Health Alerts

Measles has been confirmed in several health districts of Togo for 2024, particularly in the districts of Kéran and Oti-Sud, which have just entered an…

Sudan’s Federal Ministry of Health (FMOH) is launching a polio vaccination campaign in April 2024 in response to the new emergence of variant poliovirus type 2…

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has reported an unexpected rise in infections involving psittacosis, a respiratory disease from a bacteria known to affect…

A dengue outbreak that has affected more than 550 people this year has been declared a public health emergency. The majority of cases are reported to be in San…

Brazil and Peru continue to report more infections involving the oropouche virus, which is spread by biting midges and certain types of mosquitoes. Brazilian…

The New Mexico Department of Health last week reported the first case of plague since 2021, with the patient dying of the disease. Rodents can harbour the…

Northern Bosnia has declared a measles epidemic, and approximately 30 children have been hospitalised with the disease. Vaccination rates for measles were…

Pertussis cases are more than 10 times higher so far this year than for the entire first quarter of 2023, with public health alerts across Australia. Read more

The Ministry of Health and Social Protection in Morocco is alerting residents of a surge in measles cases and urging everyone to ensure they are vaccinated.…

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) are suggesting that susceptible US citizens over 18 years of age should consider the chikungunya vaccine…

The city of Luanda in Angola has an outbreak of haemorrhagic pink eye (conjunctivitis), which is extremely contagious, with 8-10 cases being seen daily, some…

Children under age 10 are the most affected due to a large number of parents refusing to immunise due to religious reasons and/or lack of trust in the quality…