Health
Coronavirus: Possible link between Covid vaccines and menstrual disorders prompts investigation
The European health watchdog has announced a review into a potential link between Moderna and Pfizer Covid vaccines and menstrual cycle disorders, reported by tens of thousands of women. The European Medicines...
Read moreSouth Africa Vaccine Development Gets WHO Boost
South Africa's efforts to produce vaccines are key to helping the African continent become more self-sufficient in inoculations to combat COVID-19 and many other diseases, the visiting chief of the...
Read moreWHO Reveals Africa is on track to control The COVID-19 pandemic in 2022
The World Health Organisation says that if current trends continue, the continent can control the COVID-19 pandemic in 2022. The WHO, however, warned that continued vigilance is crucial to taming...
Read moreAfrican Development Bank and partners publish guide to help governments address public health investments
The African Development Bank, the World Health Organization Regional Office for Africa and their partners in the Harmonization for Health in Africa Initiative have published A Practical Guide to Value for...
Read moreAfrican Development Bank and WHO strengthen South Sudan’s emergency response with phase two of public health center
The center is part of a $4.2 million African Development Bank grant-financed Covid-19 response project that included procuring an oxygen plant, vehicles, a wide range of essential medicines, lifesaving biomedical...
Read moreAfrican governments have been urged to invest more in the fight against malaria
African governments have been urged to invest more in the fight against malaria to realize the African Union's goal of eliminating the disease from the continent by 2030. Kenyan President...
Read moreNew ‘4-minute’ Covid test Invented by Scientists
The new method involves electromechanical sensors capable of detecting, with high precision, SARS-CoV-2 RNA in human genetic material, according to the study published Monday in Nature Biomedical Engineering science journal....
Read more“Africa cannot outsource its healthcare security to the benevolence of others” — Dr Akinwumi Adesina
African Development Bank Group President Dr Akinwumi Adesina has said that the most important lesson of the Covid-19 pandemic for Africa is the need to build a defense mechanism against...
Read moreIOC and WHO reaffirm collaboration to promote vaccine equity and healthy lifestyles
The President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Thomas Bach and World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus met during the Olympic Winter Games Beijing 2022 to discuss ways...
Read moreAs Covid-19 strains health budgets, African Development Bank and partners develop tool to enhance public-private collaboration
The African Development Bank, the World Health Organization Regional Office for Africa and their partners in the Harmonization for Health in Africa Initiative have published a study on public-private collaboration...
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