Maputo — The United States government, via the US Agency for International Development (USAID), has granted 30 million dollars to the UN World Food Programme (WFP) to address food insecurity in communities affected by terrorism in the northern Mozambican province of Cabo Delgado and those affected by natural disasters in the central provinces of Sofala […]
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Dar es Salaam — The government on Saturday June 19, alerted the nation of an impending outbreak of the third wave of Covid -19 pandemic encouraging citizens to take all the necessary precautions against the killer virus. But the warning by the health officials is likely to go unheeded by the general public. For example, […]
Finance Minister Mohamed Maait said he is looking forward to boosting partnership with the private medical sector to render a comprehensive health insurance system successful. Maait, in statements Monday, talked about serious action to seal deals with big private hospitals and health centers in all governorates. This should help expand the network of health insurance […]
The Global Forum on Nicotine (GFN) took place in Liverpool on June 17th and 18th, 2021.It was the eighth edition of the conference, themed “The future for nicotine”. Speakers and panelists from all over the world were invited to discuss safer nicotine use and tobacco harm reduction. Tobacco harm reduction is known as a public […]
There’s no cure for most people with sickle cell, but treatments can relieve pain and help to prevent complications. As the world celebrated Sickle Cell Disorder (SCD) Day on June 19, declared by the World Health Organisation (WHO), there is the need to know what it is all about, so that people can take precautions […]
Plastic surgeons in Johannesburg, South Africa have begun preparing to reconstruct the face of a nine-year-old Zimbabwean boy mauled by a hyena in an attack last month. Rodwell Khomazana lost his nose, left eye, most of his upper lip, bits of his forehead and other parts of his face when he was attacked during a […]
Kenya on Sunday recorded 283 more Covid-19 cases, following the analysis of 3,452 samples in 24 hours, raising its number of confirmed infections to 179,075. This resulted in a positivity rate of 8.2 percent, the Health ministry said, adding at least 1,904,519 tests had been conducted since the pandemic first struck the country in March […]
The Ministry of Health procured ventilators at double the price, cannot account for millions spent on airtime and millions of shillings were transferred to individuals with the same name in a cash programme as the country battled the Covid-19 pandemic last year, a special audit shows. The report by Auditor-General Nancy Gathungu on the utilisation […]
Adjumani Central Police Station (CPS) has confirmed that they are holding a radio Aulogo FM station manager and a talk show host- together along with their panellists over inciting the public against the presidential directives on preventing further spreading of Covid-19. Mr Evans Musiige, the OC Adjumani CPS said they swung into action to arrest […]
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Banking On Nutrition Partnership
Save the date What: Webinar – Unlocking Africa’s Developmental Goals through Nutrition: ‘Investing in Grey Matter Infrastructure’ initiatives Who: African Development Bank – Banking on Nutrition Partnership When: 8 July 2021, 14:00 -15:30 GMT Where: Virtual The webinar will discuss the experiences of implementing the Multi-Sectoral Nutrition Action Plan through the Bank’s Banking on Nutrition […]
Daily testing capacity of African countries rose from 13,200 at the beginning of the epidemic to 105,000 In March 2020, Africa had its back to the wall, helpless in the face of the magnitude of a virus that appeared in Asia and quickly spread to the entire planet. Only two African countries were then able […]
Monrovia — Amid a sharp rise in the number of Covid-19 cases, the Liberian government has announced a ban on travellers coming from the Indian subcontinent, including India, Pakistan and Bangladesh. “Passengers who have been travelling from India, Pakistan and Bangladesh within the last 14 days will not be allowed to enter into Liberia,” said […]
The Chief Administrative Officer (CAO) of Kyotera District has declared total closure of all administrative offices at the Kasaali headquarters due to the Covid-19 pandemic, save for the health department. In a letter issued Friday by the acting Deputy CAO, Mr Yasin Mayanja, directed all the district employees to stay home due to the likely […]
Nairobi — Kenya Airways PLC has announced the resumption of flights to Heathrow, London from Nairobi’s Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA). The direct flights are set to restart from the 26th of June 2021 following the lifting of the suspension of flights to/ from the United Kingdom by the Government of Kenya. Flights from London […]
Nigeria did not record any death from COVID-19 in the last 14 consecutive days, maintaining the death toll of 2,117. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) said this through its verified website on Saturday morning. It, however, said infection rate was rising, reporting 13 additional cases as of June 18, 2021. According to it, […]
AN AUSTRALIAN MP Julian Hill has blasted his Prime Minister Scott Morrison for poor handling of the country’s Covid-19 vaccination programme, indicating “Zimbabwe is doing better.” Speaking in Australia’s House of Representatives this week, Hill laid into Morrison over statements he made to appease restless citizens saying the inoculation programme was not a race yet […]
ONLY 10% of the population managed to access the social support grants from the government during the Covid-19 induced national lockdown, a new survey released this week by Afrobarometer reveals. The findings are in sharp contrast to claims made by Finance Minister Mthuli Ncube that Treasury had poured millions of dollars to support vulnerable citizens […]
When she drove into Mbagathi Hospital on Thursday morning, Barbara Nel, the Country President Africa cluster, AstraZeneca saw dozens of Kenyans were already in the queue waiting for the vaccine. However, at the gate, there was a notice indicating that there was no vaccine. “This touched me, I saw an eager Kenyan, an African, who […]