Disease

Monkeypox - Nigeria - Update

In January this year, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) six new suspected Monkeypox cases were reported in 4 states (Bayelsa – 2; Rivers- 1; Bauchi – 1; Lagos- 1; Borno – 1; Delta – 1). No deaths were reported.

Malaria - Venezuela

In the deteriorating health care crisis in Venezuela, in a follow-up on the malaria epidemic, the number being floated around unofficially by the Venezuelan Ministry of Health and the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) is ~430,000 cases for 2018. Local reports estimate there have been more than 1.3 million malaria cases in the country since the epidemic was declared in 2015.