PUPILS at Peumba Combined School in the Ohangwena region diligently sanitise and wash their hands as they return to school on Wednesday morning. The school, located in Endola, has 473 pupils and 23 staff members. Principal Heita John Vorster told The Namibian that he was happy to see the pupils back as this will enable […]
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The Ethiopian government has suspended the activities of three foreign humanitarian organisations which have been working in the restive northern Tigray region. Ethiopia’s Agency for Civil Society Organisations on Wednesday said that it had identified rule violations by the three aid groups namely Doctors Without Borders (MSF), the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) and Maktoume Foundation, […]
HARARE residents have joined the world in celebrating breastfeeding week, which which seeks to promote breast feeding across the globe. World Breastfeeding Week (WBW) is marked annually in the first week of August and represents a global celebration of breastfeeding efforts including breastfeeding promotion, support, education, research, progressive trends and normalising breastfeeding as the gold […]
FORMER long-serving Zimbabwean Ambassador to Malawi Thandiwe Dumbutshena died yesterday in Harare from Covid-19-related complications. President Mnangagwa sent his condolences to the Dumbutshena family expressing profound shock and grief over the passing on of the former diplomat. “With her death, our nation has one of its long serving, loyal and faithful public servant,” he said. […]
THE Gays and Lesbians Association of Zimbabwe (GALZ) says its members are avoiding public Covid-19 vaccination centres because of discrimination. In response, the sexual minorities rights group, is rolling out the establishment of safe sites where lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) persons can access non-discriminatory healthcare services. Last week, GALZ ran a static […]
Zambians head to the polls on 12 August amid mounting economic challenges, reports of election-related political violence and COVID-19. The country is reeling from colossal debt, corruption, runaway inflation and a weakening currency. Compounding matters is the government’s spending indiscipline and tight squeeze on the social development budget, which is concerning in the face of […]
As of August 4, confirmed cases of Covid-19 from 55 African countries reached 6,810,542 while over 48,388,948 vaccinations have been administered across the continent. Reported deaths in Africa reached 172,799 and 5,961,968 people have recovered. South Africa has the most reported cases 2,470,746 and 72,992 people died. Other most-affected countries are Morocco (642,683), Tunisia (596,775), Egypt (284,415), Ethiopia (281,300), Libya (258,467) […]
When Covid-19 hit Kenya in March last year, meetings, incentives, conferences and exhibitions (Mice) became the country’s lifeline as the travel and tourism industry took a beating. But it was just for a while. Although the industry’s worst year in living memory ended with hope, things changed again when the government announced new containment measures […]
The United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) has said about 122 million Nigerians currently face the risk of being infected by one form of prevalent tropical disease or the other. The agency lamented that the country faced possible reversal of the fragile gain made in rescuing the populace from the health crisis if nothing […]
Any notion that COVID-19 was going to last for just a few months was very much misplaced in 2020. Especially after it was recognised that the SARS-CoV-2 virus was largely spread through the airborne route, all indications were that it would cause repeat bouts of waves. This is what happened in the flu epidemic of […]
Yaoundé, 3 August 2021 – After nearly eight months of suspension by the Cameroonian authorities, medical humanitarian organisation Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) has been forced to withdraw its teams from the North-West region, an area badly affected by years of armed violence between security forces and armed separatist groups. “We cannot stay any […]
Kenya Motor Sport Federation says the Sikh Union-organised event will be run in accordance with FIA) guidelinestocols. Spectators will be barred from this weekend’s KCB Voi Rally due to escalating cases of Covid-19.On Tuesday, The Ministry of Health announced that 1,085 people tested positive for Covid-19 from a sample of 7,067 tested. The positivity rate […]
Abuja — In commemoration of the 2021 World Breastfeeding Week, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and the World Health Organisation (WHO) have berated the rate of exclusive breastfeeding in Nigeria, which the 2018 Nigeria Demographic and Health Survey (NDHS) put at 29 per cent rate. The organisations noted that the 29 per cent remains […]
Most of the hospitals visited by our reporters only operated at half capacities and the situation could begin to degenerate further, from Tuesday. By Monday afternoon, Azeez Olaoluwa, whose unnamed sister was scheduled for skin grafting surgery at the National Orthopedic Hospital, Igbobi, Lagos, was unsure of the fate that could befall his family. Mr […]
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Namibia: The ‘Moveable Middle’
MOST populations can be divided into three broad groups with regard to their attitudes towards Covid-19 vaccines: those who refuse to get vaccinated (32%), those who embrace vaccines (24%) and those who are unsure (44%). It is this last cluster that scholars call the “moveable middle”. In Namibia, the moveable middle is the largest of […]
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Zimbabwe: ZDF Vaccinates Byo Residents
THE Zimbabwe Defence Forces (ZDF) has embarked on an outreach mass Covid-19 vaccination of members of the public as it complements Government efforts to accelerate vaccination in order for the country to achieve herd immunity. The programme is part of the ZDF Community Assistance Week ahead of the ZDF Day commemorations set for next Tuesday. […]
Dar es Salaam Regional Commissioner (RC) Amos Makalla has ordered all passengers to wear masks on public transports. Speaking in Dar es Salaam on Tuesday, RC told residents in Tanzania’s commercial city that mask-wearing is no longer an option as the country is fighting to contain the third Covid-19 wave. “Everyone must wear masks at […]
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Nigeria: Halt the Spread of Cholera
As the country yet battles to contain the spread of the Delta variant of COVID-19, cholera is also spreading and taking its toll on Nigerians, which if not controlled immediately, can advance into an epidemic. A recent report of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) showed that the disease as of June 27, 2021 […]