World Health Organization
WHO calls for ‘smart’ syringes to stamp out fatal diseases
Egypt
February 23, 2015
WHO calls for ‘smart’ syringes to stamp out fatal diseases
Employing the same needle or syringe to give injections to more than one person is one of the principal attributors…
WHO urges billions to fight neglected tropical diseases
World
February 19, 2015
WHO urges billions to fight neglected tropical diseases
The World Health Organization on Thursday urged countries to invest billions of dollars to tackle 17 neglected tropical diseases --…
Woman dies of bird flu in Assiut, raising deaths to 9 in 2014
Egypt
December 17, 2014
Woman dies of bird flu in Assiut, raising deaths to 9 in 2014
An Egyptian woman died on Wednesday of bird flu bringing the number of deaths of bird flu tonine cases since…
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…
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…
WHO says West Africa Ebola outbreak still expanding geographically
World
October 14, 2014
WHO says West Africa Ebola outbreak still expanding geographically
The number of Ebola cases in a vast outbreak in West Africa will go over 9,000 this week and the…
WHO: Ebola cases to triple to 20,000 by November unless efforts raised
World
September 23, 2014
WHO: Ebola cases to triple to 20,000 by November unless efforts raised
The number of Ebola infections will triple to 20,000 by November, soaring by the thousands every week if efforts are…
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…
Foreign Ministry warns citizens against Ebola spread in west Africa
Egypt
August 26, 2014
Foreign Ministry warns citizens against Ebola spread in west Africa
The Egyptian Foreign Ministry warned citizens on Tuesday from traveling to countries located in western Africa where the Ebola disease has spread,…
Health Ministry issues polio alert
Egypt
February 4, 2013
Health Ministry issues polio alert
The Health Ministry's preventative medicine department issued a state of alert regarding the discovery of the polio virus in the…