While Africa is witnessing its lowest level of new COVID-19 cases since the onset of the pandemic, a recent four-week…
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European Commission, WHO agree to strengthen cooperation
Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO Director-General, the European Commission (EC) and WHO agreed to enhance strategic cooperation in global health…
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Tuberculosis deaths increase during COVID-19 pandemic
An estimated 10.6 million people fell ill with tuberculosis (TB) in 2021, an increase of 4.5% from 2020, and 1.6…
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Many more children miss out on life saving vaccines
By Dr. Obinna Ebirim – Australia’s total population was approximately 25 million. This figure is the same number of children…
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COVID-19 vaccination roll-out stagnates in Africa
COVID-19 vaccination coverage has stagnated in half of African countries, while the number of doses administered monthly declined by over…
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Sport for health conference opens in Qatar
On the cusp of the FIFA World Cup, Qatar 2022TM, partners at the World Innovation Summit for Health (WISH) in…
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Uganda declares Ebola Virus disease outbreak
The health authorities in Uganda today declared an outbreak of Ebola after a case of the Sudan ebolavirus was confirmed…
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50 million children in Africa miss meningitis vaccination
With the COVID-19 pandemic delaying meningitis vaccination campaigns for more than 50 million children in Africa, the region is at…
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Why Africa marks today its traditional medicine day?
As Africa marks today the African Traditional Medicine Day, World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Director for Africa, Dr Matshidiso Moeti,…
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Research shows disease risk to patients, health care providers
Half of health care facilities worldwide lack basic hygiene services with water and soap or alcohol-based hand rub where patients…
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Africa urged to tackle childhood tuberculosis
The African Union and the World Health Organization (WHO) today called for immediate and comprehensive measures to end the significant…
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Global alliance launched to end AIDS in children
Globally, only half (52%) of children living with HIV are on life-saving treatment, far behind adults where three quarters (76%)…
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