FRANTIC efforts are being put up in the Ministry of Health as the government works to get to the bottom of recurrence of Marburg cases in Kagera Region, more than 12 months after an earlier outbreak ...

Niger has become the first African country to eliminate river blindness, a parasitic disease that is the second-leading cause of blindness in the world, the WHO said Thursday.

This follows reports from the World Health Organisation (WHO) indicating that eight people have died in a suspected outbreak of Marburg virus disease in Kagera Region. The government trusts that once ...

University of Wollongong (UOW) researchers Lachlan Baker and Dr. Katharina Peters have co-authored a study exploring the use ...

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The new “fringe-lip eel” is set apart from the other 12 in that genus by the row of sharp teeth along its bottom jaw, relatively large head and eyes, pointed snout, fin placem ...

Some fish are harder to catch than others in Kansas but a rare few species are considered truly unusual to come across by the ...

According to Ssentamu, Tanzanians from Kagera region usually cross to Kasnsero via Kagera River and Lake Victoria for trade and personal businesses. However, they have not received a team from the ...

This is after the World Health Organisation put Kenya and five other countries on high alert over Marburg disease. The report claimed the death of eight people in the Kagera region, in Tanzania.

Dar es Salaam. The Ministry of Health has sent a team of experts to Kagera region to collect specimens and conduct laboratory testing following reports of a suspected Marburg viral disease outbreak.

It is noteworthy that the ongoing work plan includes conducting regular maintenance to clear the outlets of the tropical lakes (Victoria, Kyoga, Albert), the mouth of the Kagera River, developing the ...

The WHO said it received reliable reports of suspected cases in the Kagera region of Tanzania on Jan. 10, with symptoms of headache, high fever, back pain, diarrhoea, vomiting blood, muscle ...