

A group of veterinarians vaccinate a cow against lumpy skin disease. Credit: Nasir Yousufi

Vaccines fight lumpy skin disease in Jammu and Kashmir

24 Oct 2022

3 min read

Outbreaks Vaccine campaigns

Madzibaba Bongrage, a religious leader, facilitates a community dialogue on ending child marriages, promoting disability inclusion in all community activities, and encouraging the uptake of health services by apostolic communities in Murara village Mutasa district. Credit: Apostolic Women Empowerment Trust, AWET

Zimbabwe conducts emergency measles campaign

20 Oct 2022

5 min read

Measles Vaccine campaigns Outbreaks

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

Outbreaks Routine immunisation Polio

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

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