Background Health Districts of Batouri, Bertoua, Kette, Lomie and Moloundou recorded an increase of measles cases in the first quarter of 2021. These numerous confirmed cases led to th...

Background Foodborne disease outbreaks in schools involve groups of students and are likely to attract public attention. We describe the epidemiology of foodborne disease outbreaks in ...

Background Cholera has been remained a major public health problem in Ethiopia particularly in West Arsi Zone of Oromia Region. Investigation was conducted after an adult patient with ...

Background On 29 December 2021, public health officials reported a cluster of 45 cases with loose stools and vomiting after eating food at a feast organised for a funeral at Avarampatt...

Background Foodborne outbreaks remain one of the most causes of deaths due to contaminated foods. Globally 420 000 people die annually of foodborne disease. There is knowledge gap rega...

Background On 14 February 2022, a foodborne illness was reported at a school in Eastern Cape Province where 126 school learners presented with gastrointestinal illness after eating mea...

Background Enteric fever is endemic to South Africa(SA). Despite similar patterns of laboratory-confirmed enteric fever cases observed in previous years, a notable increase in cases fr...

Background Toxoplasma gondii is a protozoan parasite capable of infecting most warm-blooded animals. In pregnancy, it causes severe complications in the infected mother and might lead ...

Background Acute Diarrhoea Disease (ADD) is a leading cause of infant mortality in Indonesia. On January 21, 2022, an increasing number of ADD with one infant death was reported from r...

Background In 2011, Cameroon encountered its most serious cholera outbreak with 23,152 cases and 843 deaths recorded. However, since 2018, Cameroon has been facing an upsurge of choler...

Background Scabies is one of the common public health problems but neglected parasitic diseases caused by Sarcoptes scabiei var hominis. Global scabies prevalence was about 204million ...

Background Scabies affects people of all countries, particularly; children and poor hygienic individuals in developing countries with an average prevalence of 5–10%. The disease is com...

Background Inconsistencies were noted in the reported malaria data.in coastal Kenya. Kwale reported a 1790% increase in confirmed cases between January and February 2021. The annual ma...

Background Yellow fever is a viral hemorrhagic disease with high mortality in patients with severe form of disease. The disease is endemic in Kenya, a high-risk country. Kenya’s Minist...

Background Since 2017, Guinea has experienced three yellow fever’s outbreaks with 33 confirmed cases and 17 deaths, however its planned elimination by 2026 depends on outbreak control....

Background On July 8, 2021, Kerala, a southern state in India, reported its first-ever zika virus disease (ZVD) case in Thiruvananthapuram district. On July 9, blood samples of 13 staf...

Background Tajikistan has a high burden of multidrug resistant TB, including rifampicin-resistant TB (RR-TB). Treatment options are more limited and include standard treatment (T1), be...

Background Infection with the soil-transmitted parasite Strongyloides stercoralis can cause severe complications among organ recipients. Not all organ procurement organizations (OPOs) ...

Background Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) is a major public health problem globally. The tuberculosis rate in Sierra Leone is 298 per 100,000 population, and it is considere...

Background Globally, various countries have reported mild-self-limiting to fatal Hand, Foot, and Mouth Disease (HFMD) outbreaks. Kenya had never reported outbreaks despite evidence of ...

Background In August 2021, following the West Africa's Marburg Virus Disease (MVD) outbreak notified in Guinea from Gueckedou district that did one case with 100% of case fatality...

Background In September 2021, the first cases consistent with Haff's disease were reported in the state of Pará. This is rhabdomyolysis of unknown origin that occurs within 24 hou...

Background Between August-October/2021, in the Northern region of Brazil, an increase in cases of Haff disease, a rare syndrome caused by an unknown toxin, responsible for a rhabdomyol...

Background Accounting for 8 million deaths annually, most tobacco use starts by adolescence causing dependence and prolonged use. Adolescent tobacco use monitoring is critical to tobac...