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WHO confirms Red Eye disease outbreak in South Sudan
The World Health Organization (WHO) surveillance team has confirmed an outbreak of Red Eye disease, also known as Conjunctivitis, in Juba the Southern Sudan capital.
Red Eye patient (University of California)The investigation team visited key health facilities, schools and local community centers in Juba. In the last ten days, increased cases were reportedly recorded in Juba Teaching Hospital (JTH), with United Nations clinics (UNDP and UNMIS) also reporting red eye cases among its staff.
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Kassala assess health situation after rainy storms
The Ministry of Health state of Kassala announced the formation of new operation room to follo...
Federal Health Ministry plans hospital in Tine on Darfur-Chad border
The Federal Ministry of Health pledged to set up a hospital in the city of Tine, on the border with ...
Rise in Malaria cases in Bantiu, Unity State
The rate of Malaria cases has increased in Bentiu town, Unity State, within the recent period. Benti...
Western Darfur calls on banning non-iodized salt
The minister of health in western Darfur has called for implementing the laws prohibiting the usage ...
Nigeria: mass lead poisoning from mining activities, Zamfara State
A major outbreak of lead poisoning in children has been occurring in Zamfara State, Nigeria since at...
Patients evacuated from Khartoum teaching hospital after fire brake
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Doctors amputate 'healthy' leg
Authorities are investigating the amputation of a 91-year-old woman's healthy leg in an Austrian hospital.
Wilfried Siegele, a spokesman for the Innsbruck public prosecutor's office, said the investiga...
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Surgeons in Melbourne have completed Australia's first full intestinal transplant.
The 12-hour multi-organ transplant was completed at Melbourne's Austin Hospital early this morning.
Brendan Cole, 32, had been suffered worsening intestinal failure since childhood and has endured more...
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Argentina doctors charged in baby's death, report says
Buenos Aires, Argentina (CNN) -- Three doctors in Argentina have been charged with homicide in the death of a baby during birth in 2008, the government-funded news agency said Friday.
The doctors were c...
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Doctors should tell people they are fat, not obese, minister says
Family doctors and nurses should tell people they are fat rather than obese because such plain speaking would help more to lose weight, a health minister said today.
Anne Milton said the word fat was m...
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Nigeria: mass lead poisoning from mining activities, Zamfara State
A major outbreak of lead poisoning in children has been occurring in Zamfara State, Nigeria since at least March 2010, related to the processing of lead-rich ore for the extraction of gold.
During Marc...
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Polio in Tajikistan
The Ministry of Health of the Republic of Tajikistan has since 1 January 2010 reported 430 cases of polio following the importation of a wild poliovirus type 1 into the country. Nineteen of the cases ...
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