Tuberculosis: this African plant could help fight against the disease
A chemical compound found in a plant native to South and West Africa could be effective against tuberculosis, according to ...
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Lassa fever: a man was hospitalized in the Paris region
A soldier, returning from abroad, was infected with the virus that causes Lassa fever, a disease endemic in several West ...
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Malaria: the challenge of vaccines in Africa
Research on vaccines against malaria is progressing in Africa, in particular on R21 which is obtaining very good results in ...
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Animal-borne epidemics are exploding in Africa, says WHO
The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that epidemics transmitted by animals to humans have increased by 63% in Africa over ...
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Should the Marburg virus be a concern?
The virus causes hemorrhagic fever, with a very high risk of death. Two cases have been identified in Ghana. THE ...
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There is another special country that accepts Bitcoin as a means of payment
You may not have heard of this country that accepts Bitcoin as an official payment method from now on. If ...
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Covid-19: the end of the “acute phase” of the pandemic is possible in 2022 if 70% of the world’s population is vaccinated
According to the director general of the World Health Organization (WHO), the "acute phase" of the Covid-19 pandemic could end ...
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Air pollution: a global scourge that kills
More and more people are exposed to air pollution around the world. However, it has dangerous consequences for health: respiratory ...
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Ebola: the virus would have hidden for 5 years in the body of a patient before reappearing
Analysis of the genome of the virus which has been circulating in Africa, particularly in Guinea, since February shows that ...
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How Africa eradicated poliomyelitis
In a statement on August 25, the WHO announced the eradication of the wild strain responsible for poliomyelitis in Africa. ...
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Covid -19 in Africa: a false calm according to the WHO
The African continent, so far spared by the pandemic, is holding its breath. The number of cases is increasing and ...
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Covid-19: Egypt and South Africa are the countries on the continent most affected by the virus
With 136,677 cases recorded and 3,941 deaths linked to Covid-19 declared at the end of May, Africa is in turn ...
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AIDS: 17.8 million children are orphans due to AIDS worldwide
Millions of children have lost their parents to AIDS around the world, especially in sub-Saharan Africa. This World Day of ...
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In Africa, AIDS and malaria are on the decline
© ThinkstockGood news at last. According to the latest figures from the World Health Organization (WHO), AIDS and malaria are ...
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Malaria: French researchers make an encouraging discovery
Researchers at the Institut Pasteur in Lille have identified an essential gene specific to the parasite responsible for malaria. Ultimately, ...
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A year without polio in Africa
© Twitter screenshotAnd if the poliomyelitis was on its way out? Africa celebrated Wednesday, August 12 a year without new ...
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Diabetes and obesity: Africa is also affected
© iStockPhotosIf you are told Africa, you are unlikely to think of obesity or diabetes first. These diseases are often ...
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Giant vaccination campaign in Africa to eradicate polio
© iStockPhotosPoliomyelitis is an increasingly rare disease, but some foci of the infection resist, causing death and permanent paralysis. In ...
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Diabetes: the new scourge of Africa
© ThinkstockSub-Saharan Africa is experiencing a major public health crisis and is going through an epidemic of diabetes which could ...
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Rabies still kills tens of thousands of people a year
Nearly 59,000 people die of rabies every year worldwide, a third of them in India. According to a item of ...
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AIDS: 770,000 HIV deaths in 2018
In 2018, 770,000 people died of AIDS worldwide, a third less than in 2010. Despite everything, the fight against HIV ...
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Caesarean section fifty times more deadly for African women
A study published in the British journal The Lancet shows that the number of women who die following a caesarean ...
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Kim Kardashian’s psoriasis, evening pasta and caesarean section in Africa: the three facts of the day
Reality TV star Kim Kardashian talks about her psoriasis in public, eating pasta in the evening would ultimately be a ...
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Democratic Republic of Congo: the Ebola epidemic out of control
Several Ebola treatment centers have been attacked in the country. At the same time, the population delays going to the ...
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Malaria: French researchers discover that it would have appeared in Africa 20,000 years ago
While malaria was thought to have appeared on the African continent at the same time as agriculture around 4,000 years ...
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Covid-19: In Africa, the second wave is particularly deadly
© Getty Images“The anticipated catastrophe in Africa has not taken place” headlined the newspapers at the height of the coronavirus ...
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Ebola: in 15 days deaths have increased by 60% in West Africa
© iStockIt's'epidemic worst in West Africa's history. Since January, Ebola hemorrhagic fever has caused 337 deaths, mainly in Guinea, the ...
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A first case of Japanese encephalitis in Africa
© iStockPhotosResearchers from the Institut Pasteur and the World Health Organization are worried: they have discovered a case of Japanese ...
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HIV: circumcision in sub-Saharan Africa to fight against the disease?
© iStockThree previous studies had already demonstrated that the circumcision of heterosexual men reduced the risk of infection by 60%by ...
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Ebola: 3 out of 4 survivors still have health problems
The results of the follow-up of Ebola survivors show that one year after their hospitalization, 3 out of 4 still ...
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