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Experts warn that malaria cases will likely increase as Covid-19 wears on, but aid work within communities is helping. …

COVID-19, Zika virus, Influenza, E. coli, Tuberculosis, Norovirus, HIV/AIDS, Other Human Disease, Leishmaniasis, Malaria, Hepatitis, Histoplasmosis -- Worldwide/UnknownEditorial---------Lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic -- unique opportunities for unifying, revamping and reshaping epidemic preparedness of Europe's public health systemsGiuseppe Ippolito, Francesco Nicola Lauria, Franco Locatelli, et al. IJID 2020; 101: 361-366.Clinical--------COVID-19 and sickle cell disease in BahrainAbdulkarim Abdul Rahman, Salman AlAli, Omar Yaghi, et al. IJID 2020; 101:14-16.SARS-CoV-2 infection does not induce HIV viral escape in the central…

Malaria -- NamibiaSix people died from malaria and 2643 positive cases were recorded in the Zambezi region this year [2020].Regional health director Agnes Mwillima told The Namibian they monitor malaria cases weekly and during the same time last year [2019] they had only recorded 261 positive cases and one death. This is an indication that the cases have increased drastically, she said."The cause of the increase in malaria cases might be because the climate in the region is conducive for mosquitoes to…

Malaria -- Worldwide/UnknownMalaria cases in the World Health Organization's (WHO) Western Pacific Region, which includes the Philippines, declined by 43% to 1.7 million last year [2019] from the year 2000, according to estimates by the group.Estimated deaths from malaria -- a preventable and treatable disease that continues to kill hundreds of thousands of people yearly -- also fell by 52% to 3200 during the period, the WHO said in a report posted on its website."Over the same period, malaria case incidence…

Malaria -- FranceAmong a specific French population of travelers under strict epidemiological surveillance, from August to November 2020, we report a statistically significant increase in the incidence of severe malaria attacks (_Plasmodium falciparum_) compared with historical data (+167%).The causes of this increase are not an increase in the incidence of malaria attack (stable between 2019 and 2020), nor the observance of chemoprophylaxis (stable between 2019 and 2020), but the mean delay to diagnosis…

Rift Valley Fever -- SudanDoctors say cases and dozens of deaths from the disease have occurred since the August [2020] floods, with cases of malaria and cholera also on the rise.An outbreak of Rift Valley fever has killed dozens of people and infected more than 1000 in Sudan's Northern state, according to local doctors.Doctors told the Guardian the disease has spread across the towns of Merowe, Al Dabbah, and Karima, mainly among cattle herders.However, the Sudanese government has so far denied there is an…