Despite significant efforts to maintain malaria programming through the COVID-19 pandemic, Nigeria and several Commonwealth countries are falling behind in the race to halve malaria cases and incidence by 2023. The Commonwealth is currently off track to achieving the commitment to halve malaria by 2023,as agreed at the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in London […]
I want to start today by looking back, to where we have been over the past five years. The WHO Results Report for 2020-21 provides a detailed and interactive presentation of our work over the past two years against each of the “triple billion” targets. I commend it to you. Progress isn’t always fast or […]
On 16 May, ahead of Africa Day 2022, the University of Cape Town’s (UCT) Faculty of Health Sciences (FHS) hosted a celebration with the theme “The Future of Healthcare in Africa”. The hybrid event featured talks from key figures from Africa’s healthcare sector as well as live performances from some of the continent’s most popular […]
Nairobi — President Uhuru Kenyatta has challenged World Health Organization (WHO) member states to forge a united front in combating pandemics to ensure a healthy world. The President said the WHO member states needed to take bold decisions and actions to ensure that common aspirations of promoting health, keeping the world safe and serving the […]
Deputy Speaker Thomas Tayebwa,has called for increased awareness about maternal health issues to save mothers from deaths during labour. Tayebwa was chief guest at a fundraising drive for Kasasira Health Centre III in Kibuku district where he contributed Shs15 million and also relayed Speaker Anita Among’s contribution of Shs 20 million. ADVERTISEMENT “We are here […]
The Lions Clubs International has injected a $ 2 million grant towards procurement of cancer drugs and equipping drug pharmacies in Uganda, Malawi and Botswana. This was revealed by John Bosco Ntangare, the Governor, Lions Clubs of Uganda District 411B, during a visit by Lions Clubs International to Mulago Hospital last Friday. ADVERTISEMENT Ntangare re-echoed […]
As a physicist, I am trained to look for patterns in data. For example, the motion of the tiniest particles may seem random, but it contains patterns and symmetries. The same can be said of human movements and interactions. Most humans move to and between familiar places (home and work, for instance), and may encounter […]
The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) told global health Ministers on Sunday that although reported COVID-19 cases and deaths have declined significantly, it is not time to lower the guard. Tedros Adhanom Gebreyesus delivered his message during the kick-off of the annual World Health Assembly–the decision-making body of WHO comprised of representatives of […]
As a significant portion of the recently reported Monkeypox cases has been identified among gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men, the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) expressed concern on Sunday about some public media reporting and commentary reinforcing homophobic and racist stereotypes. As of May 21, the World Health […]
Municipalities are behind the contamination of freshwater sources, admits the provincial Cogta, with the DA accusing the provincial government of failure to hold local entities to account. Eastern Cape municipalities are discharging raw sewage into rivers, contaminating freshwater sources, endangering health, and affecting animal and plant life. In response to written questions from Democratic Alliance […]
TANZANIA has beefed up its fight against malaria following launching of genomics laboratory for conducting molecular surveillance including research to monitor changes in parasites population and antimalarial drug resistance. The new laboratory at the National Institute for Medical Research (NIMR) is intended to support the 7th National Malaria Strategic Plan which aims to reduce malaria […]
The RBM Partnership to End Malaria hosted its 33rd meeting of the Surveillance, Monitoring, and Evaluation Reference Group (SMERG) from 17 to 20 May 2022 in Kigali, Rwanda. Discussions focused on ways to streamline surveillance, monitoring, and evaluation to sustain crucial gains and fully respond to emerging priorities in malaria control and elimination, including the […]
South Africa on Thursday recorded 7 238 new COVID-19, says the National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD). Representing a 24.8% positivity rate, the figure brought the total number of laboratory-confirmed cases to 3 915 258 and the National Department of Health has confirmed 31 new COVID-19 related deaths. “Of these, 12 occurred in the past […]
Despite efforts to implement recovery plans, researchers have found that there has been a loss of one year of learning in as far as reading is concerned, Basic Education Minister, Angie Motshekga, said on Wednesday. Motshega was addressing a mini-plenary of the National Assembly to give an update on the department’s progress as well as […]
A baby died when the mother gave birth in the street of Havana informal settlement as she was waiting for transport. The inaccessibility of the area due to the closure of the Monte Cristo road is blamed on the situation. Furious residents gathered in big numbers at the Havana fourway stop, on the outskirts of […]
The Presidential Taskforce on Covid-19–constituted to oversee the national response against the pandemic–has described as “fulfilling and satisfying” the Covid projects being implemented in the education sector, with the guidance of the education cluster under the taskforce Co-Chairperson for the taskforce, Dr. Wilfred Chalamila-Nkhoma, made the remarks when he inspected Kwakupokera Community Day Secondary School […]
As a contribution to the efforts deployed to stop the ongoing measles outbreak affecting 14 of the 15 counties in Liberia, the EU contributes around 24 million Liberian Dollars to provide public health and community-based support in the eight most affected counties. This EU funding will enable the Liberian Red Cross to support a mass […]
As of May 20, 2022, confirmed cases of Covid-19 from 55 African countries reached 11,662,928 while over 298,026,398 vaccinations have been administered across the continent. Reported deaths in Africa reached 253,590 and 9,766,659 people have recovered. South Africa has the most reported cases of 3,915,258 and 100,898 people died. Other most-affected countries are Morocco ( […]