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Tag: Health Warning

DR Congo urgently needs at least 3 million doses of mpox vaccine to stop outbreak in country, health ministry says

“We need to receive 3 million doses of vaccine against the mpox virus to vaccinate 2.5 million people in the most affected areas,” said DRC Health Minister Samuel Roger Kamba during a briefing on the government’s measures to combat mpox (new name for monkeypox). “We believe this amount of vaccine is enough to stop the…
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August 16, 2024
Battle of the species: It’s man vs mosquito

It’s 5pm. Loud screams of babies relentlessly cut through the air at Ruhuha Health Centre in Kigali, Rwanda. Inside the compound, an elderly woman is seated at a corner in a small Catholic chapel. She is deeply lost in thoughts. Her right hand firmly clasps onto a rosary as tears race down her sullen cheeks.…
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April 23, 2024
Eight children and an adult die in Zanzibar after eating sea turtle meat

Another 78 people taken to hospital after consuming delicacy, which is known to cause food poisoning Eight children and an adult have died after eating sea turtle meat on Pemba Island in the Zanzibar archipelago, and 78 other people have been taken to hospital, authorities said on Saturday. Sea turtle meat is considered a delicacy…
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March 13, 2024