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Guinea Between 2 and 3 June 2014, 11 new cases (8 confirmed, 1 probable and 2 suspected) and 3 new deaths were reported from Conakry (7 new cases and 1 death), Gueckedou (2 new cases and 1 death), Telimele (1 new case and 0 deaths), and Boffa (1 new case and 1 death). This brings the cumulative total number of cases and deaths attributable to Ebola virus disease (EVD) in Guinea to 344 (207...

Evolution de l’activité globale

Sur la semaine écoulée, l’activité SOS Médecins a progressé de 16 % par rapport à la semaine précédente (+7 400 consultations). Cette hausse est plus marquée dans les classes d’âges extrêmes : +25 % chez les enfants de moins de 5 ans (+2 187 visites) et +20 % chez les personnes de 75 ans ou plus (+1 065 visites). Observée dans toutes les...

Guinea

Between 29 May and 1 June 2014, 37 new cases and 21 new deaths were reported from the following 5 districts: Conakry, 3 new cases and 0 deaths; Gueckedou, 11 new cases and 13 deaths; Macenta, 4 new cases and 1 death; Telimele, 19 new cases and 5 deaths; and Boffa, 0 new cases and 2 deaths. The cumulative number of cases and deaths attributable to EVD in Guinea is now 328 (laboratory...

Jordan

On 1 June 2014, the National IHR Focal Point for Jordan reported to WHO an additional case of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS-CoV) in Amman, Jordan.

The case is 26-year-old male health-care worker. He presented with fever on 23 May 2014. His condition deteriorated as he developed pneumonia and gastrointestinal symptoms and he was admitted to the hospital on...

3 June 2014 | PRAGUE, CZECH REPUBLIC - A report released today by UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund together with the International Confederation of Midwives (ICM), WHO and partners reveals that major deficits in the midwifery workforce occur in 73 countries where these services are most desperately needed. The report recommends new strategies to address these deficits and save...

Eminent immunologiste, ancien directeur général du CNRS (1988-1994), François Kourilsky est décédé fin mai. Au-delà de ses activités de médecin et chercheur, exercées à l’Hôpital Saint-Louis, il a été un pionnier dans le développement de la recherche translationnelle en créant et dirigeant de 1976 à 1985 le Centre d’immunologie INSERM-CNRS de Marseille.

Son engagement...

Guinea

Cases and deaths attributable to Ebola virus disease (EVD) outbreak continue to be reported from new (Telimele and Boffa) and some affected districts (Conakry and Macenta) that did not report cases for more than 42 days. Since the last update of Disease Outbreak News of 28 May 2014, 10 new cases and 7 new deaths have been reported. The current evolving epidemiological situation...

On 15 May 2014, the Ministry of Health of South Sudan declared a cholera outbreak in Juba. The index case was retrospectively identified with onset of illness on 23 April 2014. Four cases have been laboratory confirmed following tests conducted by the African Medical Research Foundation laboratory in Nairobi, Kenya.

As of 25 May 2014, a cumulative total of 586 cholera cases, including...

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