The African region bears the highest burden, accounting for 95% of global malaria cases. WHO is advocating for strong political commitment, sustained investment, and community engagement to accelerate elimination efforts.
Cholera is a serious, waterborne disease caused by the Vibrio cholerae bacteria. It spreads through consuming contaminated food or water and can lead to severe dehydration and if left untreated, can be fatal.
Charles, who is making his first visit to Italy as king, will instead spread his Rome engagements over two days, allowing “the programme to breathe a bit”, according to a royal source.
People who chew around 180 pieces of gum a year could be ingesting roughly 30,000 microplastics, the researchers said.
Kissing men with beards can pose certain health risks, especially if the beard isn’t properly cleaned. Beards can harbor bacteria like staphylococcus (staph) and streptococcus (strep), which may transfer to the skin during close contact.
This follows the latest report from Auditor General Nancy Gathungu that revealed that SHA is a Ksh104 billion corruption scheme that the government neither owns nor controls, jeopardizing the billions Kenyans contribute to healthcare.
President William Ruto has dismissed the Auditor General’s report, which claimed that the government spent Ksh104 billion on the Social Health Authority (SHA) system despite not owning it.
The Kenya Union of Clinical Officers (KUCO) is organizing peaceful demonstrations today to protest against what they describe as deliberate discrimination and exclusion of clinical officers from the Social Health Insurance Authority (SHA).
Recently confirmed as health secretary, Kennedy has previously made numerous false and misleading claims about the safety of the measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) vaccine, and had downplayed the growing outbreak, saying annual outbreaks were “not unusual.”
The surge in cases was attributed to a “shortage of water due to power outages,” the health ministry in White Nile state said in a statement.
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