Rabies - South Africa
In a follow-up on the human rabies situation in South Africa in 2023, the National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) reports three cases of human rabies were confirmed from KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) and Eastern Cape (EC) provinces collectively from March 25 to April 24, 2023. This brings the total cases in 2023 to date to five confirmed.
Measles - Ethiopia
The World Health Organization reports the annual number of confirmed measles cases in Ethiopia has increased significantly since 2021. Between 12 August 2021 and 1 May 2023, 16,814 laboratory-confirmed measles cases and 182 deaths – with a Case Fatality Ratio (CFR) of 1.1% – have been reported nationally.
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