On 6 August 2021, the Ministry of Health of Guinea informed WHO of a confirmed case of Marburg virus disease (MVD) in Guéckédou Prefecture, Nzérékoré Region, south-western Guinea. The village where the case resided is near both Sierra Leone and Liberian borders. This is the first known case of Marburg virus disease in Guinea and […]
Back at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, case numbers on the continent were still modest. But predictions and projections suggested the disease was going to cut a swathe through Africa. In April 2020 the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa sounded the alarm bell: Anywhere between 300,000 and 3.3 million African people could lose their […]
By Alice Kagina A team of thoracic surgeons from different countries headed by Dr. Diego Gonzalez Rivas had a two-day training visit at King Faisal Hospital (KFH) to introduce a uniportal video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS) technique in Rwanda. The medical camp ended on August 6. Gonzalez is a Spanish pioneer surgeon in the world performing […]
By Sammy Lutta Turkana County is on high alert over fears of a surge in tuberculosis infections, which officials say could hit 2,500 cases in a year. The county has stepped up the war against TB with more testing kits that will be strategically installed in remote health centres. The county’s TB coordinator, Dr Job […]
DAKAR, Aug 6 (Reuters) – A probable case of Marburg virus, a deadly hemorrhagic fever similar to Ebola, has been detected in Guinea, the health ministry said on Friday. Two laboratories in Guinea confirmed the case of Marburg and a sample has been sent to neighboring Senegal for further confirmation, the ministry’s National Agency of […]
