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This week, attention was towards Lassa fever as the media used the opportunity to drive their social engagement without conveying the actual information that should be. Lassa fever is on the increase and it's disease that thrives in dirty and unkempt environment as long as rats are allowed to build mansions in our environment, Lassa fever cases in West Africa will still persist. Then also the most interesting conversation, the cure for HIV/AIDS. Not even in this recession that someone has the energy to stomach unreliable claims. Research is still ongoing to confirm the claim of the HIV cure from a professor of veterinary medicine. Interesting report all summarized in the #StayAlert weekly update.

http://blog.ebolaalert.org/stayalert-week-1-the-proclaimed-cure-for-aids-and-other-stories/