Background Nurses, as the first line health workers, are susceptible to various communicable diseases. With the rapid incline of viral hepatitis in Afghanistan and lower rate of vaccin...

Background On 4th December 2021 local print media reported 04 deaths of children due to suspected measles in Padidan District Naushehro Feroz. We carried out the investigation to evalu...

Background Typhoid fever is a severe bacterial infection caused by Salmonella typhi that is a leading cause of mortality and morbidity in children. Resistance of Salmonella typhi to di...

Background On 21st September 2021, a total of 33 suspected dengue-fever cases were reported by District health Office from previously non-endemic area. FELTP team with entomologist was...

Background Road traffic accidents are the major causes of morbidity and mortality in high and low-income countries including Tanzania. To counter this epidemic, several road safety mea...

Background South Africa (SA) has the highest cancer incidence in sub-Saharan Africa. The top ten cancers contribute 54% of the total cancers reported from 2010–2019. Analysis of long-t...

Background Diabetes mellitus(DM) is one of tuberculosis(TB) ending barriers. TB patients with DM had four, three and two times the risk of non-diabetes patients to develop complication...

Background Maternal deaths are a heavy burden in developing countries. In Senegal, 4 to 5 women die every day from maternity-related complications. The Tambacounda Region has the highe...

Background According to the WHO, nearly one in six deaths is due to cancer worldwide and about seventy percent of deaths occur in low- and middle-income countries. In the Kara region, ...

Background Cysticercosis is a growing public health risk among smallholder pig farming rural communities with poor sanitation and low income. Globally, Cysticercosis results in a total...

Background Advanced HIV disease (AHD) is a CD4 count below 200 cells/mm3 or WHO clinical stage 3 or 4 or HIV in any child under 5 years. Despite widespread awareness and expanded acces...

Background Zimbabwe is listed among the top 30 countries with a high burden of tuberculosis (TB) and HIV co-infection. Isoniazid Preventive Therapy (IPT) is recommended for treatment o...

Background During the COVID-19 pandemic, anonymous sexual health consultation clinics run by local health authorities in German state North-Rhine Westphalia (NRW) operated at reduced c...

Background Globally, Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) is an HIV prevention strategy for high-risk populations including fishing communities. However, some communities have not embraced ...

Background Food poisoning is a major public health problem in many countries, including Saudi Arabia. On November 1, 2021, Sabya reported unexpected number of cases with gastrointestin...

Background On October 10, 2021, University X in Wayanad district, Kerala, India, reported an increase in the number of students with loose stools and vomiting. We investigated this out...

Background In February 2022, Santé publique France identified an excess of paediatric haemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS) cases. We conducted epidemiological, microbiological, and trace-b...

Background The regional health office reported clustering of diarrhea cases among the T’boli tribe members in Kiamba, Sarangani. Field Epidemiology Training Program fellows were deploy...

Background Hail’s food safety program reported an unexpected number of food poisoning cases. All patients gave a history of sharing a meal from a fast food restaurant in Hail City on J...

Background Campylobacter is the most common cause of bacterial diarrhea in the world; resistance to macrolides and fluoroquinolones limits treatment options. The Foodborne Diseases Act...

Background Seventy-four percent of Guatemala’s territory (108,880 km2) is considered a malarious area, a public health problem. The northern region has a higher incidence of 7.3 cases/...

Background Chicken pox is a vaccine-preventable disease caused by varicella zoster virus. Vaccination against chicken pox is yet to be introduced in the routine immunization in Ghana. ...

Background Hypoxic Ischemic Encephalopathy (HIE), a brain dysfunction that occurs when the brain does not receive enough oxygen or blood flow, remains a problem of great concern worldw...

Background WHO approved over 30 COVID-19 vaccines on the emergency use listing (EUL) to support the drive towards control of the pandemic. By midyear 2021, about 65% of the world’s pop...