Background In Liberia, Lassa fever (LF) cases have been recorded in previously disease-free areas, with a 56% fatality rate since December 2020. In March 2021, District # 3A &B rep...

Background Buruli ulcer (BU) is a neglected tropical disease caused by the bacteria Mycobacterium ulcerans. BU can cause severe morbidity and disability, especially among persons in re...

Background Malaria and COVID-19 share symptoms like fever, headaches, difficulty in breathing and fatigue. Determining if a patient is positive for COVID-19 or malaria based on symptom...

Background Malaria cases in the extra-Amazonian region represents less than 1% of cases in Brazil. The understanding of this disease epidemiology in these areas is essential for outbre...

Background Chagas, a neglected tropical disease caused by the parasite Trypanosoma cruzi, produces symptoms varying from asymptomatic in the acute phase to irreversible effects in the ...

Background Malaria surveillance in the Dominican Republic began in 1964, In 2017 starts a process for the elimination of the disease, with a DTI-R strategy (detection, diagnosis, treat...

Background On January 2022, authorities in Tabanan district reported a case of joint pain with paraplegy, and other cases with fever, rash and joint pain. The health center took blood ...

Background The Southwest Region of Burkina Faso has recurring cases of Anthrax in animals and humans. In February 2021, two unexplained deaths were recorded in Kolko village in Dano He...

Background Multidrug resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) has become a major public health threat especially in developing countries. Despite responsible for escalating morbidity and mortal...

Background Continuous monitoring of Tuberculosis (TB)/HIV standards of care at facilities enhances the quality of TB/HIV care. Uganda has, for over a decade, implemented TB/HIV integra...

Background Diabetes mellitus (DM) and tuberculosis (TB) are global public health concern and leading causes of mortality and morbidity worldwide. The co-infection is known to complicat...

Background Urinary tract infections (UTI) are among the common infections encountered in healthcare facilities, affecting about 150 million people worldwide. In the Gambia, about 9% ur...

Background Lassa Fever (LF) is endemic in West Africa including Liberia. Twenty percent of infected people develop severe illness with case fatality rate of 10–60%. District #3 A&B...

Background In Ethiopia about 75% of the landscape area is below 2000m above the sea level and affected by malaria cases. On June,18,2021, rumer of unexpected increase of malaria case i...

Background Naegleria fowleri, commonly known as the “brain-eating ameba”, can be found in warm freshwater (e.g., lakes) and inadequately disinfected aquatic venues (e.g., pools and spl...

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 Maternal death is a major public health problem. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), around 830 women die every day worldwide from preventable causes related t...

Background According to the World Health Organization, each year about 700,000 deaths from infection worldwide are due to resistant bacteria. In October 2021, Guinea implemented antimi...

Background There are no estimates of foodborne disease burden in India, but acute diarrheal diseases and food-poisoning accounts for about 40% of all outbreaks reported by India’s dise...

Background: Accounting for more than 8 million deaths annually, most tobacco use starts by adolescence, causing dependence and prolonged use. Adolescent tobacco use monitoring is criti...

Background: Between June 26–July 21, 2021, the Alapuzha municipality in Kerala, India, reported an unexpected number of acute gastroenteritis cases (613). We investigated to describe t...

Background: The municipality of Anzá reported an increase in cases of cutaneous leishmaniasis in 2021, configuring a possible outbreak situation, with an incidence of 167.4 cases per 1...