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A woman sits with her sons while they are treated at a cholera treatment center in Sanaa, Yemen October 8, 2017. Picture taken October 8, 2017. Credit: Reuters/Khaled Abdullah/Files

Cholera Vaccination Campaign Starts in Yemen After a One Year Delay: WHO

Stephanie Nebehay 11/05/2018

There have been more than one million suspected cases...

Anopheles minimus mosquitoes are pictured at a lab in the Public Health Ministry in Bangkok, Thailand, November 9, 2017. Credit: Reuters/Athit Perawongmetha/Files

Discovery of Malaria Parasite Survival Genes Offers New Targets

Kate Kelland 04/05/2018

Increasing drug resistance is leading to the failure of...

Cholera-infected patient lies on a bed while being treated at a cholera treatment center in the Red Sea port city of Hodeidah, Yemen

Yemen’s Cholera Epidemic Likely to Intensify in Rainy Season: WHO

Reuters 27/02/2018

Both cholera and diphtheria outbreaks are a product of...

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Study Finds Pakistan Typhoid Outbreak Caused by Drug-Resistant ‘Superbug’ Strain

Kate Kelland 21/02/2018

Researchers who analysed the genetics of the typhoid strain...

Handout of staff of the Teaching Hospital receiving the first vaccination treatment for yellow fever in El Geneina, West Darfur

Brazil’s Death Toll From Yellow Fever Triples: WHO

Reuters 24/01/2018

Yellow fever is a viral disease transmitted by mosquitoes...

Concepcion Yusop, a national immunization program manager, shows an anti-dengue vaccine Dengvaxia inside a vaccine storage room in Sta. Cruz city, Metro Manila, Philippines December 4, 2017. Credit: Reuters/Romeo Ranoco

Philippines Authorities Stop Sale of French Dengue Vaccine Due to Health Risk

Reuters 05/12/2017

The move comes days after the Southeast Asian nation...

Anoo_Soumya Swaminathan

If We Can Build Mangalyaan, Why Can’t We Do More in Health Sciences: New WHO Deputy Director General

Anoo Bhuyan 30/11/2017

Taking charge as WHO's deputy director general in December,...