Following the World Summit of Ministries of Health on the Programs for Aids Prevention calling for social tolerance for people with AIDS. Leading to an information exchange on the disease and public awareness. The first World AIDS Day was on December 1, 1988. Continue reading
Category: Epidemics
Epidemic of yellow fever of record
Yellow fever is caused by a mosquito-borne virus, although I’m sure there were many previous epidemics that went unrecorded, the one that made it to rhe recoded history was epidemic of yellow fever in South America in the 16th century. Continue reading
Plague Outbreak: The Plague of Justinian
The Plague of Justinian was documented to have originated in Egypt, during the early years of the 6th Century and arrived in the Eastern Roman Capital of Constantinople (Modern day Istanbul, Turkey) in 542 CE. Continue reading
Japan has 119 Epidemics over 400 years
In 552 CE, Japan experienced an epidemic, most likely Smallpox, a very contagious disease. Continue reading