Note to Correspondents re plans to mark end of Ebola transmission in Sierra Leone On Behalf of the Sierra Leone National Ebola Response Centre (NERC) and the World Health Organization (WHO) On 7 November 2015, if no new case of Ebola virus disease is recorded,…
In the last few months, a number of attacks against health-care workers, medical transports and facilities have taken place in several countries, like Afghanistan, Syria and Yemen to mention a few. These incidents are taking place in countries with fragile health-care systems that are already…
Geneva: 29 October 2015 - WHO has received a number of queries, expressions of concern and requests for clarification following the publication of a report from the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) relating to processed meat and colorectal cancer. IARC was established 50…
The World Health Organization (WHO) condemns the bombing of the hospital in Saada province in northern Yemen that was supported by Medécins Sans Frontières (MSF). MSF estimates that this will leave 200 000 people with no access to lifesaving medical care. The attack violates International…
The fight against tuberculosis is paying off, with this year’s death rate nearly half of what it was in 1990. Nevertheless, 1.5 million people died from TB in 2014. Most of these deaths could have been prevented, according to the World Health Organization’s Global Tuberculosis…
The IFP in KwaZulu-Natal demands that the Provincial Health MEC Dr Sibongiseni Dhlomo must urgently present a health service delivery plan after his department has failed to fix washing machines at Greytown hospital. "Its high time now for the MEC to present such a plan…
22 October 2015 | Geneva – A new World Health Organization report highlights the urgent need to reduce emissions of black carbon, ozone and methane - as well as carbon dioxide – which all contribute to climate change. Black carbon, ozone and methane – frequently described…
Preliminary results of a study into persistence of Ebola virus in body fluids show that some men still produce semen samples that test positive for Ebola virus nine months after onset of symptoms. The report, published today in the New England Journal of Medicine, provides…
The IFP calls all on men to get tested for prostate cancer as October is Cancer Awareness month. "I would like to urge all the men of KwaZulu-Natal to be responsible and get tested for Prostate Cancer. They must seek help and advice from a…
08 October 2015 The IFP calls on the KZN MEC of Health, Dr S'bongiseni Dhlomo to urgently investigate the dire shortage of essential drugs like anti-dog bite vaccines at Eshowe Provincial Hospital in KZN. "One of the patients, Seluleko Biyela had a dog bite recently…