Date: Friday 11 March 2022 Tanzanian health authorities said on Wednesday [9 Mar 2022] the government is on high alert over the reported outbreak of yellow fever in neighboring Kenya. Ummy Mwalimu, the Minister for Health, said the ministry has reinforced checks...
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TANZANIA: YELLOW FEVER, HIGH ALERT
Date: Friday 11 March 2022 Tanzanian health authorities said on Wednesday [9 Mar 2022] the government is on high alert over the reported outbreak of yellow fever in neighboring Kenya. Ummy Mwalimu, the Minister for Health, said the ministry has reinforced checks...
April 2014 NICD-NHLS Communicable Diseases Communique
This communiqué is published by the National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) on a monthly basis for the purpose of providing up-to-date information on communicable diseases in South Africa. Much of the information is therefore preliminary and should...
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Beyond our Borders June 2019 Updated 28 June 2019 BEYOND OUR BORDERS JUNE 2019 Influenza: Australia, Chile, South Africa, and New Zealand As of 7 June 2019, Global Influenza Surveillance and Response System laboratories reported 5 285 specimens tested positive for...
May 2014 NICD-NHLS Communicable Diseases Communique
This communiqué is published by the National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) on a monthly basis for the purpose of providing up-to-date information on communicable diseases in South Africa. Much of the information is therefore preliminary and should...