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World News in Brief: Sudan famine latest, weekend attacks in Ukraine, Tanzania Marburg virus update

·January 21, 2025·2 min read

In an alert on Monday, the World Food Programme (WFP) said that the trucks will be the first from the UN agency to reach Wad Madani in over a year, since conflict spread there at the end of 2023. But “they must arrive safely”, the WFP insisted. Battlefield development That...

World News in Brief: Security Council Libya resolution, cyclone recovery in Mozambique, Marburg virus in Tanzania, counter-terrorism laws in Türkiye

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·January 20, 2025·4 min read

The resolution authored by the United Kingdom was passed by 14 votes with none against – permanent Council member Russia abstained. It introduces new provisions concerning the arms embargo and assets freeze measures imposed in 2011 following the overthrow of long-term ruler Muammar Gaddafi. It also establishes a new listing...

Marburg virus outbreaks highlight link between health and planet: Tedros

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·March 30, 2023·3 min read

Speaking to reporters in Geneva, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said that in Equatorial Guinea, WHO is on the ground supporting the outbreak response. “We have deployed teams to assist with case finding, clinical care, logistics, and community engagement. We have also helped to establish treatment units in the affected areas,” he said.  ...

WHO supports Equatorial Guinea in combatting country’s first-ever deadly Marburg virus outbreak

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·February 15, 2023·1 min read

The rare yet severe viral haemorrhagic fever is similar to Ebola and has a fatality rate of up to 88 per cent. So far, there have been nine deaths and 16 suspected cases with symptoms including fever, fatigue and blood-stained vomit and diarrhoea, WHO reported on Monday. Further investigations...

Ghana prepares for possible first-ever Marburg virus outbreak |

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·July 8, 2022·1 min read

Preliminary analysis of samples taken from two patients by the country’s Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research indicated the cases were positive for Marburg, and samples have been sent to the Institut Pasteur in Senegal, a World Health Organization (WHO) Collaborating Centre, for confirmation. The two, unrelated, patients from the...