Presidential Advisor for Health Affairs Dr Mohamed Awad Tagg Eddin said Egypt, with the support of the political leadership, possesses all potentials – infrastructure or human – that enable it to expand the localization of the pharmaceutical industry in line with the latest technology. The spread of coronavirus has proved, without doubt, that Egypt has […]
Tag: Health and Medicine
Addis Ababa — Earlier today, at the Saro-Maria hotel in Addis Ababa, five startups, graduated from a four-month business development program ran by Orbit Innovation Hub under the Mastercard Foundation’s Young Africa Works initiative. The startups were: Medket, Tena, Gebeta, Temaribet, and New Era Research and Development (NERD). The first two—MedKet and Tena—are developing health-focused […]
The United Kingdom on Sunday removed several countries from her Covid-19 red list but again kept Kenya in the category of high-risk nations whose travellers are subjected to strict requirements. It officially announced that it had taken India, Bahrain, Qatar and the UAE off the list, added Austria, Germany, Slovenia, Slovakia, Latvia, Romania and Norway […]
As of August 10, confirmed cases of Covid-19 from 55 African countries reached 7,053,114 while over 49,798,860 vaccinations have been administered across the continent. Reported deaths in Africa reached 178,168 and 6,169,946 people have recovered. South Africa has the most reported cases 2,540,222 and 75,012 people died. Other most-affected countries are Morocco (701,325), Tunisia (613,628), Egypt (284,789), Ethiopia (284,531), […]
The new COVID-19 cases were recorded in eight states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). On Monday, Nigeria recorded 422 new COVID-19 infections and five deaths from the disease. While the figure of the new infections is less than the 471 recorded 24 hours earlier, the same could not be said of the fatality figure […]
HOUSEHOLD poverty is blamed on fueling teen pregnancy in Rukwa region, as younger girls aged between 13 and 15 have been increasingly becoming victims. Regional Medical Officer (RMO),Dr Boniface Kasululu, told the Daily News recently that poverty was forcing teen girls to engage in love affairs to earn money, consequently get impregnated. “Poverty at family […]
The Presidential Steering Committee (PSC) on COVID-19 has fixed August 16, 2021, for second phase vaccination against COVID-19. The Executive Director, National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA), and a member of the PSC, Dr. Faisal Shuaib, said this on Monday. The exercise, which was supposed to commence on Tuesday, August 10, 2021, was postponed […]
Categories
Zimbabwe: Lockdown Level 4 Extended
President Mnangagwa has today extended the level 4 lockdown by a further two weeks. Addressing the media at State House this evening, the President said while the rate of infections has gone down in the past two weeks the number of deaths is worrisome. He said several countries globally and regionally are starting to experience […]
Brazzaville/Conakry — Health authorities in Guinea today confirmed a case of Marburg virus disease in the southern Gueckedou prefecture. This is the first time Marburg, a highly infectious disease that causes haemorrhagic fever, has been identified in the country, and in West Africa. Marburg, which is in the same family as the virus that causes […]
GLOBALLY, women have continued to face many challenges which arise from different factors including the rising cost of living and dwindling economic opportunities. Added to this is the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. The pandemic has contributed to poverty among women, a number of whom have lost jobs and are without an income. As times get harder, […]
Minister of Health Hala Zayed announced that the first shipment of the single-dose Johnson & Johnson vaccine arrived at Cairo International Airport late Sunday. The shipment included 21,600 doses of the vaccine, she said, asserting that other shipments will be received in the coming phase. The step, which comes in cooperation with the African Union, […]
In 1947 the first black woman qualified as a doctor in South Africa. Her name was Mary Malahlela-Xakana. It took the country about 60 years after its first black male doctor started practicing for Malahlela-Xakana to don her stethoscope and practice medicine. Much, but not enough has changed since then. Today, medical schools are recording […]
OUTDATED cultural practices and norms, stigmatisation and gender based violence have been cited as among the key reasons that fuel HIV new infections, hindering government efforts to ensure an HIV/AIDS free nation by 2030. Thus, the public has been called to reverse the trend and shy away from malpractices to prevent new infections as well […]
Monrovia — The acting chairman of the Council of Patriots (CoP), Anthony Tengbeh, Sr. has said the donation of over one thousand five hundred nose masks by the pressure group’s Maryland-USA chapter is a boast to Liberia’s COVID-19 fight. He believes the donation would help buttress the government’s enforcement on preventing the virus. Tengbeh said […]
Monrovia — The integrity of the Incident Management System (IMS) and how that body is responding to the Covid-19 outbreak have come under immense criticisms since the Delta variant hit the country in May leading to a surge in cases. The emergence of the new variant couple with its level of devastation has left stakeholders […]
The pandemic has seen many countries around the world implement restrictions to stop the spread of the virus and keep its nationals safe. As people who are forced to isolate must stay at home, they typically resorted to entertainment to get them through this period of isolation. These could include activities such as gambling using […]
Seychelles will welcome vessels with a maximum of 300 passengers for the 2021-2022 cruise ship season from mid-November, said a top official, the first port calls to the island nation after an 18-month stoppage due to COVID-19 restrictions. Pent-up demand in the industry means the archipelago in the western Indian Ocean has interest from cruise […]
As of August 9, confirmed cases of Covid-19 from 55 African countries reached 7,015,346 while over 50,001,083 vaccinations have been administered across the continent. Reported deaths in Africa reached 177,352 and 6,131,550 people have recovered. South Africa has the most reported cases 2,533,466 and 74,813 people died. Other most-affected countries are Morocco (696,282), Tunisia (610,660), Egypt (284,706), Ethiopia (284,091), Libya […]