Zika uses human skin as 'mosquito magnet' to spread virus further, new research shows
Zika transmission has been reported in more than 90 countries as the spread of the Aedes aegypti mosquito that carries the ...
Guinea has wiped out sleeping sickness – will the rest of Africa follow?
Sleeping sickness is no longer a health threat in Guinea, which may be a tipping point in the continent’s efforts to beat the ...
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WHO Verifies Niger As the First Country in the African Region to Eliminate Onchocerciasis [press release]
The World Health Organization (WHO) congratulates Niger for having met the criteria for onchocerciasis elimination, making it the fifth country globally and the first country in Africa to be ...
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Guinea Eliminates Human African Trypanosomiasis As a Public Health Problem
The World Health Organization (WHO) congratulates Guinea for eliminating the gambiense form of human African trypanosomiasis as a public health problem. This form of human African trypanosomiasis, the ...