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From 11 November to 28 December, 2020 a total of 67 suspected cholera cases presenting with diarrhea and vomiting, including two deaths a case fatality ratio (CFR: 3%) were reported from the municipalities “Golfe 1” and “Golfe 6” in Lomé, Togo. A total of four health areas (Katanga, Adakpamé, Gbétsogbé in Golfe 1, and Kangnikopé […]

On 15 December 2020, the Brazil Ministry of Health reported the second confirmed human infection with influenza A(H1N2) variant virus [A(H1N2)v] in Brazil in 2020.

SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, has had a major impact on human health globally; infecting a large number of people; causing severe disease and associated long-term health sequelae; resulting in death and excess mortality, especially among older and vulnerable populations; interrupting routine healthcare services; disruptions to travel, trade, education and many other societal functions; […]

From October to December 2020, a total of seven confirmed cases of yellow fever (YF) have been reported from four health districts in three regions in Senegal.

WHO: Zika virus classification tables

They are tiny animals that live near or inside human dwellings where contact with people is high. Every few days, they lay 100-150 eggs which develop into adults in about a week. They are mosquitoes. The adult females feed on people’s blood, several times during the day.

A team of researchers led by the University of California, Berkeley and the University of Michigan has discovered an antibody that blocks the spread within the body of the dengue virus, a mosquito-borne pathogen that infects between 50 and 100 million people a year.

Researchers from Boston University School of Medicine provide a new genomics resource that details the small RNA transcriptomes (gene expression) of four bio-medically important mosquito species.

Brazilian researchers have managed to decipher the structure of a protein found in parasites that cause neglected tropical diseases, paving the way to the development of novel medications.

Researchers at Scripps Institution of Oceanography and Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences at the University of California San Diego have broken down the genomic and life history traits of three classes of viruses that have caused endemic and global pandemics in the past and identify natural products - compounds produced in nature - […]

Tras advertir que los casos de coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) se han duplicado en una semana en la región de las Américas, la Directora de la Organización Panamericana de la Salud OPS), Carissa F. Etienne, llamó a los países a aplicar medidas para proteger a los trabajadores de la salud para asegurar que tengan acceso a […]

La pandemia de la COVID-19 ha resaltado de manera conmovedora el papel fundamental que desempeñan las enfermeras, enfermeros y otros trabajadores de la salud para proteger la salud de las personas y salvar vidas. El nuevo informe titulado Situación de la enfermería en el mundo 2020 solicita una mayor inversión en educación, mejora en las […]

La FIFA ha aunado fuerzas con la Organización de las Naciones Unidas (ONU) y la Organización Mundial de la Salud (OMS) para apoyar la campaña #BeActive, que se ha lanzado con motivo del Día Internacional del Deporte para el Desarrollo y la Paz de la ONU. Con #HealthyAtHome se anima a que la gente se […]

La directora de la Organización Panamericana de la Salud, Carissa F. Etienne, pidió hoy la colaboración del sector privado con los países de América Latina y el Caribe “en respuesta al tsunami de los casos de COVID19 que enfrentaremos”.