Africa seeing uptick in COVID-19 cases – WHO
30/04/2022Africa sees an uptick in COVID-19 infections, driven mainly by a doubling in cases reported in South Africa, the World Health Organization, WHO, said on Thursday, urging people to continue.
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Uganda discharges last Covid-19 patients
20/04/2022There are no more Covid-19 patients admitted to Ugandan hospitals; the last coronavirus patients have been discharged; the Ministry of Health has announced. However, the risk of contracting Covid-19 is.
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Senegal Facility Set to Begin COVID-19 Vaccine Production
10/02/2022The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed stark vaccine inequities among high- and low-income nations and has underscored Africa’s dependence on outside countries for shots. However, a new initiative in Senegal hopes.
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South Africa Gets $750 Million World Bank Loan to Bolster COVID Recovery Effort
21/01/2022The World Bank Group Board of Executive Directors has approved South Africa’s request for a $750 million development policy loan (DPL). This loan will support the Government of South Africa’s.
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Omicron Travel Bans: Is Africa Being Punished for Excellent Science?
10/12/2021By Walcott Aganu Race-based segregation was implemented across Africa during the colonial era to keep “white” administrators separate from Africans who were thought to be “carriers” of diseases like plague,.
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China’s Xi Pledges Another 1 billion COVID-19 Vaccine Doses for Africa
30/11/2021President Xi Jinping has said China would offer another one billion doses of COVID-19 vaccines to African countries and encourage Chinese companies to invest no less than $10bn in Africa.
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Why Corona Virus Vaccine Apathy Still Exists
29/11/2021The clinic is four minutes from my house – at least that was what Google maps said. Turn a right, another right, then a left and it’s on the right.
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Vaccination Against a Global Pandemic Proceeds Along Unequal Tracks
14/11/2021National wealth, levels of conflict, and gender may determine who gets a jab At a time when almost half of the world’s population has received at least one dose of.
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Africa Post Covid-19 – What Should Be the Policy Focus?
30/09/2021By Walcott Aganu There is no doubt that Covid-19 has eroded years of economic progress made by most countries, especially Africa. Unemployment is on the increase, debt profiles soaring, and.
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South African Company to Revolutionize Healthcare with COVID-19 & Cancer Vaccines Initiative
27/09/2021South Africa’s President, Cyril Ramaphosa, has called out heartily on a new COVID-19 and cancer vaccine initiative launched by a world-renowned digital healthcare company, Nantworks, as a game-changer for the.
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