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How West Africa’s Seasonal Dust Storms Spread Disease

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Every year, from December to April, the sweeps across Africa. This cool, dry and dust-laden wind gets its name from haramata, a word in the Ghanaian language Fanti. The wind originates from high-pressure systems over the Sahara, south of Algeria and Libya and north of Mauritania, Mali, Niger and Chad. It significantly alters the climatic … Read more

Chad officials seal schools as measles epidemic hits poor district

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YAOUNDE, CAMEROON —  Chad health officials have sealed several dozen schools, sent thousands of children and their teachers home, and restricted movements to and from the Bologo district — 400 kilometers south of the capital, N’djamena — to contain a measles epidemic. Officials blame vaccine hesitancy for the rapid measles spread within the past two … Read more