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UPDATE: MonkeyPox Outbreak
The current suspected monkeypox outbreak in Nigeria, which has now spread to eight states, is the third in the nation’s history. There were a total of three recorded human cases previously in 1971 (two cases) and 1978 (one case) according to the Centres for Disease...
Flying Doctors Daily Dose
Healthcare news from around the world brought to you courtesy of Africa’s leading air ambulance service 13th October, 2017. 1.FDA approves first test for screening Zika virus in blood donations. Learn...
Flying Doctors Daily Dose
Healthcare news from around the world brought to you courtesy of Africa’s leading air ambulance service 12th October, 2017. 1. Britain risks losing its leading position in drug research and development if plans for regulating medicines after Brexit are not set out...
Flying Doctors Daily Dose
Healthcare news from around the world brought to you courtesy of Africa’s leading air ambulance service 10th October, 2017. Most people likely had not heard of Monkeypox until 22nd of September when a suspected outbreak hit Bayelsa. Learn more here- /www.who.int/ A...
MONKEYPOX OUTBREAK IN NIGERIA
Most people likely had not heard of Monkeypox until 22nd of September when a suspected outbreak hit Bayelsa. Since then, there have been other suspected cases from Six States in Nigeria (Rivers, Ekiti, Akwa-Ibom, Ogun, Cross-River, and more recently, Lagos). None of...
Flying Doctors Daily Dose
Healthcare news from around the world brought to you courtesy of Africa’s leading air ambulance service 9th October, 2017. WHO provides 1.2 million antibiotics to fight plague in Madagascar. The world is running out of antibiotics, WHO report confirms The India Story:...