So far this year the National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) has issued reports on three different outbreaks of vaccine ... polio importation into South Africa, as both polio ...

A diphtheria outbreak has been declared at the Pollsmoor ... AllAfrica is a voice of, by and about Africa - aggregating, producing and distributing 600 news and information items daily from ...

A diphtheria outbreak has been declared at South Africa's Pollsmoor Maximum Security Prison following the death of a 19-year-old inmate. Health Minister Joe Phaahla said the male inmate ...

The Department of Correctional Services is ramping up efforts to keep prisoners safe at the Pollsmoor prison after an inmate died of diphtheria ... is one of South Africa’s leading news and ...

In recent months, there have been outbreaks in South Africa of vaccine-preventable diseases including measles, mumps and diphtheria. This year, the National Institute for Communicable Diseases ...

Diphtheria, first described by ... and the Dominican Republic. Outbreaks in Indonesia, Thailand, Vietnam, Laos, South Africa, Sudan, and Pakistan have occurred since 2011. A recent outbreak ...

There is an increased spread of measles in South Africa now. Measles is a highly infectious disease that spreads through droplets. It is the second most frequently reported disease outbreak in ...

Since the start of 2024, different parts of Africa have recorded cases of cholera, measles, dengue fever, Lassa fever, meningitis, chikungunya, monkeypox, diphtheria and the West Nile virus. Africa ...

ABUJA, NigeriaABUJA, Nigeria — Authorities in several West African countries are trying to manage their huge diphtheria outbreaks, including in Nigeria where a top health official said Thursday ...

In Nigeria’s northern state of Kano, doctors and health workers are grappling with one of the worst diphtheria outbreaks in recent ... for West and Central Africa at MSF told CNN.