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Modifiable risks drive over half of Africa’s NCD deaths
Un examen de données du GBD 2023 place cardiopathies, AVC et maladies rénales en tête des décès, et l’Africa CDC appelle à une réponse continentale.
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Nigeria tracks 62 Ebola contacts after first case in Abuja
Nigeria’s only Ebola patient was evacuated to Geneva on October 26; the NCDC has followed 62 contacts, monitored until November 13, none of them positive.
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WHO says lead exposure kills 3.5 million a year, pushes testing in six African countries
Lead harms children’s brains and adults’ hearts and kidneys, and the WHO wants countries to act upstream, with testing support planned in six African states.