Disease

Health authorities caution against syphilis outbreak - Canada

A Vancouver Coastal Health (VCH) and the B. C. Centre for Disease Control (BCCDC) is running a campaign to warn gay and bisexual men of a recent outbreak of syphilis.

The VCH and BCCDC also recommend that men who share sexual intimacy with other men should get tested every three to six months.

VCH restorative health officer Dr. Réka Gustafson in a discharge said that Syphilis rates are at plague extents in the Lower Mainland.

A total of 371 cases were accounted for in B. C. in the year 2013 and a majority are gay and androgynous men. This is the largest number of cases recorded in 30 years.

Cholera in Nigeria - Update

The death toll from the cholera outbreak in Benue State has hit 30. Residents of Otukpo local government area have appealed for urgent government intervention on the cholera outbreak in the area, while the Commissioner of Health has denied the seriousness of the outbreak.