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FAO discusses strategy for combating ruminant virus PPR
Egypt
April 1, 2015
FAO discusses strategy for combating ruminant virus PPR
The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has begun to consider the guidelines of its strategy to eliminate the…
Health Ministry: Cairene woman 6th bird flu death in 2015
Egypt
January 21, 2015
Health Ministry: Cairene woman 6th bird flu death in 2015
The Ministry of Health said Wednesday it recorded a sixth death with the H5N1 (bird flu) virus, announcing that the…
Safaga seaport authorities kill animals over Ebola fears
Egypt
December 21, 2014
Safaga seaport authorities kill animals over Ebola fears
Quarantine authorities at the Red Sea Safaga seaport killed animals found in the possession of an Egyptian passenger arriving from…
WHO: Egypt maintains zero-malaria status
Egypt
December 9, 2014
WHO: Egypt maintains zero-malaria status
Egypt maintained a clean malaria record in 2013, the World Health Organization said Tuesday in a report that detected a…
State of emergency in Damietta after 16 students catch chickenpox
Egypt
November 5, 2014
State of emergency in Damietta after 16 students catch chickenpox
Health authorities in Damietta have announced a state of emergency after 16 students were diagnosed with chickenpox. A medical source said…
Second Ebola case on US soil as UN warns disease ‘winning the race’
World
October 15, 2014
Second Ebola case on US soil as UN warns disease ‘winning the race’
A second health worker in Texas has tested positive for Ebola, officials said Wednesday, in a new contamination far from…
Ebola ‘overwhelming’ health services in west Africa
World
September 10, 2014
Ebola ‘overwhelming’ health services in west Africa
Health workers reported Wednesday being overwhelmed by new Ebola cases at the epicentre of an outbreak described as an existential…
West Africa Ebola toll passes 1,200, quarantine victims to get food: WHO
World
August 19, 2014
West Africa Ebola toll passes 1,200, quarantine victims to get food: WHO
Cases in West Africa's Ebola outbreak this year have risen to 2,240, including 1,229 deaths, the World Health Organization (WHO)…
WHO declares Ebola epidemic a global emergency
World
August 8, 2014
WHO declares Ebola epidemic a global emergency
The World Health Organization on Friday declared the killer Ebola epidemic ravaging parts of west Africa an international health emergency…
Health Ministry: swine flu deaths up to 63
Egypt
February 22, 2014
Health Ministry: swine flu deaths up to 63
Deaths from swine flu since December 2013 have moved up to 63, up from last week's 55 count, the Health Ministry…