Health
Covid-19: 200 000 doses of the Sinopharm vaccine arrived in Kenya
Mutahi Kagwe, the cabinet secretary in Kenya's Ministry of Health, said the donation is a testament to the cordial relations that exist between the two countries and which extend beyond...
Read moreCOVID-19 : misinformation is contributing to many people across Africa to be skeptical
ADDIS ABABA - Ongoing misinformation about COVID-19 vaccines is contributing to many people across Africa to be skeptical of getting COVID-19 vaccine jabs, the African Union (AU) has said. The...
Read moreAfrica will not be able to reach the 60 % target by the end of the year — John Nkengasong, Africa-CDC director,
Following a two-day meeting with partners from COVAX and Africa on the vaccination situation on the continent, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, World Health Organization director-general, said the COVID-19 pandemic will not...
Read moreInternational Organizations, Vaccine Manufacturers Agree to Intensify Cooperation to Deliver COVID-19 Vaccines
The heads of the International Monetary Fund, World Bank Group, World Health Organization and World Trade Organization met with the CEOs of leading vaccine manufacturing companies to discuss strategies to...
Read moreLeaders Make Urgent Call To Accelerate Vaccination Globally And In Africa
WHO Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus and a group of global health leaders today issued an urgent call for vaccine equity globally and in Africa in particular. The leaders stressed that the...
Read moreSouth Africa loosens COVID curbs as third wave eases
JOHANNESBURG - Authorities will also extend the hours of alcohol sales, the president said, further relaxing restrictions introduced in June to combat a third wave of cases caused by the Delta...
Read moreNigerian virologist calls for science-based COVID-19 origins tracing
ABUJA - A Nigerian virologist said COVID-19 origins tracing should not be politicized but be based on concrete scientific evidence. Oyewole Tomori, chairman of Nigeria's Expert Review Committee on COVID-19,...
Read moreCovid-19: Egypt races ahead in bid to become vaccine hub
CAIRO－The factories of Egypt's state-owned vaccine production company have been working nonstop over the past few months to manufacture millions of Sinovac COVID-19 vaccine doses, as the most populous Arab...
Read moreCovid-19 flare-up shuts schools in South Africa
The increasing number of COVID-19 infections in schools in South Africa's Northern Cape Province is becoming a major concern. According to the Northern Cape Department of Education, schools in the...
Read moreAccess to controlled medicines in humanitarian emergencies remains constrained
Recognizing World Humanitarian Day 2021, the International Narcotics Control Board (INCB), the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) and the World Health Organization (WHO) once again call on...
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