Who: African Development Bank Group What: Annual Meetings Knowledge Event: Building Africa’s Healthcare Defense System Where: Online via live streaming When: Friday, 25 June 2021, 11.00-13:00 GMT A panel discussion on Building Africa’s Healthcare Defense System will take place virtually on Friday, 25 June 2021, as part of the African Development Bank’s 2021 Annual Meetings. […]
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About 116 infected persons were discharged after treatment across the country in the last 24 hours. Nigeria on Tuesday recorded 39 new coronavirus cases from five states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). This is according to an update by the <a target=”_blank” href=”http://ncdc.gov.ng”>Nigerian Centre for Disease Control</a>, NCDC, Wednesday morning. The new tally, which […]
Mashonaland West acting provincial medical director (PMD), Gift Masoja says the shortage of stand-by ambulances to ferry critically ill Covid-19 patients is worsening the disease burden in three hotspot districts in the province. This follows the recent death of a woman suffering from Covid-19 who was denied emergency treatment as there was no ambulance to […]
The Health Ministry said that 498 new coronavirus cases were detected, upping the total number of confirmed cases since the outbreak of the pandemic in the country to 278,295. In a statement, Spokesman for the Health Ministry Khaled Megahed said 37 patients have died from the virus over the past 24 hours, raising the death […]
Cape Town — As of June 23, confirmed cases of Covid-19 from 55 African countries reached 5,248,147 while over 31,155,299 vaccinations have been administered across the continent. Reported deaths in Africa reached 138,589 and 4,611,012 people have recovered. South Africa has the most reported cases – 1,843,5724 – and 59,092 people died. Other most-affected countries are Morocco (527,174), Tunisia […]
The crew of the Boundary Express coach in which about 40 passengers were stabbed and robbed by five armed robbers at night between Mvuma and Mushagashe tollgate early Monday morning are facing charges of contravening Covid-19 regulations, police said yesterday, as investigations continue. Some of the people were hospitalised at Masvingo General Hospital after they […]
Nigeria’s healthcare sector has received a boost of N10billion, courtesy of the Abdul Samad Rabiu Africa Initiative (ASR Africa). ASR Africa was floated earlier this year by the founder of the BUA Group, Abdul Samad Rabiu, as a charity and philanthropic initiative. Four states namely Kwara, Sokoto, Ogun and Edo are beneficiaries of the package […]
ZANZIBAR yesterday announced stringent preventive and control measures against the third wave of the deadly Coronavirus but maintained that the islands remain safe and free from the infection. “There is neither Coronavirus patient nor death in Zanzibar; the country is safe and there is no any bad indication but prevention is always of utmost importance,” […]
The World Bank announced a partnership with the African Union Tuesday to finance the acquisition and distribution of COVID-19 vaccine for 400 million people in Africa. In a remote news conference via Zoom, World Bank Managing Operations Director Axel van Trotsenburg said the World Bank is providing $12 billion to not only acquire but deploy […]
Blantyre, Malawi — Malawi’s government Tuesday announced a goal to eliminate malaria, a leading cause of death in the country, by 2030. The mosquito-spread parasitic disease accounts for about 15% of Malawi’s hospital admissions. Speaking during a televised launch of a nationwide anti-malaria initiative known as ‘Zero Malaria Starts with Me’ campaign, President Lazarus Chakwera […]
The Mastercard Foundation announced in June that it would deploy $1.3 billion for a three-year partnership with the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) “to save the lives and livelihoods of millions of people in Africa and hasten the economic recovery of the continent”. Called Saving Lives and Livelihoods, the initiative “will acquire vaccines for […]
African Development Bank Group president Dr Akinwumi A. Adesina has again urged regional leaders to focus on vaccine production and access for the African continent as the Covid-19 epidemic continues to take lives and hurt economies and livelihoods. Adesina addressed leaders of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) at a special summit held […]
Between January and June 22, 2021, a total of 10,833 suspected cholera cases have been reported including 112 laboratory confirmed cases. While Nigeria is upbeat about the sharp decline in the cases of coronavirus infection, the country’s centre for disease control (NCDC) has said a total of 289 Nigerians have died from Cholera disease between […]
Charities and churches race to ensure pensioners, not just the rich or digitally connected, are immunised against COVID-19 in Africa’s worst-hit country * Vaccine rollout slow in Africa’s worst-hit nation * Church, volunteers join state vaccination campaigns * Campaigners fear those without internet could miss out * Initiatives aim to tackle digital gap, vaccine fears […]
As Uganda struggles with challenges of shortage of oxygen supplies for Covid-19 patients amid surging cases of the virus, Uganda Revenue Authority Tuesday said oxygen gas cylinders are exempted from all taxes. According to URA, the oxygen gas cylinders are considered an essential tool used in diagnosis, prevention, treatment and management of the Covid-19 pandemic […]
Kwekwe and Gweru polytechnics have been hit by Covid-19 cases, it has been established. Addressing Midlands province Covid-19 taskforce members, Kwekwe City Council Director of Health Mary Muchekeza said the city as a whole was under the pandemic strain adding that Kwekwe Polytechnic was becoming a Covid-19 hotbed. “The number of Covid-19 cases in Kwekwe […]
Tunis/Tunisia — The governorate of Jendouba reported 3 more COVID-related fatalities, bringing the death toll to 332 since the outbreak of the pandemic. The local health directorate in Jendouba also announced that 67 further infections had been detected from 248 conducted tests, taking the caseload to 6,055. 88 patients are currently staying at the region’s […]
University College Hospital (UCH), Ibadan chapter of Association of Resident Doctors (ARD), on Monday, suspended its 51-day-old strike. President of the association in UCH, Dr Temitope Hussein, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), in Ibadan that the decision was reached after some of their demands had been met. Hussein said that members of the […]