Health news from Africa summarised in English: epidemics, public health, hospitals, accidents and natural disasters, from the local press. 243 articles published.
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A man died after entering a tiger enclosure at Yorkshire Wildlife Park, near Doncaster in northern England. Police evacuated the park and closed it for the weekend to investigate the circumstances of the attack, British police report.
Source: La Nouvelle Tribune
Kuwaiti NGO Al Rahma organised a medical convoy at Markazi camp, near Obock, for Yemeni refugees settled in northern Djibouti. Specialists provided consultations in several disciplines and distributed medicines and infant formula to 500 beneficiaries, according to Radio Television of Djibouti.
Source: Rtd
The Association of Medical Equipment Distributors contests the draft decree on health equipment oversight and fears that used or refurbished medical equipment could be banned. It calls for separate rules for medical devices, reagents and medicines, according to a statement reported by Lecalame.
Source: Lecalame
A flash flood caused by the collapse of a natural dam has left at least five people missing and swept away several houses in central Nepal. The army evacuated at least 49 people by helicopter, according to Dharam Raj Uprety, an official with the disaster management authority quoted by AFP.
Source: Defimedia
Immanuel Eisig, an 11-year-old Namibian boy, drowned at Tilda Viljoen Dam in Gobabis after going swimming with four other children. His body was found near where his clothes had been discovered, according to a Namibian police report published on Sunday.
Source: The Namibian
A 13-member Indian team, including eight specialist doctors, is due to arrive in Mauritius on 12 October to help care for Élodie Thomas. Health Minister Anil Bachoo announced that the specialists would work voluntarily and that teams were preparing a complex operation, according to his Facebook post.
Source: Defimedia
A fire destroyed a supermarket and its warehouses in the Zimpeto district of Maputo after burning for about 16 hours. Several emergency teams were deployed, and civil protection services cited an electrical short circuit as the likely cause, according to Opais.
Source: Opais
Chad’s Ministry of Health and the International Committee of the Red Cross have launched a five-day primary emergency care training course in Bol for civilian and military professionals. The session covers trauma, bleeding and evacuation preparations, among other topics, to improve care in Lac Province, according to Tchadinfos.
Source: Tchadinfos
Russian researcher Darya Shipilova, 28, died on 2 October of a suspected pneumonic plague infection after an incident at a research institute in Siberia. Nearly 200 people are under observation and a hospital has been placed under quarantine, while US Secretary of State Marco Rubio says he is monitoring the risk of spread, according to Punch.
Source: Punch
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