Écrit par WHO | 04 Avril 2016

1 April 2016 - Lassa fever has killed more than 160 people in West Africa, most of them in Nigeria, since November 2015. Many of these lives could have been saved if a rapid diagnostic test were available so that people could receive treatment early.

Since November 2015, Nigeria, Benin, Sierra Leone and Togo have reported more than 300 cases of Lassa fever and 164 deaths. Nigeria...

Écrit par Prix Puyoo 2016 | 04 Avril 2016

25 ans après la découverte du VIH, plus de 35 millions de personnes sont aujourd'hui infectées dans le monde et un séropositif sur quatre ignore qu'il est porteur du virus.



Fort de son expérience et conscient des réalités que sont celles d'entreprendre, Jean-Jacques Puyoo, président du groupe Aiglon dont les principaux clients sont des acteurs majeurs de l'industrie...

Écrit par WHO | 01 Avril 2016

WHO statement 1 April 2016 - Lab results confirm a new case of Ebola virus disease in Liberia a 30-year-old woman who died yesterday afternoon while being transferred to a hospital in the capitol Monrovia.

Liberia’s Ministry of Health, WHO and partner agencies immediately sent a team to the community outside Monrovia where the woman lived and the clinic where she was being treated to...

Écrit par WHO | 01 Avril 2016

Hundreds of people who may have been in contact with 8 individuals infected with Ebola virus in Guinea’s southern prefectures of Nzérékoré and Macenta have been vaccinated with the experimental Ebola vaccine in a bid to contain the latest flare-up of Ebola.

WHO’s office in Guinea says more than 1,000 contacts have been identified and placed under medical observation. Nearly 800...