Media report that a man has died of yellow fever in Benin City, Edo State where ...more cases were reported at the end of November. Yellow fever has occurred in all 36 states of Nigeria since September 2017, with 3 510 cases reported  to November 2018. read full article

The World Health Organisationreports that transmission of West Nile Virus (WNV) ...more continues in Tunisia. As of 30 November 2018 there were 377 suspected cases of West Nile fever in the country. Two deaths have occurred. read full article

According to media reports  (in Spanish) in early December 2018, Uruguay reported ...more its first case of visceral leishmaniasis in humans. Leishmaniasis is caused by Leishmania parasites, transmitted by sandflies. The disease occurs widelty throughout the world and takes three different forms. The visceral form causes severe damage to the internal organs and is usually fatal unless treated early. read full article

From 1 January to 2 December 2018, the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control reported ...more a total of 598 confirmed and probable cases of lassa fever. Of these cases, 164 have died. read full article

According to the Ministry of Health in Democratic Republic of the Congo (in ...more French), transmission of Ebola virus disease (EVD) continues in North Kivu and Ituri Provinces in the east of the country. read full article