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Uganda on Thursday declared an outbreak of the deadly Ebola virus that killed 17 people dead to be over, officials said. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-10-uganda-ebola-outbreak.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Thu, 04 Oct 2012 11:41:43 EST news268569603 An outbreak of Ebola fever in the Democratic Republic of Congo may have killed up to 36 people, out of 81 suspected cases, according to a new death toll released by the health ministry on Monday. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-10-dr-congo-ebola-toll.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Mon, 01 Oct 2012 07:50:01 EST news268295525 An isolated outbreak of a deadly disease known as acute hemorrhagic fever, which killed two people and left one gravely ill in the Democratic Republic of Congo in the summer of 2009, was probably caused by a novel virus scientists have never seen before. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-bas-congo-genetic-sleuthing-uncovers-deadly.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Thu, 27 Sep 2012 17:02:03 EST news267984105 An outbreak of Ebola fever in the Democratic Republic of Congo may have killed up to 33 people, while the number of suspected cases has risen, the health ministry said on Thursday. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-ebola-dr-congo-health-ministry.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Thu, 27 Sep 2012 11:00:01 EST news267959765 An outbreak of Ebola fever in the Democratic Republic of Congo may have claimed up to 32 lives since May, including that of a woman who had just given birth, the World Health Organisation said Tuesday. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-ebola-dr-congo.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Tue, 18 Sep 2012 06:41:08 EST news267169260 A PhD student at the University of Copenhagen has drawn on nature's own pharmacy to help improve the treatment of snakebites in Africa. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-young-trail-herbal-snakebite-antidote.html Medical research Mon, 17 Sep 2012 09:38:20 EST news267093484 An outbreak of Ebola haemorrhagic fever has claimed possibly as many as 31 lives in the northeast of the Democratic Republic of Congo since May, Health Minister Felix Kabange Numbi said Thurday. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-ebola-deaths-dr-congo-minister.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Thu, 13 Sep 2012 13:08:40 EST news266760509 The global mortality rate for young children has been nearly halved in the past two decades, but Africa and South Asia have not kept pace, the United Nations said Thursday. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-africa-south-asia-lag-boost.html Health Thu, 13 Sep 2012 04:53:22 EST news266730796 The United Nations appealed Wednesday for $2 million (1.6 million euros) to fight an epidemic of the Ebola virus in the Democratic Republic of Congo that has killed 14 people. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-2mn-deadly-ebola-outbreak-dr.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Wed, 05 Sep 2012 16:36:44 EST news266081794 The number of people with Ebola, a rare haemorrhagic disease, in northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo has tripled since mid-August, the World Health Organisation said Tuesday, after 14 patients died in two weeks. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-ebola-caseload-soars-eastern-dr.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Tue, 04 Sep 2012 13:50:02 EST news265983897 Uganda's latest outbreak of the deadly Ebola virus appears to be over, the World Health Organisation said Monday, pointing out that no new cases had been confirmed for the past month. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-uganda-ebola-outbreak.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Mon, 03 Sep 2012 10:53:57 EST news265888410 Nine people have died in an outbreak of the deadly Ebola virus in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Health Minister Felix Kabangue said on Saturday. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-08-ebola-outbreak-dr-congo.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Sat, 18 Aug 2012 23:53:42 EST news264552804 At least 15 people have died in Uganda from the deadly Ebola virus with the toll likely to rise further, the health ministry said Wednesday. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-08-ebola-deaths-uganda-cases.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Wed, 01 Aug 2012 11:04:48 EST news263037882 A new psychological intervention has been shown to more than halve the trauma experienced by child victims of war, rape and sexual abuse. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-05-distress-child-war-sex-abuse.html Psychology & Psychiatry Thu, 24 May 2012 00:00:03 EST news257011209 The African nation of Niger has ousted Afghanistan as the worst place in the world to be a mother, largely due to hunger, according to an annual report out Tuesday by Save the Children. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-05-niger-worst-mother.html Health Tue, 08 May 2012 11:38:12 EST news255695885 Cholera cases have soared in the Democratic Republic of Congo in recent weeks, the UN said on Friday, bringing the number of people infected in the year-long outbreak to 22,000 with 584 deaths. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-01-spike-cholera-cases-dr-congo.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Fri, 27 Jan 2012 12:18:14 EST news246889081 A novel analytical framework could help to strengthen health systems in post-conflict countries http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-12-analytical-framework-health-post-conflict-countries.html Health Tue, 20 Dec 2011 17:00:06 EST news243621567 The northern Angolan province of Uige has declared a state of medical emergency after a 14-month-old boy tested positive for polio, which has made a resurgence in the country, UNICEF said Thursday. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-11-state-medical-emergency-north-angola.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Thu, 03 Nov 2011 12:40:06 EST news239542350 The west and central Africa region is facing one of the worst cholera epidemics in its history, with over 85,000 cases reported leading to 2,466 deaths this year, the UN children's agency warned Tuesday. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-10-west-central-africa-worst-cholera.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Tue, 11 Oct 2011 06:42:15 EST news237534095 A measles epidemic has killed 1,145 children in the Democratic Republic of Congo since January, the UN's Humanitarian Affairs mission in Kinshasa said Monday. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-07-measles-dr-congo-children-january.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Mon, 25 Jul 2011 17:43:28 EST news230834597 Many areas of the world are at war and both the conflict and aftermath have dire consequences for the health of people affected. New research published in BioMed Central's open access journal Conflict and Health reports that while women in war-torn areas want access to family planning, these services are often not available at local hospitals or health centers. This can lead to further deprivation and unintended pregnancy. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-07-family-conflict.html Health Wed, 13 Jul 2011 02:32:41 EST news229743136