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African players see malaria fight as World Cup legacy
Rome :: Italy | about 1 hour ago
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Former Cameroon goalkeeper Joseph-Antoine Bell said on Friday that eradicating malaria should be one of the legacies of the first World Cup in Africa. "Football is just a game, it only becomes important when it does something for humanity," said Bell,...
Tags: Joseph-Antoine Bell, Africa, world cup, Italy, Rome, Roger Milla, Malaria No More, Tropical diseases, Malaria, Neglected diseases, allnews, Malaria Awareness Day
Mosquitoes may bring dengue to cities
Brisbane :: Australia | about 10 hours ago
Credibility Queensland Health entomologist Professor Scott Ritchie said the Asian tiger mosquito (aedes albopictus) could survive in more temperate climates than the other dengue-spreading mosquito, aedes aegytpi, which is endemic to northern parts of Australia....
Tags: Prof Ritchie, asian tiger, Asian, tiger mosquito, Australia, Brisbane, Environment, Biological weapons, Aedes, Viral diseases, Microbiology, Chikungunya, Tropical diseases, Culicidae, Asian tiger mosquito
Kenyans mingled with Bill Gates and didn’t know it
Eldoret :: Kenya | about 19 hours ago
Credibility To many, he was just an ordinary mzungu who was touring Kenya to sample the country’s beauty and serenity. But before recognition could hit any discerning passerby, he was gone. That is the way Bill Gates, the billionaire owner of Microsoft Corporation,...
Tags: Mr Gates, Eldoret Club, Kenya, Eldoret, Bill Gates, Tropical diseases, Malaria, Uasin Gishu District, Pharmacy, Moi University
Executive Yuan sets up command center to deal with dengue fever
Taipei :: Taiwan | about 24 hours ago
Credibility Premier Wu Den-yih instructed the Executive Yuan Thursday to establish a central command to stem the spread of dengue fever. Wu gave a directive for Department of Health (DOH) Minister Yaung Chih-liang to head the task force, which will be called the...
Tags: hemorrhagic fever, dengue hemorrhagic, executive yuan, Taiwan, Taipei, Health Medical Pharma, Fever, Dengue shock syndrome, Viral diseases, Bolivian dengue fever epidemic, Tropical diseases, Viral hemorrhagic fever, Dengue fever, Neglected diseases
Myanmar media hail Sedona Hotel for receiving country leading hotel award-2009
Yangon :: Myanmar | 1 day ago
Credibility Myanmar official media Friday hailed the Sedona Hotel in Yangon for receiving prestigious Myanmar's Leading Hotel for 2009, which is one of the world travel awards. The award, presented at the 16th World Travel Awards ceremony in London last month, was...
Tags: Sedona Hotel, Myanmar Hoteliers Association, Yangon, Myanmar, Hospitality Recreation, Burma, Appendicectomy, Thandwe, Business Finance, Tropical diseases, Hotel, Dengue fever, Kaba Aye, Index of Burma-related articles, Health Medical Pharma, General surgery, Viral diseases, ER, Appendicitis, Surgery, Rakhine State, Law Crime
AFRICA: Campaign to Unite Against Malaria Kicks Off
Johannesburg :: South Africa | 1 day ago
Credibility Growing up in Cameroon, Joseph-Antoine Bell and his friends used to think that by playing football they could get rid of malaria. "Like showering and breathing, malaria, for us was part of living. When you felt a bit bad, you went to the ground to play,...
Tags: Joseph-Antoine Bell, UAM, Coca Cola Africa, Charles Ssali, Unite Against Malaria Kicks, Christina Vilupti-Barrineau, United Against Malaria, world cups, fight malaria, South Africa, Johannesburg, Malaria No More, Global health, Tropical diseases, Malaria, Neglected diseases, allnews
Malaria warning in Mpumalanga
Nelspruit :: South Africa | 1 day ago
Credibility The Mpumalanga Department of Health and Social Development has warned communities and visitors to the Lowveld to take the necessary precaution against malaria because of the heavy rains that fell in the province. Department spokesperson Mpho Gabashane...
Tags: Aaron Mabuza, South Africa, Nelspruit, Mpumalanga, Pesticides, DDT, Tropical diseases, Malaria, Indoor residual spraying, Neglected diseases
12 fresh dengue cases in Delhi
New Delhi :: India | 1 day ago
Credibility Twelve fresh cases of dengue were reported in the national capital today, taking the total number of patients to 1,106, even as civic authorities said the disease can be contained only after mid-December. With the dip in temperature, the number of dengue...
Tags: degrees celsius, India, New Delhi, dengue outbreak in Singapore, Weather, Celsius, Viral diseases, Dengue fever, Tropical diseases
Fears grow over killer bug spread
Sydney :: Australia | 3 days ago
Credibility As the infected students received treatment in hospital yesterday, hundreds of others gathered at the school to be treated with antibiotics.
Tags: Australia, Sydney, Environment, Education, Zoonoses, Epidemiology, Microbiology, Pandemic H1N1/09 virus, Virus, Tropical diseases, Influenza A virus subtype H1N1, flu pandemic
Largest Ever Yellow Fever Immunization Program Wraps up in West Africa
Monrovia :: Liberia | 4 days ago
Credibility Left untreated, the disease kills more than 30,000 people a year. In Liberia, the community group Crusader For Peace has been holding rallies to encourage people to turn out for the immunization program. The group's head, Julie Endee, says this campaign...
Tags: yellow fever, West Africa Spread, Liberian, University of Liberia, Central African Republic, immunization program, fever immunization, Walter Gwenigale, Liberia, Monrovia, Health Medical Pharma, Biological weapons, Viral diseases, Microbiology, Vaccine, Tropical diseases, Dengue fever, Neglected diseases
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