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African health ministers attending the World Health Organization’s (WHO) 72nd Regional Committee for Africa — a top annual health gathering in the region — in Togo’s capital Lome have approved an eight-year strategy aimed at curbing disease and responding quickly to health emergencies. After a week of discussions about some of Africa’s most pressing health […]
The first confirmed case of monkeypox has been recorded in Morocco, the Ministry of Health and Social Protection announced Thursday. “The case, coming from a European country, was identified under the protocol established by our country since the launch of the global health alert,” the ministry said in a statement. The patient’s health condition is […]
The laboratory results of the three suspected cases of monkeypox recorded in Morocco are negative, the Ministry of Health said Wednesday. The three suspected cases turned out to be negative following laboratory tests carried out at the Ibn Sina military hospital in Marrakech, the ministry said in a statement, adding that the suspected cases placed […]
Three suspected cases of monkeypox have been recorded in Morocco, but no case has been confirmed so far, the Ministry of Health announced Monday. “The three suspected cases are in good health, and are benefiting from the necessary medical supervision,” said the coordinator of the National Center for Emergency Public Health Operations of the Ministry […]