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Africa Records Significantly Low COVID-19 Cases in January

Africa Records Significantly Low COVID-19 Cases in January By Mary Hearty For the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic began, Africa is emerging from the New Year travel season without a significant upsurge in cases. A total of 20, 552 new cases were recorded in the first three weeks of January 2023, a 97% slump compared with […]

27 Jan, 23

Countries Urged to Enforce laws to Curb New Tobacco Products

Countries Urged to Enforce laws to Curb New Tobacco Products By Gift Briton and Joyce Ojanji Although significant effort has been made by countries over the last decade to reduce tobacco smoking, experts warn that the increasing emergence of new tobacco products is posing serious health risks to populations and might reverse the gains that […]

Mobilizing Domestic Resources Crucial as Contraceptives Demand Rise

Mobilizing Domestic Resources Crucial as Contraceptives Demand Rise By Joyce Ojanji The use of modern contraception is soaring in the world with an estimated 371 million women of reproductive age in low and lower-middle-income countries now using a modern method of family planning. This is according to the FP2030’s 2022 measurement Report, which was reviewed […]

26 Jan, 23

Eastern Africa Commits to Eliminate Leishmaniasis

Eastern Africa Commits to Eliminate Leishmaniasis By Gift Briton Several countries drawn from the Eastern Africa region have committed to the Nairobi Declaration on the elimination of visceral leishmaniasis in the region by 2030. These countries include Kenya, Uganda, Sudan, South Sudan, Ethiopia, Somalia, and Eritrea. The representatives of these countries speaking during the ongoing […]

Strong Biorisk Management in Africa Crucial

Strong Biorisk Management in Africa Crucial By Mary Hearty Life sciences research in the African region has evolved over the years, and is currently vibrant and expanding, with increasing output and quality. However, challenges remain as most countries lack or have limited policies, training, appropriate health technologies and resources, hence underlining the need to strengthen biorisk […]

$2.54 Billion Required to Tackle Health Needs in 2023

$2.54 Billion Required to Tackle Health Needs in 2023 By Joyce Ojanji With a staggering 339 million people needing humanitarian assistance globally, the World Health Organization (WHO) has launched its 2023 health emergency appeal for US$ 2.54 billion. This is in response to the unprecedented number of intersecting health emergencies like climate change-related disasters such […]

Five Billion People at Risk of Heart Disease

Five Billion People at Risk of Heart Disease Mary Hearty Five billion people globally remain unprotected from harmful trans-fat, increasing their risk of heart disease and death. This is according to an annual status report by the World Health Organization (WHO) and Resolve to Save Lives dubbed Countdown to 2023 – WHO report on global trans-fat elimination 2022. Industrially […]

Tunisia to Produce Natural Supplement to Fight Antibiotic Misuse in Poultry

Tunisia to Produce Natural Supplement to Fight Antibiotic Misuse in Poultry By Sharon Atieno Despite poultry farming being a strategic sector in Tunisia, accounting for 33% of animal production and 59% of meat consumed in the country, antibiotic misuse continues to be a major challenge. Of 76 countries ranked in the 2018 report titled Global […]

New 100-Day Target for Vaccine Deployment during Pandemic

New 100-Day Target for Vaccine Deployment during Pandemic By Joyce Ojanji The Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness and Innovations (CEPI) has set a new 100-day goal for the deployment of new vaccines for future pandemics. The announcement was made during the 53rd World Economic Forum annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland to discuss what key lessons had been […]

African Countries Urged to Submit Real-Time Sequenced Data

African Countries Urged to Submit Real-Time Sequenced Data By Sharon Atieno With COVID-19 variants still posing a global public health threat, African countries have been urged to submit real-time sequenced data of the virus to global databases. Racheal Achila, Technical Officer, Laboratory Emergency Preparedness and Response Program, World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Office for Africa […]