EPIDEMIC

Childhood cancer: Sad and unfortunate epidemic with no cure

Published on: February 15, 2024
16:44

United Nations, Feb 15 (Prensa Latina) Cancer has become an epidemic with no cure that affects millions of children around the globe, that´s why today marks the International Childhood Cancer Day.

France reports bronchiolitis epidemic

Published on: October 11, 2023
17:02

Paris, Oct 11 (Prensa Latina) The French Public Health agency notified on Wednesday the epidemic phase in the Paris Region, Guadeloupe and Martinique for bronchiolitis, an acute respiratory infection with a higher incidence in children under one years old.

End of Marburg virus epidemic declared in Tanzania

Published on: June 2, 2023
11:12

Dar es-Salam, Jun 2 (Prensa Latina) The regional director of the World Health Organization (WHO) for Africa, Dr. Matshidiso Moeti, declared today in a statement of that institution, the end of the Marburg virus epidemic in Tanzania.

Cuban people’s worth during fight against Covid-19 highlighted

Published on: March 11, 2023
11:01

Havana, Mar 11 (Prensa Latina) Public Health Minister Jose Angel Portal on Saturday extolled the Cuban people's worth during the fight against the Covid-19 pandemic.

UNICEF supports DROC to control Ebola

Published on: October 14, 2021
17:40

Kinshasa, Oct 14 (Prensa Latina) UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) on Thursday announced it will send medical supplies to the province of North Kivu, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DROC), to control and reduce the spread of Ebola epidemic.

Cholera: Nigeria reports over 2,100 deaths in 23 states

Published on: September 8, 2021
08:11

Abuja, Sep 8 (Prensa Latina) The Nigeria Center for Disease Control (NCDC) has announced a total of 65,145 suspected cholera cases, including 2,141 deaths, accounting for a Case Fatality Rate (CFR) of 3.3% reported from 23 states and FCT, as at Sept. 2, 2021.

Toll in Niger cholera epidemic reaches 104 deaths

Published on: September 4, 2021
10:10

Niamey, Sep 4 (Prensa Latina) An epidemic of cholera that has struck six regions in southern Niger has claimed 104 lives, the health ministry said on Friday.

WHO, Germany open hub for Pandemic, Epidemic intelligence in Berlin

Published on: September 3, 2021
07:29

Berlin, Sep 3 (Prensa Latina) To better prepare and protect the world from global disease threats, H.E. German Federal Chancellor Dr Angela Merkel and Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, World Health Organization Director-General, will today inaugurate the new WHO Hub for Pandemic and Epidemic Intelligence, based in Berlin.

More than one million Cubans immunized against Covid-19

Published on: June 29, 2021
12:29

Havana, Jun 29 (Prensa Latina) Health authorities reported on Tuesday that 1.6 million Cubans have received all three doses of Covid-19 vaccine candidates in the different forms administered in the country.

Cuba reports 1,436 Covid-19 cases and 11 deaths

Published on: June 20, 2021
09:40

Havana, Jun 20 (Prensa Latina) Cuban health authorities on Sunday reported 1,436 new contagions with the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus, which causes Covid-19, and 11 deaths due to complications from the disease over the last 24 hours.

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