Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Guinea worm eradication effort enters 'most difficult' phase
The Carter Center said Tuesday that only 13 human cases of Guinea worm disease were reported worldwide last year.
Jan 25, 2023
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South Sudan receives its first batch of a new vaccine for malaria from the WHO
South Sudan got its first batch of a new malaria vaccine on Friday from the U.N. health agency, an important step in efforts to battle a disease that is the biggest killer of children in this African country.
May 31, 2024
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Ebola infects 6 schoolkids in Uganda as contagion fear grows
Six schoolchildren in Uganda's capital have tested positive for Ebola, the health minister said Wednesday, marking a serious escalation of the outbreak declared just over a month ago.
Oct 26, 2022
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Food insecurity and the knock-on effects of COVID-19 in the hungriest countries
The number of people battling acute hunger and suffering from malnutrition is on the rise again. The upheaval set in motion by the COVID-19 pandemic may push even more families and communities into deeper distress.
Apr 29, 2020
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Stopping onchocerciasis on two sides of a border
Pathogens don't pay attention to international borders, with transmission and endemic areas often stretching between countries. In the new work, Moses Katabarwa of the Carter Center, USA, and colleagues report in PLOS Neglected ...
Feb 6, 2020
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Fulbright scholar tracks puzzling disease that strikes from soils, thorns
Mycetoma, a mysterious illness largely unknown in developed nations, has wreaked havoc on the health of farmers, herdsmen, children and others in close contact with the land in tropical and subtropical regions of our planet.
Feb 3, 2015
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Medical economics
COVID vaccines: Rich countries have bought more than they need – here's how they could be redistributed
In a number of wealthy countries, the number of COVID-19 vaccines ordered vastly exceeds what's needed, while many poorer countries will have to wait—possibly for years—for vaccines to become widely available.
Feb 9, 2021
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
South Sudan measles outbreak raises questions about vaccines
Despondent, Akon Mathiong points to two small mounds of dirt where she buried her grandsons, 4 and 5 years old, last month. They died after contracting measles in one of the worst-hit areas of South Sudan's latest outbreak.
Apr 24, 2019
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
22 Guinea worm cases reported in 2015, Carter Center says
Just 22 cases of Guinea worm disease were reported worldwide in 2015, down from 126 cases during the previous year, officials with The Carter Center said this week.
Jan 8, 2016
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Health workers hail near defeat of flesh-burrowing worm
Health workers on Friday celebrated a key step towards eradicating the flesh-burrowing guinea worm after South Sudan, once by far the worst-affected country, recorded a massive drop in infections.
Jan 8, 2016
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