Counterfeit drugs: four tons seized in Yaoundé
The Cameroonian authorities seized four tons of counterfeit medicines, following an operation aimed at stemming this health scourge.Four tons of ...
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South Africa: a new vaccine tested against AIDS
© istockSoon a aids vaccine? Hope is allowed in the scientific community with the start of a large clinical trial ...
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Ebola: an encouraging step towards an effective vaccine in Africa
© iStockWhile the Ebola epidemic is no longer much talked about in Europe, an American scientific study reports an important ...
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Cholera: sixteen deaths in the Central African Republic
A cholera epidemic has killed 16 people in the Central African Republic. Unicef is sounding the alarm.The Central African Republic ...
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One molecule could fight three deadly parasitic diseases
A new compound has shown its effectiveness in combating sleeping sickness, leishmaniasis and Chagas disease, three infections caused by related ...
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Yellow fever: countries threatened by the epidemic
As a yellow fever epidemic is raging in Angola, Pourquoidocteur takes stock of the countries at risk and the means ...
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Zika: more than 7,550 suspected cases in Cape Verde
The Zika virus first spread to an African country, Cape Verde. The threat of an epidemic on the continent is ...
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AIDS: 90% of affected children are African
Tuesday in Abidjan, the director of UNAIDS pleaded for universal access to antiretroviral treatment for children. Especially in Africa where ...
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Yellow fever: epidemic alert in equatorial Africa
The World Health Organization is concerned about the epidemic situation in Angola, hard hit by yellow fever, which has already ...
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Rape: the hidden face of Ebola
During the Ebola epidemic in West Africa, the number of teenage pregnancies has skyrocketed. At issue: the increase in rape ...
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Africa: a soap to fight malaria
Mosquito repellent soap has been developed by African researchers to fight malaria. It is an invention that could change the ...
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Ebola: two new cases in Guinea
Guinea has announced the discovery of two cases of Ebola virus infection on its territory. The end of the epidemic ...
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Ebola: half of survivors have sequelae
Ebola survivors suffer from joint pain, neurological and eye disorders. Men are also believed to be carriers of the virus ...
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Meningitis A is virtually eradicated in Africa
Thanks to a massive vaccination campaign launched in 2010, meningitis A has almost disappeared from sub-Saharan Africa.Meningitis A has almost ...
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Africa: too many dangerous drugs remain on the market
On the African continent, a large number of drugs withdrawn from the market in other countries remain accessible for a ...
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Leprosy: 200,000 victims each year worldwide
Leprosy still affects a hundred countries in the world, remind the associations on the occasion of the 63rd World Lepers ...
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Ebola: Britain vulnerable in case of new epidemic
Britain would not be able to cope with another Ebola outbreak. In particular, an insufficiently developed vaccine industry.In the face ...
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Ebola: survivors victims of several sequelae
Months after recovery, Ebola survivors face serious after-effects, such as impaired sight and hearing.While they have been out of treatment ...
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Ebola: science at the bedside
For 2 years, West Africa has been hit by an Ebola epidemic that no one had predicted would wreak so ...
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Ebola: when the old molecules come out of the closet
For 2 years, West Africa has been hit by an Ebola epidemic that no one had predicted would wreak so ...
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Nine months later, Ebola survivors remain carriers of the virus
For 2 years, West Africa has been hit by an Ebola epidemic that no one had predicted would wreak so ...
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Meningitis: WHO authorizes vaccine for babies in Africa
© newphotoserviceTo fight against the scourge of meningitis A in sub-Saharan Africa, the World Health Organization (WHO) has just authorized ...
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Tanzania hard hit by cholera
Since August, 10,000 people have contracted cholera and 150 have died. No vaccination campaign has yet been launched.New cholera outbreaks ...
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Ebola: a teenager dies in Liberia
While Liberia was declared free from the epidemic in early September, a 15-year-old boy died on Monday of hemorrhagic fever. ...
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Salmonella: an underestimated cause of infant mortality
Salmonella is the cause of 3.4 million infections and 681,000 deaths worldwide. Despite this, the severity of infections remains underestimated.Salmonella ...
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Malaria proliferates around dams
According to the WHO, 198 million people are affected by malaria. A recent study shows that the construction of dams ...
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Ebola: mutations lead to the emergence of resistance to treatment
American researchers have shown that changes in the genome of the Ebola virus would allow it to escape treatment. Genetic ...
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In Africa, the coronavirus did not cause a disaster
© Getty Images / iStockphoto3.6 million cases of coronavirus identified all over the world ... And in Africa, where 17% ...
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Tuberculosis has been present in humans for over 70,000 years
The bacteria responsible for tuberculosis would have started infecting humans more than 70,000 years ago in Africa, according to a ...
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Palu: vaccine test in Africa
© ThinkstockOn the occasion of the World Day against malaria, April 25, World Health Organization announced that the most advanced ...
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