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Wild Poliovirus in Africa Discovered: First Case in 5 Years

March 15, 2022April 28, 2022 Marinanicole Schultheiss

By: Caroline Pane Image Credit: United Nations Photo. CC-BY-NC-ND. A 3-year-old in Malawi has the first case of wild-type poliovirus in Africa in 5 years,

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Food Insecurity in Eastern and Southern Africa due to El NiƱo

March 23, 2016January 25, 2023 Kara Sewalk

The United Nations Children’s Fund has stated that approximately 11 million children in eastern and southern Africa face hunger, disease and water shortage due to

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The P. Vivax Comeback — Is Malaria Beating Natural Defense?

December 9, 2013January 25, 2023 Karen Biala

Africans who were thought to be protected against malaria infection by the Plasmodium vivax (P. vivax) parasite now seem to be at risk for the

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Math Model to Predict Malaria Outbreaks in Africa

June 18, 2012January 25, 2023 Lauren Edmundson

Researchers from Ethiopia and Norway have created a mathematical model that can predict a malaria outbreak up to two months before it actually occurs. The

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