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– Bangladesh recorded 173 dengue deaths in October, its highest monthly toll of 2026, pushing the year’s total to 418, Reuters reported citing health ministry data. More than 133,000 people had been hospitalized with the mosquito-borne disease as of October
– Ebola has killed 5,340 people in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, with 10,351 confirmed cases recorded as of October 29, the Ministry of Health announced. The case fatality rate stood at 51.6%, according to a statement on the
– Nearly 4,900 people have died in the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s Ebola outbreak as confirmed cases passed 10,000, official figures showed on Tuesday. Ministry of Health data put the number of confirmed cases at 10,060, with nearly half
– Malaria has killed 22 people in Namibia’s Zambezi Region this year, as cases since January reached 33,944, health authorities said. Three clinics, Muyako, Choi and Sesheke, have emerged as the main hotspots. They accounted for 49% of the 706
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