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Yellow Fever Yellow Fever
Yellow Fever is caused by a virus carried by mosquitoes and it is a common disease in South America and in sub-Saharan Africa.
Its symptoms, which usually develop 3-6 days after the day of the infection, include headache, muscle and joint aches, fever, flushing, loss of appetite and vomiting. These could also develop to include heart, liver, and kidney failure, bleeding disorders, seizures, coma, and delirium before leading to death if not treated.
- Sunday 9 December 2012
December 8, 2012 (KHARTOUM) - The United Nations has expressed concern over the recent outbreak of yellow fever in Sudan’s Dafur region, with more than 670 people said to have contracted the deadly disease.
Up to 160 people have (...)
- Wednesday 7 November 2012
November 6, 2012 (KHARTOUM) – An outbreak of Yellow Fever in Sudan’s western region of Darfur has killed 67 people so far, according to a new report by the World Health Organization (WHO) and local authorities. yellow fever patients (...)
- Tuesday 27 November 2012
November 26, 2012 (KHARTOUM) - The European Commission says it is ready to help the Sudanese government cope with the recent outbreak of yellow fever, which has reportedly killed at least 116 people in Darfur.
Up to 459 yellow fever (...)
- Friday 9 November 2012
November 8, 2012 (KHARTOUM) – The outbreak of Yellow Fever in Sudan’s western region of Darfur has so far affected 221 people killing 78 of them, the country’s minister of health reported on Thursday as efforts continue to contain the (...)
- Thursday 15 November 2012
By Adeeb Yousif
November 15, 2012 — The Darfur conflict and genocide of nine years has been was widely publicized: the deaths of hundreds of thousands of innocent civilians, widespread sexual assaults, and the displacement of millions (...)
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